Need mobile internet

I drive a truck for a living. How can I, while on the road, use my laptop to access the internet. Do I use my cell phone? What about additional hardware or software?

Are you in the States? If you are in Europe you can use UMTS or EDGE which will give you 384/64 for UMTS and a little less for EDGE. I don't know if this is available in the States though.

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Good evening,

I just saw your question and I'm sorry to respond so late. Hopefully this can help...

I posted this a little earlier today:

"I've been using AT&T/Cingular and Verizon Air Cards for some time all over the world and have had pretty good luck with them - if you're the lucky type, you might be able to get the card for free if you can find a monthly service plan that doesn't hurt too much...

A better card is the one Sprint offered - much higher speeds than EDGE can get you - burst up to 600Kbp! However, if the 100-150Kbp doesn't turn you off (and certainly there's an understandable trade-off for your location being without DSL/CM), then you're going down the right road."

With that said, I have successfully used the Sony/Ericson EDGE Air card all over the US - the speed won't set your hair on fire, but as I mentioned to r00ster in the earlier post, it's better than no connectivity at all. The cards can (and on occasion have) cost nearly $400 - this is my experience. However, since this has been the case, I have seen many of these devices given away by service providers in exchange for roping you into a service agreement (one to two years). I've paid as low as $60/month with unlimited use for the EDGE Air cards and slightly over $90/month for the Sprint offering - even though this option costed more, it was worth it for the speed and coverage from NYC to SF.

Whatever you do I wish you the best!

Best cheers, Robbie M