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Cellular tethering, MiFi and data usage caps

There are ways to allow two or more devices to share a 3G cellular backhaul link to the Internet. The main motivation to do this would be to avoid the cost of a 3G NIC and data service plan for every device by letting two or more devices share one connection and data service. Read full story

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