Bring your own WiFi hotspot
5 comments- TAGS:mobile broadband, Wi-Fi
- IT TOPICS:Mobile & Wireless, Networking, Internet
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- A new product from iBox2Go gives you mobile broadband connectivity to the Internet, plus a WiFi router that enables up to 10 users to share the connection -- all in a secret-agent mini-briefcase.
iBox2Go's "Internet in the box" line of products, launched today, uses a Sprint Mobile Broadband USB card for connection speeds that might reach as high as 3.1Mbps (similar to DSL or Cable).
The card can be removed from the iBox2Go unit, and used directly in your laptop if there's only one user.
The iBox2Go comes in three flavors. The cheapest one, called the iB300, is $200 (plus the monthly Sprint bill), offers a 40-foot range. The iB100 costs $250 and gives you a 50-foot range. And the iB500 costs $350 and gives you 200-foot range.
You can also rent one.
An iBox2Go is ideal for "bedouins" -- people who work at companies without offices -- or anyone who travels on business in groups of more than one. When you compare even the most expensive iBox2Go unit with the cost of an additional mobile broadband account, it pays for itself in just a few months.
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