EncodedNybble on 03 January 2012
| umegames said: so im gonna put on my best buy mobile shirt and talk a little business here: (clears throat) so did you know that you could purchase the vita at Best buy, the wifi model, and purchase a broadband card for $50 (with a 2year contract) and instantly save $100 off the vita? with this, you could choose AT&T, Sprint or Verizon with 5gb data plans at $50 a month? this way, not only do you have a device that creates a hotspot for up to 5 other devices, you also (with verizon and at&t in some locations) will recieve 4G speed with 5gb of data. does that sound like a deal?....GREAT! i'll get you signed up |
Pretty much this though without the best buy sales pitch. If you have a smart phone you can more than likely just root your phone to add wifi tethering (allowing other wifi only devices to share your phone's internet connection) or pay somewhere between $20-$30/month for 2 GB or so of data for the same thing ( rooting and tethering may anger your carrier ).
If you don't have a smart phone there are plenty of "wifi hotspot" related devices like umegames mentions which might have similar pricing as the vita's AT&T plan and you can use any carrier you want. The downside is that you'll need to carry another (small) device around instead of just your vita. The upside is, your friends/family can connect to it on road trips/what have you.
