Backup for internet access.

[Kenneth Brody]

On 11/2/2012 11:22 AM, Boaz Bezborodko wrote:
> I hope everyone in the path of the storm is recovering well.
>
> Yesterday I tried to get our systems online with a generator.  That was
> no problem.  But I was hampered by not being able to get internet
> access.  Our previous plans included using a cell phone for internet
> access.  This worked in the past, but this time the service during the
> outage was horrible.  Turns out that AT&T's old 3G and 4G service just
> isn't keeping up.  I didn't have a 4G-LTE phone which is supposed to be
> better, but I did have a T-Mobile Samsung unit.  Thing is this will not
> tether to an XP machine without certain drivers and I couldn't download
> them through the AT&T phones I had.  I was able to connect to a laptop
> with Windows 7, but I couldn't get the LAN to be able to access this
> service.
>
> What do other people use and what should I be looking at for internet
> access during such a situation?

While I have not personally used them, there are 4G WiFi access points, 
which appear just like any other WiFi access point (no drivers needed), but 
rather than connecting to your ISP via a wire, it connects to the 4G cell 
phone network.

-- 
Kenneth Brody