Netbooks with built-in 3G can limit your options
Written by meekf
Netbooks from AT&T, Verizon Wireless and others with built-in 3G wireless Internet access and two-year contracts are popular right now. But while the netbooks with bundled 3G are easy to use, they do come with strings attached. And those strings are particularly knotty if you live in the Dallas area. As I noted in my article that ran Thursday , if you buy a regular netbook and then get your wireless Internet elsewhere, you have a lot more options. For instance, you can get one of Sprint’s or Time Warner Cable’s new 4G wireless cards with no monthly download limit to pair with your new netbook, which means a faster data connection. By contrast, the current 3G netbooks are slower and all limit you to a max of 5 gigabytes of monthly downloads. So far, there are no netbooks with built-in 4G. Alternatively, you may already have a 3G phone that can be tethered to your netbook, eliminating the need for a second monthly bill. 3G netbooks aren’t necessarily a rip-off — there is value in simplicity — but you need to know what you’re getting into before you sign on the dotted line.
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Netbooks with built-in 3G can limit your options
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