Hi Consie,

We just got a Verizon MiFi HotSpot for our beach cabin, and it's working 
very well for us. It came with software to connect my MacBook Pro and my 
husband's PC. You shouldn't need anything else. There are choices of 
download limits, but we were told that if we exceed what we signed up 
for, they'll just bill us for the next increment and not interrupt our 
service. So far it's been great, faster and more reliable than the 
service we had before. We've used it for travel as well.

Katherine Gyorfi







On 5/4/11 8:54 AM, Consie Powell wrote:
> Dumb question time:
> Can someone tell me whether, in order to tap into a wireless 
> modem/router system (MiFi HotSpot, to be specific) with my MacBook 
> Pro, do I need to have another little Apple gizmo or some such piece 
> of equipment, in order to make the wireless technology on this 
> computer work? My MacBook Pro is just over 3 years old and has OSX 
> 10.5.8 on it. Up until now I have had no need for any kind of wireless 
> with it; hence the cluelessness. But we are presently looking to 
> upgrade our internet connection capabilities, and if this HotSpot 
> thing will work, we can get that, and then both my husband and I can 
> hook up to internet at the same time. Presently we have been using a 
> Verizon wireless modem (that has a dedicated data line of its own) 
> that plugs into a USB port (and that means only one of us can use it 
> at a time). We have to use some sort of this kind of wireless system, 
> because we are offgrid and do not have any cables or other grid-tied 
> lines of any sort coming in.
>
> I'm thinking that there is some supplemental something I'm supposed to 
> have in order to make this work, but searching the internet is not 
> helping me know this. I think this is a piece of knowledge that is so 
> elementary that the computer companies presume everyone already knows 
> it. So, any input you guys have will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.....Consie
>

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