How can you buy dongle for internet access for 3 week holiday in US?

bettyflower

Hi
Need to have internet access on the move in the USA for holiday. Plan to upgrade either my phone or buy notebook. But not sure if you can buy 3 week use of dongle in US
Appreciate any advice
Thanks

diable

I can't really help you out too much but when my son was working in Florida for a year he said the mobile comms out there was terrible. So networks on payg still charge for you to receive calls and texts and across state lie its all various networks.

Hopefully someone will be along with more up to date advice.

ABH_3

Some information here: http://www.wireless-weblog.com/50226711/virgin_mobile_usa_intros_broadband2go_prepaid_data_plan.php

Also some more information here: http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:7UxTBHmzILEJ:forums.mactalk.com.au/31/54540-prepaid-sim-data-usa.html+USA+mobile+data+sim&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk

HTH

Marty_J

Lots of hotels and motels in the US now have free wifi for guests.

janetmw

Not sure about the US, but when we spent a month in Canada last year I managed quite well with the wireless capabilities of my Asus 701.

Most 'touristy' hotels/motels had free internet access for guests either wifi or wired (take a network cable with you). However the large 'business' chains eg Marriott and Hilton charged for usage. On these days we found a local restaurant or coffee shop with access or found the local public library which either had wifi or free use of their computers.

HTH

Janet

shaun40400

free sites are they best way to go
my dd spent 3 weeks hopping over the us....Washington,,,newyork,Chicago,la, now in Hawaii for 4 wks...i use skype to call her ,....so cost me 2c,,,but t moble who shes with charge her for reciving txt and calls even from their network...
so far its cost me $50 to top her up before i can ring her on skype

BikerEd

Wifi almost everywhere. I go to the US ten times a year and rarely if ever pay for Internet access. These days hotels, especially towards the budget end of the market, give free wired or wifi access as a way of making their hotel and rooms more competitive.

inmypocketnottheirs

BikerEd wrote: »

Wifi almost everywhere. I go to the US ten times a year and rarely if ever pay for Internet access. These days hotels, especially towards the budget end of the market, give free wired or wifi access as a way of making their hotel and rooms more competitive.

Absolutely.

Just came back a few weeks ago from Chicago/Vegas trip and had no problems using my netbook via free wireless in hotels.

All networks in the US charge to receive calls on mobiles. This is down to the fact that mobiles do not have a dedicated dialling code/call charge rate as we do here, i.e. all mobile numbers start 07 and usually cost more (unless you are MSE savvy). In the US all mobiles have a local area code and it is free to call from a landline within the local area.

The only way around this is to have for example an AT&T/Cingular PAYG, then any calls within AT&T/Cingular networks are free, as are calls within the same area code to landlines.

HTH

M4RKM

diable wrote: »

So networks on payg still charge for you to receive calls and texts and across state lie its all various networks.

There is a reason for this, and it isn't just PAYG across in the states.

in America, for example, NYC has an area code of 646 (amongst others).
On the other hand, you can also have a mobile/cell phone with an area code of 646.

So basically, you have no clue if you - the end user, are calling a mobile or a land line.
So, the system they use all across the USA, is different to what we use in the UK. In the UK, the Calling Party pays, which is why all mobile numbers start with 07, and therefore you're aware that you're calling a mobile!