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    Verizon Wireless V740 ExpressCard

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by kevin25, Jun 4, 2007.

  1. kevin25

    kevin25 Notebook Consultant

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    hey i found this online and thought it was pretty interesting, do you put this into an express slot and your able to access the internet from a bunch of places? like if i wanted to use my laptop in the car, i would have access to the internet.

    i also wanted to know if you had to pay a monthly bill.

    Will this work with the Asus G1s
     
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    You would be able to access the Internet anywhere you have wireless signal on your cellphone. You would also need to subscribe to a data plan, with monthly fees.
     
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    kevin25 Notebook Consultant

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    alright thanks, i thought it would be coo, but dont wanna pay monthly fee lol
     
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    No problem. The monthly fees I refer to are monthly charges, just like your charges/bills for your cellphone.
     
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    The lady I just trained at work has this service, first time I had seen it so I thought it was pretty neat. She said you have to have Verizon to use the service (I have no confirmed, I dont see why they wouldnt want to take your money for just this service if you dont have a phone with them) and that it was like 70$ a month.

    So its pretty expensive.

    If your on the road alot its probably worth it, considering average high speed net is like 40$ for a home based ISP, the extra 30$ lets you use that anywhere instead of only the few days your at home.

    The "high speed internet" at my workplace was actually slower than her connection I think (our internet is horribly slow tho, esp for me who comes home to 15mb/s down 2mb/s up fiber optic connection)

    If you want it and dont have verizon, dont fret. Cingular and Sprint both offer it or will offer it soon.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jun 4, 2007
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