Mobile broadband for non-tech savvy

Your phone has the ability to be your hotspot. It's an extra charge per gigabyte to your cellular bill.

 

I have a Verizon phone.
In my phone menu I have a selection for personal hot spot.
I turn my personal hot spot on on my phone and then connect my iPad to it and then surf the web.
My wife also connects her windows based surface to it to do her online classes while we are on the road.

 

Give 'em a call.

 

I am not charged extra.
It uses the data plan that I have on the phone already.
Think of it as your using your iPad or laptop as a bigger remote monitor for your phone.
Now if you spend hours streaming video you may need to increase your data plan on your phone.

 

All carriers have mobile hotspot devices.
From what I've read Verizon's is the way to go.
If you use your straight talk account ( phone) for a hotspot it's a heck of a lot more expensive than Verizon's.
Its like $ 75 for only 7gigs.
I'm not sure which Verizon myfi works the best but you can look on there website.