10-18-2013, 10:16 PM
silvarios wrote:
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I have a friend who freelances as a research assistant for a tv writer. Only couple days a month on irregular schedule. She finds herself on location where there is often no public wifi or it is too far away to keep going back and forth. Paying piece meal for internet would suit her just fine since she gets paid cash. Does not have the money for or want to spring for a monthly data plan. At home, she shares service with the mcdonalds next door.
Does she have a cell phone plan? Perhaps tethering would work. If not, Ting, might be a worthwhile alternative. $6+ taxes is the base monthly rate. If she only needs data , up to 100MB is $3 extra. Ting only charges for actual use. Two days of data from AT&T is $10, granted that's 250MB for each day. Ting would be about $23 ($13 for data, $6 for device, probably $4 or so in taxes/fees, but that last bit can vary) for 500MB, granted that covers the entire month of access. Ting does not charge for tethering, just data use.
How much data is your friend using? How much are overages on AT&T?
Thanks for suggestion. Her cell phone has no data. She wants to activate the service only when she needs it. Sometimes the work days are more then a month apart so no incoming money to pay. And she wants to keep using her ipad, so I do not think Ting would quite fit it that (does not to lug around another device).