My last post from December of 2010, (yikes) was about switching from Xplornet to Sasktel’s 3G/4G MiFi card. While I have to admit being less than happy with the service for a few months, i.e. cutting out and dropped connections, I guess I am more happy than the 10 senior SaskTel managers who were sacked for the debacle.

Overall the MiFi 2372 from Novatel is a pretty nifty little device. I’d like the ability to configure a router with more options, like something I’d do to a Linksys WRT-54G, but it allows the devices I want to connect wirelessly around the house to do just that. Failing that I can fire up the WiFi hotspot on my iPhone and serve any other wireless needs. Connection is zippy both uploading and downloading. I must admit to being a bit confused by exactly how much data I am downloading as the device reports only 5GB since April has been downloaded and I my bill said I downloaded 28GB last month alone. That’s a bit of a discrepancy. With a new tower going up on Whitefish I may actually get over 2 bars of connection!