A Bolt For Freedom

With the launch of their wireless cell phone service , which uses data networks instead of cell networks to make phone calls, they now have another offering that promises to save money for a lot of folks.

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I received the box for the Freedom Stick Bolt in the mail, and it's just your standard blister-pack plastic packaging, with a small wireless modem that looks like your standard USB flash drive. Small enough to slip into your laptop bag, and big enough that you're going to notice it sticking out the side of your laptop.

The device comes with little else than the device itself and some minimal quick start directions.

To get started you just plug the device in to an available USB port and wait while it connects. It has several LED lights on the unit. When it's searching for a connection the main circular light will be orange, and then turn to a green light when it connects. Some blue LED lights that look like cell phone bars on the unit will tell you how strong the connection is. The downside to the device? It's dedicated to one device at a time, so you can't connect other devices besides your laptop. For example, the Overdrive Pro hotspot will allow you to connect up to 8 devices at a time which comes in handy if you're like our family and you have two laptops and two tablets going at a time.

Using the device was extremely easy.

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I just opened the package, plugged it into my laptop and I was online within 30 seconds. Granted the device that I received from FreedomPop was already activated, so you may have an extra step or two the first time you setup the device. Still, you should be up and running within 5 minutes.

Here's what I found. When I did my limited test on the edge of a 4G area at my house, I found that the Freedom Stick had better download and upload speeds than the Overdrive Pro.

I'm pretty sure it was because it was able to get a better connection for some reason. I re-tested them both at a better 4G location, and got much better results for both. I'm also putting in the speed I got for the Photon in a previous test, although it's not an Apples to Apples comparison since it was from a different place and time:. At one point the Freedom stick even had a download speed of When it comes to functionality of the Freedom Stick, it does what it is advertised as, it gives a good mobile internet connection to your laptop or other compatible USB device.

What it does not do is give you a wireless internet connection like their hotspot devices will do. The Photon and Overdrive Pro devices will both allow you to connect up to 8 devices at a time. That works well if you want to use the hotspot at things like the blogger meetups that I sometimes host. You can give everyone there the password and they can get online while at your meetup.

So it's a definite downside to the Freedom Stick Bolt that it only works for one device at a time. The Overdrive Pro also has the 3G backup in case you're in a bad 4G area, which is a definite plus for the Overdrive Pro.

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All three devices are relatively small. The Bolt is about the size of your average USB thumb drive, while the hotspots are both pretty small, smaller than your average hockey puck size. The Photon is smaller than the Overdrive Pro and fits nicely in your pocket, but it lacks a screen and 3G connectivity. Since the Freedom Stick is always plugged into the USB port and gets it's power from there, it doesn't need to be charged or plugged in. They each work towards their goals, and help each other out along the way.

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