Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot
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Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot
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Re: Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot
#2This looks like another result of CLEAR opening up their network for other vendors to sell their data. Freedompop is doing a similar thing, just without the Karma component to it.
Nice to see what happens when a company like CLEAR opens things up -- all sorts of innovation springs.
Re: Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot
#3neat idea, useful for travelling groups or work sessions on the go. What's the catch tho? Facebook login? Suspect. Ads popping up on every hotspot user's web browsing? Or does paying for the device cover them
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Re: Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot
#5Should saying "most sites use HTTPS" be the way to explain security of this set up?
Re: Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot
#6This is interesting - but I'd like to see some reviews. I can get $10 for a GB with my Chromebook, but it does expire at the end of the month...
Re: Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot
#7neat idea, useful for travelling groups or work sessions on the go. What's the catch tho? Facebook login? Suspect. Ads popping up on every hotspot user's web browsing? Or does paying for the device cover them
> What's the catch tho?
I don't see one. It's pay-per-gigabyte 4G internet plus a referral program that pays a commission of 100MB free data usage per user.
> Facebook login? Suspect.
That's to prevent gaming the referral program. Linking to a Facebook account means you can't give yourself unlimited data by continually changing your device info before connecting.
> Or does paying for the device cover them
You pay for the device and the data.
Re: Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot
#8I prefer the OpenGarden model for this, which is entirely software based, and thus only needs an Android (and hopefully soon iOS) phone to accomplish the exact same. And as speeds and phones get faster and more pervasive, their distribution model is far better than Karma's.
(Disclosure, I'm an investor in OpenGarden)
Re: Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot
#9Are multiple devices connected to the same hotspot able to communicate? I don't want any random person in the coffeeshop to be able to access my machine.
Re: Karma - pay as you go data by sharing your hotspot
#10I just bought this. Every time someone connects to your hotspot, you both get some free extra data. Also it never expires, and the bandwidth is tied to the account, not the device so I can my account on someones else's device as well. This sounds like a winner.