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I have never wished my laptop had cellular connectivity, I have always used a portable hotspot for that.

• ryukafalz 6y ago
  Portable hotspots are nice, sure - I do have one. Still feel like it'd be more convenient to have cellular connectivity built right in though; you always have some connectivity then provided you're not too remote. I've considered switching to Google Fi solely because they provide data-only SIMs associated with your normal plan that I could then pop into a laptop. (Rather than making you pay twice as most providers do.) Haven't been able to justify it yet though, I'm on a pretty good grandfathered plan at the moment.
  • lumost 6y ago
    the extra price per device that carriers charge makes this cost prohibitive. I'd be very interested in a laptop with cell service if I had a shared data plan across N personal devices.
    • ryukafalz 6y ago
      > I'd be very interested in a laptop with cell service if I had a shared data plan across N personal devices. My understanding is that's what Google Fi does: https://support.google.com/fi/answer/6330195?hl=en https://support.google.com/fi/answer/6330195?hl=en They seem to be nearly the only ones, at least that I've found. (But I'd be glad to find more!)
  • Jaruzel 6y ago
    Here in the UK we're starting to see data only SIMS with 100GB+ per month limits for only £20 p/m. To me this seems that the era of 'always connected' laptops is almost upon us.
• SahAssar 6y ago
  So you have wished for it, you just used another device as a bridge to get it.