Mobile Broadband

[Jura]

Virgin has an unlimited plan for $40 a month with no contract. Has anyone tried this? Speeds decent? Viable for video conferencing or just for web browsing/instant messaging?

[Funky Fly]

Is that the shit where you get a usb stick for internet?

My buddy had it from Rogers and it was kinda shitty. Not comparable to regular high speed internet with a router.

[Jura]

Yeah with Virgin you can either get a usb drive or this thing called MiFi which looks like a solid state hard disk with a button. It creates a 30-40 ft bubble to access internet by so if anyone else wants to pop on and has a password or whatever they can do that.

I've read 3G is comparable to DSL speeds but I've read its nothing to phone home about.

Maybe I'll just try the 10 day thing but the usb thing is expensive.