Dave writes: If I don’t have a Wi-FI connection in my office, can I use my iPhone and connect to the Internet via its cellular network? If so, how? Hi Dave! Yep, you sure can. Indeed, it only takes a few taps to turn your iPhone—or your Android phone, for that...
I’ve written before about how easily data use on a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot can creep up on you, particularly when you’re out and about with a laptop. The culprits, of course, can be many—anything from system updates quietly downloading in the background to...
Using a portable Wi-Fi hotspot (either a smartphone or a stand-alone device) to access the Internet on your Mac or Windows laptop? If so, careful. You’d be surprised how much data your notebook PC can burn through in a matter of minutes. Now, you may already...
Wondering how your mobile hotspot-connected laptop ate half of your monthly cellular data allowance in a single gulp? Well, both Mac and Windows PCs come with a handy feature that may unwittingly gobble up a big chunk of your monthly mobile data: the ability to...
Using your smartphone or a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot to access the Internet on your Windows 8 laptop? If so, careful—you’d be surprised how much mobile data your notebook PC can burn through in a matter of minutes. Streaming videos on Netflix or Hulu is an obvious...
Irene writes: I’m new to mobile hotspots and I have a question as to how data usage is determined. If I leave the hotspot on but I’m not logged on to the Internet, I am assuming I am not using data, correct? If my hotspot is connected and my Internet is...
Sue writes: Currently I have AT&T but due to all the problems will be switching to Verizon in the very near future. I was told by Verizon that while using the iPhone as a hotspot that you are not able to use the phone, i.e.: make or receive calls. Is this really...
I’m often asked by would-be cable cutters whether they should trade in their cable Internet for a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot. My answer typically begins with another question: How often do you stream Netflix videos? The reason I ask is because most mobile Wi-Fi...
