I'm in need of education about securing internet access without a land line or cable

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7. I had Sprint wireless internet for 2 years

A gizmo that plugged into the USB port on your computer and gives you internet via the nearest cel tower.

I had it 2007-2009, so I assume it was 3G, but I don't know for sure.


I recall it working reasonably fast. I had no complaints about it. I think it was about 15x as fast as dial-up... in the region of 70 kB/second. IIRC... take it with a sizable grain of salt.


I had the unlimited data plan, and just left it on 24/7. Even did file-sharing with it.



My aunt has Hughes satellite internet. It's more expensive than the Sprint, and a hell of a lot slower. The latency is horrible, the speeds are slow, and it doesn't work too well in a high wind.