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But I'm really not sure of the advantage of using your cell phone's WiFi instead of the built-in WiFi on the laptop when surfing the net with your computer. Bottom line is, unless you have a data plan to use with the phone, you are still going to have to lurk in order to find a WiFi signal, whether you use the iPhone or the laptop's WIFi. WiFi is WiFi.
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Errr .... not quite - you use the WiFi on your computer to connect to the WiFi on the iPhone .... which itself is connected to the internet via the ATT's EDGE cellular network ..... and is functioning as a internet connection server to your laptop - over a local ad-hoc 802.x network - between your iPhone and your laptop.
The "data plan" is included in the normal iPhone service plan - unlimited data for $60 per month. You don't have "steal" anything.
Google "iPhone as modem" and you will see various descriptions of how it works (SSH & SOCKS Proxy) - and the hacks needed to make it happen. Here's a link:
Use Your iPhone's Internet Connection On Your Laptop
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so buying an additional WiFi device isn't going to do anything different for your laptop than your laptop is already doing for itself. ...... If you're not within range of an unsecured, steal-able WiFi signal, no phone is gonna help with that.
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Not quite true - at least in the case of the iPhone - as unlimited data usage is included in the service - and the data usage it doesn't count against your cellular minutes.
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If the AT&T plan includes unlimited data, that's a good thing.
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It does.
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But from everyone I've talked to that switched from Verizon to AT&T, the don't like AT&T much (as Lawrence has apparently confirmed again).
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Well .... I actually switched from Verizon to Cingular, now ATT because of all the problems we were having with dropped calls .... so go figure.
And we both know that Verizon ain't perfect right ?
