Okay, my techie friends, I need your help.
I live in the geographical center of nowhere and have dial-up because anything else here was just too expensive. A few months ago I got a new Windows phone. I love it, and was told that I could make it a WiFi hotspot whenever I wanted by just upgrading my service.
Today I bought a laptop for a new ministry I'm now working for. (It's their laptop, but I'll be using it.) I stopped in to upgrade my service, and guess what I discovered. I can't turn my Windows phone into a hot spot. But, I was told I could tether it to get internet access.
The young men at at the phone store downloaded the needed software onto a thumb drive for me. I got everything home but couldn't connect. Called customer service. My provider doesn't support this, but they connected me with the phone people. The phone people told me that I can't do that with a Windows phone because the Windows people won't allow it.
So, is there a device out there that I can use for wireless? Can I buy a card (I think I remember hearing that term) to use? Anything I can do outside of spending bajillions of dollars a year to connect?
Thanks!
I live in the geographical center of nowhere and have dial-up because anything else here was just too expensive. A few months ago I got a new Windows phone. I love it, and was told that I could make it a WiFi hotspot whenever I wanted by just upgrading my service.
Today I bought a laptop for a new ministry I'm now working for. (It's their laptop, but I'll be using it.) I stopped in to upgrade my service, and guess what I discovered. I can't turn my Windows phone into a hot spot. But, I was told I could tether it to get internet access.
The young men at at the phone store downloaded the needed software onto a thumb drive for me. I got everything home but couldn't connect. Called customer service. My provider doesn't support this, but they connected me with the phone people. The phone people told me that I can't do that with a Windows phone because the Windows people won't allow it.
So, is there a device out there that I can use for wireless? Can I buy a card (I think I remember hearing that term) to use? Anything I can do outside of spending bajillions of dollars a year to connect?
Thanks!