There are public hotspots all over, and there all sorts of resources that come and go for finding them (we usually just turn on our WiFiRanger and sniff them out).
There are tons of options for keeping connected as you roam, and as to what will work best for you will be how essential it is that you get online on your schedule, versus when you find available signals. Also what your budget is for connectivity.
We've done some extensive articles on this subject on our blog that you're welcome to check out:
Internet is essential to our livelyhood as we work online - so we have a pretty big budget to keep many options open to us. But you can certainly keep decent connectivity for less expenditure.
Best wishes,
- Cherie
-- Edited by Technomadia on Thursday 5th of July 2012 10:36:45 PM
gdhill said
03:09 AM Jul 6, 2012
When driving a commercial truck through Iowa I notice the rest areas there have free wifi. Didn't see it anywhere else from Maine to Texas or anywhere else. Are hotspots common and where would they be at? If a business has wifi like a Mcdonalds or hotel would you be able to pick up their wifi? I haven't done a lot of computer stuff on the road however; we will be going fultime and need to find out so that bill paying online and e-mails can be retrieved. Plus job hunting and entertainment as well. What are my options to get connected and is it secure for such things as paying bills? Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate your help. Gary
gdhill said
03:52 PM Jul 6, 2012
Thanks Cherie, good information but I would like to know also if being in public and unsecured would the transactions I make be safe and secure. Thnks Gary
Technomadia said
05:37 PM Jul 6, 2012
We address that topic in the first article I linked to above.
gdhill said
06:23 PM Jul 6, 2012
Thanks Cherie, There is a fantastic amount of information there and I will have to spend quite awhile figuring it all out. Although functional on a computor I am a dinosaur compared to the new technology. Don't even have text messaging and never sent one or recieved one. Some of the terms used are greek to me but I like learning new things and I have a place to go (you and chris) if I want to put something together. I appreciate the information and I'm sure I'll be contacting you for more info. Thanks Gary
There are public hotspots all over, and there all sorts of resources that come and go for finding them (we usually just turn on our WiFiRanger and sniff them out).
There are tons of options for keeping connected as you roam, and as to what will work best for you will be how essential it is that you get online on your schedule, versus when you find available signals. Also what your budget is for connectivity.
We've done some extensive articles on this subject on our blog that you're welcome to check out:
Our discussion about the various options- public WiFi, Cellular, Satellite: http://www.technomadia.com/2011/09/10-tips-to-keep-connected-us-mobile-internet-options/
Our current internet gadgetry setup: http://www.technomadia.com/internet
Internet is essential to our livelyhood as we work online - so we have a pretty big budget to keep many options open to us. But you can certainly keep decent connectivity for less expenditure.
Best wishes,
- Cherie
-- Edited by Technomadia on Thursday 5th of July 2012 10:36:45 PM