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router for 3g card?

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fleeper

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Is there any kind of router I can put my iphone's 3g sim card into and have a wifi area? This would be like the verizon mifi. I would gladly purchase a mifi via AT&T if they offered it but they do not or at least they do not in my area.

This way I could tether my iPad. I looked into jailbreaking my iphone but it is version 3.1.3 so jailbreaking looked bleak.

Anyone else have a solution?

Thanks much.
 
I'm ditching my AT&T 3G USB card for the MacBook and I'm gonna go with the MiFi.
For the same price ($60) I will be able to connect my MacBook, iPad, and 3 other devices of my choice.

If you have a laptop, I'd go the MiFi route..
 
Shady,
I might do that. But i am trying to find a workaround so that i don't pay for mobile internet twice.
 
fleeper said:
Is there any kind of router I can put my iphone's 3g sim card into and have a wifi area? This would be like the verizon mifi. I would gladly purchase a mifi via AT&T if they offered it but they do not or at least they do not in my area.

This way I could tether my iPad. I looked into jailbreaking my iphone but it is version 3.1.3 so jailbreaking looked bleak.

Anyone else have a solution?

Thanks much.
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Search netgear....they have a wifi router where you can use a USB Modem as the internet link.
 
fleeper said:
Shady,
I might do that. But i am trying to find a workaround so that i don't pay for mobile internet twice.
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You pay for it on the iPhone regardless so don't include that.
The way I'm looking at it, right now I already pay for a AT&T USB 3G card. If i ditch that and pick up the MiFi, I will be still paying $60 but I will be able to connect my MacBook, iPad, and anything else that I want. With the USB card I am limited to one device and it must have USB so the AT&T card isn't even an option on the iPad.
I don't know if I'm explaining it rightbut the bottom line is, I will still be paying $60 a month BUT now my iPad has free 3G pretty much.
 
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Yes you can do this with an ATT USB 3G card and a cradlepoint router.
 
skubish said:
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Yes you can do this with an ATT USB 3G card and a cradlepoint router.
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I can't believe netgear is charging 109.99 for that router! I saw it on onesaleaday for 19.99 last week!
 
How far away are you going to want to use your devices from the hotspot point? Keep in mind the mifi only has a 66 foot range.
 
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