# Providing Salesmen Wireless Access via Laptop - Recommendations, Experiences & Advice **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/providing-salesmen-wireless-access-via-laptop-recommendations-experiences-advice/305102 "2005-05-23T15:35:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/providing-salesmen-wireless-access-via-laptop-recommendations-experiences-advice/305102/1 "2005-05-23T15:35:51Z")
Laptops: Check VPN Client Licenses: Check Everything Else: Still Up In The _Air_ Trying to provide my NYC-metro area staff of four ‘on the road’ salesmen with access to our company’s server from their Windows laptops while they’re off site and unable to plug in. From what I can see, we have two possible routes we can take:[ol][li]Accessing the internet by connecting their laptops to their Nextel Wireless Phones - or - [_]Installing wireless network cards and getting a wireless ISP.[/ol]From my limited knowledge, the latter choice is the preferable one - it appears to be the cheaper and more practical solution. Our SonicWall & Static IPs put security issues on the back burner and I prefer the staff not tie up their phones dialing up thru their Nextels. A little google shopping brought me to [EarthLink Wireless Enhanced Access for your Laptop](https://store.earthlink.net/cgi-bin/wsisa.dll/store/main.html?action=addpromo&promo=06709) - where for a $299 Aircard & $20 per month per user - We should have everything we need.[ul][_]Are there any other wirless solutions I’m totally missing?[_]Nothing’s ever this simple - What am I missing?[_]Nothing’s ever as inexpensive as it seems - Do Wireless providers have a bait & switch trick I don’t see?Earthlinks coverage looks perfect for my area - Are they reputable?[/ul]Any of your observations, advice, recommendations or experiences would be greatly appreciated.[/li] Thanks ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/providing-salesmen-wireless-access-via-laptop-recommendations-experiences-advice/305102/2 "2005-05-23T23:27:26Z")
The gotcha is from $19.95/mo. That price is for 10 MB of traffic per month. For me, that’s about a day’s worth of email alone. Their unlimited service is $80 per month and there are a few other traffic amounts in between.