What do people here know about Mobile WiFi (MiFi) hotspots?

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3. "You will need a modem and a router."

I don't now.

When I left my place of employment, I took with me the employer-owned laptop and the MiFi hotspot. That's it.

I have to use a computer furnished by my employer. All the data is encrypted. It doesn't matter that I have a laptop running Windows 10. It won't connect to my employer's servers. I work for a government agency. Nothing secret, but I have to be on GFE (government-furnished equipment) to connect to my employer's servers.

Re: car death. What do you mean? Battery?

I see you and I are editing at the same time. Verizon has device somewhere in the neighborhood through which I am uploading and downloading data. The Verizon Jetpack is about the size of a 9-volt transistor radio, if you remember them. The GFE laptop I use is sitting on a table right next to the Jetpack. The laptop has a WiFi "card." It communicates with the Jetpack wirelessly. The Jetpack communicates with the Verizon device, mounted on some nearby utility pole, wirelessly. No one had to come out to the house to run a connection. I did not have to fish a cable through the walls.

No muss, no fuss. I like that. I like that a lot.

It works surprisingly (for me) well. Kids would shrug their shoulders and not be the least bit impressed.