The summer’s here and everyone wants to get away from it all. But, getting away from it all doesn’t mean being disconnected. We all know it, too. It’s not 1995 anymore and we all want to stay in touch.
As vacation season heats up, we’re all faced with a simple question: do you keep up on emails or let them pile up and not think about them? A lot of folks sleep better at night knowing that they have put out any small fires at work so they’re not big fires when they return.
The GOTSPOT and SIMTELL devices from gotw3, and available at Solid Signal, give you the connectivity you crave for the things that need it. It’s all well and good to try to use your phone for everything but you don’t want that phone autocorrecting an important email and making you look the fool. With GOTSPOT and SIMTELL you can bring your work laptop and connect up to strong, fast cellular internet. It’s better than tethering to your phone. It works at a longer distance and lets you get better connectivity.
Choose GOTSPOT for Wi-Fi to one or two devices. Choose SIMTELL for both wired and wireless connection that a bunch of devices can share. Either way, you’ll get great, fast internet anywhere that there’s a cell signal.
You are probably aware of VPNs. A VPN, or virtual private network, is a little tunnel through the internet that exists alongside regular internet traffic. It provides an extra level of security and lets you connect to shared resources like the ones at work.
There’s an interesting little side effect of VPNs, though, and here’s what most people use them for. With a VPN you can pretend to be somewhere that you are not. Because most of the communication is private, the only thing that is traceable is the connection point between the VPN and the internet in general. That connection point can be literally anywhere in the planet. It could probably be on another planet if there were internet access points there.
People use VPNs for a lot of reasons. They use them for privacy, they use them to connect to online services that are blocked locally, and there are some folks who will use a VPN to trick the office into thinking they’re working from home while they’re working from the beach.
I’m not judging, I’m just giving you the facts. You do you.
While the GOTSPOT and SIMTELL devices don’t have their own VPN software built in, you can use the VPN provider of your choice to get that function. Be careful and choose a VPN provider that you trust, because a lot of them are just shady ways to steal your personal information. But honestly that’s a topic for another article. This article is all about GOTSPOT and SIMTELL. And the answer is yes, you can use a VPN through these devices quite effectively.
No matter why you need one, the only thing I care about is that you need one. You can call the folks at Solid Signal at 888-233-7563 to find out more, or shop at SolidSignal.com for whatever you need. When you order a device from us, we’ll call you and get all the information we’ll need so it can be set up and work “right out of the box.” That’s what we do at Solid Signal. We work hard to make sure everything’s perfect for you.
So call us, fill out the form below, or use the chat link at the bottom of this article. You’ll be glad you did!
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As vacation season heats up, we’re all faced with a simple question: do you keep up on emails or let them pile up and not think about them? A lot of folks sleep better at night knowing that they have put out any small fires at work so they’re not big fires when they return.
That’s why GOTSPOT and SIMTELL are so popular.
The GOTSPOT and SIMTELL devices from gotw3, and available at Solid Signal, give you the connectivity you crave for the things that need it. It’s all well and good to try to use your phone for everything but you don’t want that phone autocorrecting an important email and making you look the fool. With GOTSPOT and SIMTELL you can bring your work laptop and connect up to strong, fast cellular internet. It’s better than tethering to your phone. It works at a longer distance and lets you get better connectivity.
Choose GOTSPOT for Wi-Fi to one or two devices. Choose SIMTELL for both wired and wireless connection that a bunch of devices can share. Either way, you’ll get great, fast internet anywhere that there’s a cell signal.
But… what if you don’t really want anyone to know you’re on vacation?
You are probably aware of VPNs. A VPN, or virtual private network, is a little tunnel through the internet that exists alongside regular internet traffic. It provides an extra level of security and lets you connect to shared resources like the ones at work.
There’s an interesting little side effect of VPNs, though, and here’s what most people use them for. With a VPN you can pretend to be somewhere that you are not. Because most of the communication is private, the only thing that is traceable is the connection point between the VPN and the internet in general. That connection point can be literally anywhere in the planet. It could probably be on another planet if there were internet access points there.
People use VPNs for a lot of reasons. They use them for privacy, they use them to connect to online services that are blocked locally, and there are some folks who will use a VPN to trick the office into thinking they’re working from home while they’re working from the beach.
I’m not judging, I’m just giving you the facts. You do you.
Here’s the good news
While the GOTSPOT and SIMTELL devices don’t have their own VPN software built in, you can use the VPN provider of your choice to get that function. Be careful and choose a VPN provider that you trust, because a lot of them are just shady ways to steal your personal information. But honestly that’s a topic for another article. This article is all about GOTSPOT and SIMTELL. And the answer is yes, you can use a VPN through these devices quite effectively.
Need a GOTSPOT or SIMTELL?
No matter why you need one, the only thing I care about is that you need one. You can call the folks at Solid Signal at 888-233-7563 to find out more, or shop at SolidSignal.com for whatever you need. When you order a device from us, we’ll call you and get all the information we’ll need so it can be set up and work “right out of the box.” That’s what we do at Solid Signal. We work hard to make sure everything’s perfect for you.
So call us, fill out the form below, or use the chat link at the bottom of this article. You’ll be glad you did!
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