There are four main ways to connect a laptop to the Internet -- wirelessly, with an Ethernet cable, with a mobile broadband modem or networking card, or by tethering to your cell phone. Each method ...

When in an area without Wi-Fi access, you can use your 3G/4G-enabled smartphone to surf the Internet or use it as a laptop modem. 3G/4G Internet access, though, is usually limited to urban areas where ...

Those of us with separate modems and routers (some Internet connections have the two functions combined into a single device) are likely to focus on the router and ignore the modem. But, like a router ...