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EverdreaM
Aspirant
Sep 14, 2013

Question about the Internet services

Greetings !
I didnt find a place to ask my question so I just write it here kindly accept my apology if its not the right place !
I am an international student, already residing in a dorm in San Francisco. Unfortunately the dorm's internet is awful so I was thinking about getting my own internet somehow.
They don't let students to bring their own routers to the building, so I was wondering is there any other options for me to access a high speed internet on my laptop without being needed to have a router ?

I really appreciate if you could help me out thanks in advance :)

3 Replies

  • jmizoguchi's avatar
    jmizoguchi
    Virtuoso
    Sep 14, 2013
    Get 3/4G Cell Data using USB dongle. or MiFI unit


    Probably not going to be cheap price for monthly bandwidth but you can use it anywhere
  • EverdreaM's avatar
    EverdreaM
    Aspirant
    Sep 14, 2013
    jmizoguchi wrote:
    Get 3/4G Cell Data using USB dongle. or MiFI unit


    Probably not going to be cheap price for monthly bandwidth but you can use it anywhere


    Thanks for the replay :)
    Actually I searched a lot through the web, found a couple of companies (AT&T, boingo etc. but wasn't sure which one would be a good option for me, I mainly need it to watch streams or play online multiplayer games so if anyone has any experience with MiFi or 3/4g services I really appreciate if you could help me.

    Thanks in advance :)
  • jmizoguchi's avatar
    jmizoguchi
    Virtuoso
    Sep 15, 2013
    Streimg video will take lots of bandwidth

    I would say not a good idea

    Go to AT&T store and talk to them and check the price