I have been using this and it works very nice. I either connect via powercord or battery. I don’t use USB because of the wifi limitation and I share the mifi connection with colleagues. This article is good in showing how to fix the wifi & USB part.

http://cnettv.cnet.com/8301-13415_53-10386916-11.html

No, ATT does not support MiFi. I recently cancelled the ATT broadband plan.

Questions – have you (or any of your reader) tried MiFi on US290 (Houston – Austin)? ATT does not have broadband there and I wonder if Sprint or Verizon has broadband established on US 290. I am deciding between Sprint or Verizon MiFi. Your advice will be greatly appreciated. TIA

You should really cut Alex some slack,he did state that it was not a bad product for those of us that do not travel into these more rural areas.Some of us DO travel into these areas and our concerns are just and legitimate as your own.Please relax!

I DO find myself in these situations quite regularly.I am very interested in Alex’s input.My thanks to him!

My business takes me to these places and having a dependable internet connection makes my job much easier and so much more productive.In essence this allows me to do my part to assist many people that contribute greatly to the economy that,also,depend on my services.

There are many people who live and work in rural,out of the way places that keep those of you in urban settings supplied,fed and working.It is far past time that our wireless needs are recognized,appreciated and met.

I have used Verizon WWAN for a number of years, with a modem in my Lenovo laptop. Very good. The difficulty was sharing the signal.

The MIFI seemed like a good option, but it is seeming less and less now that I have used it for awhile. First, I have to remember to take it with me with my laptop, or I obviously have no signal. It’s easy to forget and looks to be very easy to inadvertently leave behind somewhere.

Second, because the MIFI doesn’t charge off the USB while still sending a WIFI signal, you can’t use the USB charger and still share the signal. Stupid, since with your laptop, you would ideally like to keep it charged this way and still share it. One wonders why.

My new Lenovo has a small WIFI embedded in it that allows me to share an Internet signal. In retrospect, I wish I had ordered this laptop with an embedded Verizon modem, then shared via the laptop’s WIFI, rather than using this card.

I travel a lot and spend time in airports, etc–i.e. in cities. You know in many airports WiFi is not free. So, rather than paying $X a day at these airport hotspots, just get a Mifi and take it with you.

I can’t think of the last time I’ve been somewhere where I didn’t get a good EVDO signal on my BlackBerry–does this make me a “suburban soccer mom” just because I don’t often venture out into the middle of soybean fields?? Maybe we should call you the “country hick farmer”