Comments on: My Big Question: iPad 3G or Verizon MiFi?

By: Jeremy Blair

Jeremy Blair — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:09:54 +0000

how much per month?

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:51:56 +0000

Hey Bruce!

This definitely seems like the best deal! How did it end up working out for you?

Thanks, Katie

By: kolia

kolia — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 03:30:34 +0000

verizon vs att for ipad
The mifi will be called many names by the time you own one. Pain in the ass to install, mucks up your macbook wireless, did not install at all on my win 7 laptop. It has 4-5 hours of battery life and more cables to connect.

Yuck, as much as I loathe At&t that is where I will go for my ipad :( could it not be easy just once. Marketing idiots take note, if you need geek squad to install it your marketing plan sucks.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:57:33 +0000

Do not purchase the mifi from verizon. I have not had a good connection in the state of PA. As a moatter of fact, I have not had a good connection with thing ever and verizon will not fix the problem that they know exists.
They are blaming my computer and make excuses everytime I call. I can honestly say this thing has been a huge disapointment not to mention a huge expense and it is going to cost me hundreds to get out of the contract.
My device has been replaced twice and I still do not have the conection quality of a mobile phone, not to mention the fact that I cannot get the thing to connect at all as a wireless device let alone a multi device connection.
Verizon is not worth the money they charge.
After being a good standing cusomer for over 10 years you would think they would cooperate and take back a device that they know does not work.
I am switching to AT&T….

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:26:22 +0000

I’m going with the Virgin Mobile wifi pay as you go unlimited plan for $40 a month for both my iPad and MacBook Pro. F*** you very much AT&T.

By: trythis

trythis — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:01:37 +0000

Buy a Cradlepoint wifi/3g router and an older Verizon 3G USB Modem (refurbed, eBay, etc.) and activate it on a month-to-month contract.

Not quite as compact as the MiFi, but the Cradlepoint devices have their own nice features, and I like being able to detach the modem and directly connect it if desired (i.e. to my laptop.)

By: stephanie

stephanie — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 02:34:57 +0000

I just bought a 64gb WiFi Ipad today and will be going with the prepaid Virgin Mobile MiFi that just came out, for times when I travel etc.

By: Sid

Sid — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:54:19 +0000

I would Jailbreak your Iphone. Get MYWI which turns the iphone into a hotspot. Grab Jolt Reserve or duo (external Battery) and buy your ipad. WIFI wherever your iphone has signal. Easy fix. As to the Jailbreak morality, its perfectly legal, just dont STEAL any apps. (You'll know if you are)

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By: Monofrio

Monofrio — Mon, 17 May 2010 02:03:00 +0000

So here is my two cents… I was paying Att about 250 a month for unlimited everything for just me and my wife’s iPhones. Outrageous right? So I finally got fed up with paying those crazy prices, seeing as there were so many new services out there offering unlimited everything for far less than Att. I still had a couple of month left on each device so I knew I would be hit hard for the early termination fee’s, no matter I would make that up with the money saved in the first 6 months.
I went with Simple Mobile for both of us, a new company that uses T-mobile’s towers. Their service work’s great with the iPhone’s as they use GSM sim cards. My wife does not use that much data so I got her the 50 dollar plan that included 50mb of data and unlimited voice and text. I only got the voice and text for 40 because I had an idea in mind that would be great for the up coming mothers day.
I bought a wifi iPad for my wife and a wifi model for myself. So here is the deal, I went with the MyFi from Verizon after much consideration between them and Sprint. I am a heavy internet user but never for video streaming so I will never go over the 5gb cap. At home we are on the home wifi so the MiFi only gets used when I leave the house.
I just got back from disney and and my wife and I loved the MyFi. There was no wifi at the resort and it performed without a hitch. I solved the battery issue by just getting a backup battery or having it plugged to an outlet when stationary.
I think that if you are not a big video streamer, that you should be okay with the 5gb cap. If you want to save money and not use Att with your iphone service, Simple Mobile is a great alternative. If you have a couple iPads and they go with you but don’t want to pay multiple data plans then the MyFi will do the job beautifully. I know that some of you out there are saying, why didn’t I just go with the MyWi App? Frankly, I was just tired of giving Att so much money.