If you’re frequently frustrated by bad Wi-Fi on the road, a mobile hotspot or travel router could be the answer.

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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. When you need to get your laptop online, but there’s no convenient Wi-Fi source. When you need to get your laptop ...

Before you sign up for that tablet data plan, why not just your phone as a mobile hotspot instead? Mobile hotspot — sometimes called wireless tethering — is a feature on most smartphones that lets you ...