We had planned on using the campground's wifi for our internet needs here in Garden City. Turns out that our campsite is really too far away from the antennas for us to reliably connect while inside our Casita. We had to take our computers over to a more central location in order to connect. That was getting old so we went to a Verizon store in Logan to see what options they had. We were introduced to a brand new device that had just come out, the Mifi 2200. It's a wireless broadband modem AND a wireless wifi router all in one small device. It's a perfect solution for our situation! The best part, and what ultimately sold us was that Verizon lets you go month to month without any contract. That was important to us because we only need it while we're here in Utah. Once we get back to Mesa we have cable internet there. So we can use the device and service this summer, suspend the service and then start it again for next summer.
We paid about $200 for the device. It's normally $99 with a 2 year contract but we paid more so we could go month to month. Once we got it home it took only a few minutes to configue. It can support up to 5 connections at a time. We have our 2 laptops and the iPhone so we can connect everything at once. The speed is very acceptable running on Verizon's 3G network. We love it!
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The Verizon Mifi 2200.
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