Stop waiting for AT&T tethering, Sprint MiFi is rock solid in San Francisco

[lindsayanng]

This thread is funny..

You're right.. i dont understand spending $60 a month because you cant browse the net AT WORK.. i mean, if you need to browse at work, then your employer should pay.. I have never been in an office... or even a MC DONALDS that didnt have wifi.. so i'm very surprised that ANY work place doesnt have a community wifi ..

but whatever..

the guy suggesting that you just use your MBP.. well, it would make sense, but its a big gadget to pull out every time you want to update your facebook or twitter (which is what I am assuming 90% of this guys usage is)

If you can afford it.. great.. but if you are one of those guys without health insurance just to have this thing.. your a dick - IF

 

[sushi]

I work in downtown S.F. and AT&T data service is next to unusable. I get Edge all day in the office (20th floor). Got tired of not being about to use my iPhone and MacBook pro I went ahead and got a Sprint MiFi. It's been a day now and the connection is ROCK SOLID.<snip>

Sounds like a good plan.

These type of devices are gaining in popularity it seems. Even here in Japan there are a couple of models available.

Having one device that can share a cell Internet connection to 5 devices over WiFi is sweet.

because you cant browse the net AT WORK.. i mean, if you need to browse at work, then your employer should pay

Why should an employer allow employees to use company resources to browse the Internet for non-job related browsing?

 

[Outrigger]

I have never been in an office... or even a MC DONALDS that didnt have wifi.. so i'm very surprised that ANY work place doesnt have a community wifi ..

Then maybe you haven't been to enough offices. I have never been to an office that had open wifi or wifi period and I work in manhattan midtown financial district. And it doesn't seem like he's selling his kidneys so he can pay for it, so more power to him.

 

[Outrigger]

Everything you say you want to do on your three devices could be done on your MBP alone, including unlimited multitasking. Why not just get a dumb phone and use your MBP with a USB dongle, then do all your slingboxing and skyping etc. on the MBP. Your setup just makes no sense.

I don't think carrying a MBP in your pocket is practicle.

 

[thelatinist]

I don't think carrying a MBP in your pocket is practicle.

His stated reason for going with Mi-Fi was to be able simultaneously to run his MBP, iPhone, and iTouch on it while at work. He's not talking about carrying it in his pocket, but using it at a desk all day.