[TriLUG] OT: Wireless Hotspot weekly rental?

Igor Partola igor at igorpartola.com
Fri Jul 15 09:40:43 EDT 2011


This may be more permanent than you want, but Virgin Mobile has some nice
pre-paid options. You get to pay monthly though.

Igor

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Carl Crider <c.crider at gmail.com> wrote:

> The 15 day trial would be my suggestion as well. I've had plenty of
> luck working in a couple of Wilmington coffee shops.
> A friend of mine use Day Pass (I didn't Google to be sure of the name)
> wifi rental for a recent bike trip.
>
> If you are actually heading up and out to the OBX, there's a short
> list of free spots here:
> http://therealouterbanks.com/outer-banks-free-wi-fi-2.html
>
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> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Len Boyle <Len.Boyle at sas.com> wrote:
> > You could sign up for att or Verizon broadband support which used to come
> with a 15 day trial.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Chris Merrill
> > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:10 AM
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> > Subject: [TriLUG] OT: Wireless Hotspot weekly rental?
> >
> > I'm soon heading to Wilmington (Wrightsville Beach) for a week for a
> family vacation. The place we are staying does not have internet access  :O
> Needless to say, I had no part in selecting the location.
> >
> > Does anyone know of mobile internet providers that handle short-term
> leases in the Wilmington area?  If anyone can share their experience with
> these in the OBX, that would help as well.
> >
> > My other option is to root my Droid and use that.  This IS the excuse
> I've been looking for to root it, but I'm not sure if I have time to get it
> done before now and next Friday...and I don't know kind of range to expect
> from the Droid as a hotspot.
> >
> > TIA!
> > Chris
> >
> >
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