Yeah, it's something of an antiquated billing mechanism since so many folks have multiple devices. I suspect the provider isn't targeting especially sophisticated users or has simply chosen the lazy path to easy profits rather than working a little harder for hardcore users. I'd be willing to pay a small premium for my additional devices on top of a base primary account but that isn't on offer.
The coverage of non-Verizon wireless providers completely sucks here. We're simply so rural, the population so sparse and the terrain so hostile to RF (undulating tall hills with sharp, deep valleys), it's a telecom nightmare. Sprint voice reaches here but not data. AT&T voice is spotty and their data connectivity even more so. Verizon, sucky though it may be, is the strongest provider here.
Your idea of using a primary laptop and sharing via a secondary router occurred to me. For our next visit, I can try bringing a spare wifi router with cabling to see what I can cobble together. It would be nicer to have a standalone repeater/dhcp server appliance which could live at the trailer permanently but I'll take what I can get.
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Date: 2012-03-17 04:28 pm (UTC)The coverage of non-Verizon wireless providers completely sucks here. We're simply so rural, the population so sparse and the terrain so hostile to RF (undulating tall hills with sharp, deep valleys), it's a telecom nightmare. Sprint voice reaches here but not data. AT&T voice is spotty and their data connectivity even more so. Verizon, sucky though it may be, is the strongest provider here.
Your idea of using a primary laptop and sharing via a secondary router occurred to me. For our next visit, I can try bringing a spare wifi router with cabling to see what I can cobble together. It would be nicer to have a standalone repeater/dhcp server appliance which could live at the trailer permanently but I'll take what I can get.