Amie
Mac Convert for Life
NOTE: I couldn't find an AirPort/Wireless section in this forum, so I'm posting here. Mods, feel free to move it elsewhere--but let me know where to find it.
I use T-Mobile Hotspot as my ISP (I do not have a separate ISP for home use). I'm only able to use my laptop at T-Mobile Hotspots (as a paying member) or at other establishments that offer free wireless Internet. If I purchased one of those white, snow-cone looking AirPort signals for my home, would I be able to access the Internet from home as well? How does that work exactly? Do you just plug the AirPort cone into an outlet in the wall and configure the laptop to pick up the signal and you're set to go ... or is it much more complicated than that?
The reason I'm considering buying an AirPort signal for home is because right now I pay $29.99 per month for T-Mobile, so rather than pay additional monthly fee for another ISP for my home (Bellsouth, DSL, AOL, etc.), it would be cheaper in the long run to just buy my own AirPort signal for about $200 and not have any additional fees after that. I would keep my T-Mobile Hotspot account, of course, for working from my laptop outside of my home.
Am I making sense here, or have I misunderstood the whole wireless/AirPort concept? Sorry for any confusion, just trying to explore my options for Internet access outside and inside the home. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I use T-Mobile Hotspot as my ISP (I do not have a separate ISP for home use). I'm only able to use my laptop at T-Mobile Hotspots (as a paying member) or at other establishments that offer free wireless Internet. If I purchased one of those white, snow-cone looking AirPort signals for my home, would I be able to access the Internet from home as well? How does that work exactly? Do you just plug the AirPort cone into an outlet in the wall and configure the laptop to pick up the signal and you're set to go ... or is it much more complicated than that?
The reason I'm considering buying an AirPort signal for home is because right now I pay $29.99 per month for T-Mobile, so rather than pay additional monthly fee for another ISP for my home (Bellsouth, DSL, AOL, etc.), it would be cheaper in the long run to just buy my own AirPort signal for about $200 and not have any additional fees after that. I would keep my T-Mobile Hotspot account, of course, for working from my laptop outside of my home.
Am I making sense here, or have I misunderstood the whole wireless/AirPort concept? Sorry for any confusion, just trying to explore my options for Internet access outside and inside the home. Any help would be greatly appreciated.