I bought 4 G mobile Wi-Fi router "Overdrive Pro" without an annual contract with the best buy in the USA and tried it

Since I decided to go to the United States suddenly, I decided to report to the consumer electronics mass merchandisers actually and complete the contract and connect it to the net.

It is troublesome to go through the net café to go online on the website you went abroad to begin with. In the first place it is impossible as a theoretical idea unless you are looking into the internet cafe in the first place. In addition, international roaming and mobile Wi - Fi routers for overseas If you use the rental service of this time, it will be expensive to spend when the length of stay is long this time. Therefore, if you are going on a long trip or business trip, or frequently visiting one country, it is a prepaid way to use local communication service.

◆Purchase

I came to the world's largest consumer electronics retailer Best Buy by seeing it in every place from the countryside to the city if I go to America.


Even if I do not speak in exact English, when I say "Mobile WiFi, Mobile Hotspot" to the staff inside, I got a finger to tell me the sales floor with the feeling "downstairs."


Smartphones have a special desk for purchasers of data communication terminals.


I waited for about 15 minutes and was called "next! (Next person)" so I sat down at the counter.


When I say "I am a tourist. WiFi", I heard "prepaid?" So I answered "yes". The shopkeeper said, "Recommendation is Virgin Mobile that 4G communication can be used with unlimited data transfer amount."

So, Virgin Mobile's "Overdrive Pro 3G / 4G Mobile Hotspot(About $ 119.99 / 9840 yen) "and the company's"Broadband 2 Go(35 dollars / around 2870 yen) "purchased one month usage right. Total amount including tax was 168 dollars (around 13,680 yen). In the case of this monthly $ 35 plan, the 3G communication has a transfer amount of 2 GB in one month and the 4 G communication is unlimited transfer rate (with download speed limit, on average it is 600 kbps to 1400 Kbps).

I need your identification card and I will show you my passport.


After checking the identity, open the box and start setting up.


Configure the connection using the smartphone. It is convenient because the staff will do everything necessary to start using, such as charge of monthly charge. However, as a result of proceeding with checking with colleagues, it seems not to be familiar with operation, as a result, we were kept waiting for nearly 30 minutes in total.


◆Actual machine review

I purchased "Overdrive Pro 3G / 4G Mobile HotspotThe appearance of the following is as follows.


The back is like this.


Micro equipped with a USB terminal.


The virgin logo will be displayed when you turn on the power.


State of connection.


After booting up, the password for connection appears on the display.


When connecting from PC etc, select access point starting from "Overdrive Pro".


Just input the password displayed on the display and OK.


Although the communication speed varies greatly depending on the place and time zone, when measuring in one room of a hotel in New York it was 6.57 Mbps downstream and 0.51 Mbps upstream.


That's why people who want to connect to the Internet anywhere easily when staying in the United States for a long time are necessity check products.