[Tfug] [Bulk] hot spot vpn

[Tyler Kilian]

Adding hotspot to an iPhone is something like $20.  It forms a wireless SSID that you connect to using wifi from any device you wish.  You first, of course, need an iPhone in this example.

We use them at work to connect laptops during emergencies away from the office.  Works great.

Android phones do it too, of course.  

The Bluetooth "tethering" has pretty much gone the way of the dodo.

Tyler

On Jan 15, 2013, at 8:03 PM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> On 1/9/2013 2:54 PM, Liz Ravenwood wrote:
>> Has anyone played with this?
>> 
>> www.hotspotvpn.com<http://www.hotspotvpn.com>
> 
> I was hoping someone could shed some firsthand light on this, but...
> <frown>  (I couldn't see what it offered that couldn't also be
> accomplished in a "pure software" approach...)
> 
>> I thought I was buying my own access point, but the "help desk" and
>> I are talking in circles and I can't get the dang thing to work.
> 
> From PM's with Liz, it seems she was actually looking for a means of
> having internet access "anywhere".  I.e., when there isn't a nearby
> *open* access point that she could tap into.  E.g., at the corner of
> WALK and DON'T WALK; or somewhere along the road to feenigs; or...
> 
> I *think* it is possible to connect a cell phone (with data plan)
> to your laptop (???) -- for certain cell phones, data plans, etc.
> I'm guessing this is done via the bluetooth connection?  (Or, do
> those phones rely on WiFi for this -- even nowadays?).
> 
> Anyone have any firsthand experience with this?  And, the costs
> in terms of data plans, choice of carriers/phones, etc.?
> 
> I'm guessing it is "not cheap".  Not the sort of connection you
> would want to use to download ISO's to your laptop.  But, exactly
> how painful it might be is something I am clueless about...  :<
> 
> Taking it one step further (curiosity killed the cat), what if
> you *truly* wanted to be able to access the 'net from *anywhere*
> (middle of pacific ocean).  What options do you have, *there*?
> 
> --don
> 
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