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AirCards for Laptops - My daughter will be traveling by car this Thanksgiving and would like to use the Internet to while away the hours in the car. Is the cost for the speed worthwhile or will it be as slow as the internet on my Blackberry? Most of the driving will be via the Interstate FWIW.

I love my Verizon air card. I think the speed is great. Definitely FASTER then my blackberry. Definitely worth taking on a road trip.

The speed is MUCH improved. Depending upon the phone there are many options (quite a few Android devices can act as hot spots -- for an added monthly fee). There are also now month to month MiFi type devices which are often preferred because they create a WiFi connection that can be shared by usually up to 5 people. I think Best Buy is actually selling the no-contract MiFi on Virgin for about $200 and I think Virgin's monthly fee (no contract) is about $40 - $45. If I were to get a mobile connection today I'd probably first look at the non-contract options which for some odd reason are cheaper per month (they may also have download limits so if she's going to stream Hulu or other bandwidth heavy apps then she may want to be sure she'll have enough bandwidth available on the plan so she doesn't get surcharged).