Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Good internet access while travelling in the USA

In the past this has been an issue. But, last trip at Radio Shack I bought one of these Virgin Broadband2Go devices. The rates have now decreased so that on this trip I am paying just $40 for a month of unlimited access. The coverage is pretty good although it is occasionally slow at remoter locations.

1 comment:

  1. Many thanks for this blog post, Ross. The internet accessibility at Pacifichem last week was miserable. It would have been really useful to have something like this. I'll pick your brain about it after you get back.

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