Questions regarding Panasonic Toughbook and internet connection while driving

Yeah, I usually shut it down at night so I didn't go over my limits. I'm online 24/7 at home, though, but have no idea what my usage is. That'd be interesting to know but we have four computers so it'd be a bit hard to know who was using up what.

If you are online that much, you definitely need to be with Sprint though!!! They are the ONLY one who is unlimited, no matter what anyone says.

 

I have cable and wireless at home with my desk top and laptop, but when traveling I've been using a Sony Viao and an Alltel Wireless aircard. I've gotten great results 24 / 7 with Alltel. I'd say the worst I've had was Cingular/ AT&T's aircard. SSSSSSLLLLLLOOOOOOWWWWW......

 

Verizon to pay $1 million over deceptive "unlimited" EVDO plans

The case of the limited "unlimited" EVDO has been settled: Verizon has agreed to pay out $1 million to customers that it has terminated for overuse of its high-speed data service. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo made the announcement today, saying that Verizon's decision came after a nine-month investigation into the company's services and marketing practices. The attorney general accused Verizon of producing misleading materials and deceptive marketing when it claimed that its data plans were unlimited.
The issue came to light last year, when some customers found their accounts on the chopping block after downloading too much data over Verizon's wireless broadband service. The wireless provider prominently advertised its EVDO service as "unlimited," but the fine print indicated that it was only unlimited for certain things, such as e-mail and web access. Video, music, and other media did not fall into that category, and Verizon began enforcing an undisclosed bandwidth cap on users that the company decided downloaded too much.
Verizon eventually cut off some 13,000 customers for excessive use of its "unlimited" service, leaving those customers out in the cold with equipment that they could no longer use. But the Attorney General said that the service's limitations were not clearly and conspicuously disclosed, and that they "directly contradicted the promise of 'unlimited' service."
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/pos...lion-over-deceptive-unlimited-evdo-plans.html

 

Cingular/ATT really doesn't have much coverage and slow speeds where they do (have coverage).

 

My new Dell Latitude has a built in wireless card. It picks up broadband everywhere, sometimes when I don't even have a cell phone signal. The antennae is built into the screen frame. Most companys give you a deduction if you have both your cell phone and internet service with them.

 

If it helps anyone to know this, the Panasonic Toughbook is the prefered laptop for many police & fire agency vehicles.

By now, there's probably more manufacturers out there offering a Toughbook "like" unit for the harsher environments of mobile computing.

Toughbooks aren't known to be the fastest computers, just ruggedized for the mobile computing environment.

You can get an equally rugged docking station to fit one as well.