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Originally Posted by nono1973
ATurn your room and/or N's shop into a wifi accessible place with a USB connected portable modem at about 300k rupiah per month (30GB data). (
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Again?
Sorry to repeat, you are my friend, but the fact you are a friend should not impede me to repeat you, once again, that technically speaking a USB-connected portable modem today in 2017 is
prehistory, period. No serious IT retailer should even propose it to customers.
Today, the device to use is a Mobile WIFI router (a.k.a. MIFI), something that you DO NOT connect to the USB port of the laptop. Such device has a SIM card with data plan (e.g., the one you mention above) and, on one side, connects to the 4G network of a local operator, while on the other provides a wifi interface, to which up to 10 devices can be connected: that is, your laptop, your phone(s), even the phones of your girls and friends.
It's smaller than a GSM phone. You can keep it in your pocket while you move around walking. The battery lasts for one full day. Anywhere you go in Batam, you are online with all your devices (should you go around with several phones and even a laptop). I am used to go to do my work on my laptop sitting at JCO. I have my MIFI in my pocket and I am online on the laptop and the smartphone. I also play Pokemon Go while walking around Nagoya and Jodoh, always online with my smartphone connected to my personal WiFi.
No need to install a driver, no need to mess up with configurations if the USB device cannot be installed correctly, etc. Only advantages, no drawbacks. In addition, the throughput and overall performance can be also higher (because of the speed limitation on the USB port). I remember I achieved several tens of Megabit/s in some cases (on 4G).
Yes, it is more pricey than a USB-connected modem (there's a reason for that: otherwise, nobody would buy those old modems). My ZTE 4G MIFI costs around 150 SGD in my country, but I am sure cheaper opportunities are available in Singapore.
I and others explained the above several times already. I remember that a photo was even posted. Trust me (just on telecom technical matters).