Help me pick a USB internet stick plan so I can play XIV

[TohruHonda]

My mom cancelled the internet because no one in the house uses it except me, and she doesn't have any respect for gamers. My only choice now is to grab a USB stick with a plan and I need help to find what plan I should get.

Keep in mind I will be playing 1 hour a day.
I also will not be downloading files, watching youtube, emails etc. It is 100% for playing FFXIV. I will bring my machine to a friends house to download updates and patches.

These are my options:

$20/mo - 100MB data
$35/mo - 500MB data
$50/mo - 2GB data

I don't want to exceed $50/mo but if I must, the next plan is

$70/mo 5GB data

Thanks for any help, hopefully I can be back up and running by tomorrow.

[Montjuleant]

From my experiences with using a 3G aircard deep in the Appalachian mountains, you'll use about 10 MBs per hour of FFXIV, and depending on whether you'll be getting terrible reception like I did, will experience quite a bit of lag and the slightly more than occasional disconnection from the servers.

Make sure you don't let anyone else in your house use it if you're going to be paying that much for it. (I think it'd be cheaper to just straight up pay for actual internet yourself.)

[Onisake]

I'm surprised she's canceling your internet. It is an incredible research tool and you can find a wealth of information for every-day life. Not to mention nowadays a PC's worth is cut by about half with no internet access.

But I agree with Montjuleant. It's probably better if you just pay for it yourself. it sounds like your machine is fairly portable, so why not just play at your friends house if that's not an option?

[trinta]

Just show your mom Facebook. That should fix all your problems.

[AcaciaTyrannia]

or steal wi-fi from a neighbor or McDonalds! ^_^/

[TohruHonda]

or steal wi-fi from a neighbor or McDonalds! ^_^/

Everyone is PW protected. And I don't know about bringing a huge case, huge monitor, heavy mechanical keyboard and mouse into a McDonalds. Lol.

Besides, those places make me sick without even eating the "food".

From my experiences with using a 3G aircard deep in the Appalachian mountains, you'll use about 10 MBs per hour of FFXIV, and depending on whether you'll be getting terrible reception like I did, will experience quite a bit of lag and the slightly more than occasional disconnection from the servers.

Make sure you don't let anyone else in your house use it if you're going to be paying that much for it. (I think it'd be cheaper to just straight up pay for actual internet yourself.)

Hmm 10MB/hr is better than I thought. 500MB/month should work for me. And I doubt I'll be getting terrible reception here in the city. Thanks.

[ToxicFox]

Can you not just get her to turn the internet back on and have you pay for it? Those stick plans charge you a arm and a leg if you go over and you'll have to download the new patches that come out and when 2.0 hits the new client. I'm sure you'll be tempted to go to other sites as well.

[Mirage]

Can you not just get her to turn the internet back on and have you pay for it? Those stick plans charge you a arm and a leg if you go over and you'll have to download the new patches that come out and when 2.0 hits the new client. I'm sure you'll be tempted to go to other sites as well.

This, this and then this.

If there is DSL or cable available in your area, this will probably be cheaper, faster and more stable than almost any wireless solution. If you are over 18, it should probably be possible to put the plan in your own name too, so that your mother wouldn't even read the bills.

[Zeno-Ira]

Why not use WiFi hotspot from your Mobile 3g/hspa? Or tether with a usb cable from your mobile internet?
You need a internet connection on your mobile ofcourse, but most people with smartphones have that nowadays?

[Valmonte]

for 40 bucks you can get either Cable/or ADSL at around 15mbits up/2mbits down, just get the net yourself.

unless you absolutely need an aircard don't bother with them they suck for gaming or any activity requiring a decent latency, not to mention blackouts during thunderstorms and heavy metro area's.