United States of Motherhood: $300 Giveaway: Be Your OWN Family ...

My friends, Santa came early this year!!

Let me back up. ?If you've been reading my blog, you realize the life of a swim mom--or any parent these days for that matter--is on the road. ?I live at dank pools or freezing football fields for my youngest. ?I wait for carpools in parking lots for hours. I sit at swim meets interminably.

We eat on the go and even in the car. ?Homework? ?Homework is most of the time an in-the-car-as-we-commute to practice. ?Once at practices, whoever isn't working out sits huddled in the car...without wifi.

The end result?

Honestly, for my work as a writer, blogger, and social media manager, it has been a huge challenge to write on my dinky little iphone. ?Even worse, for my kids to check for homework or even read their assignments on their on-line textbook (nope teachers don't hand out the paper kind anymore it seems), they are limited. ?

Everything is online these days. ?

So no wifi where you are? ?You are out of luck.
More often then not, we will drive another few miles to buy a drink at a coffee shop we do not want or need just to use their wifi. There goes my healthy, paleo aspirations and budget down the drain, right? ?

We won't even talk about how my work, my husband's week-end work tasks, and my kids' major essays and projects-- requiring internet turn-in--occur when we are stuck at a four-day, ALL-day swim meet like this week-end.?

So much for deadlines. ?Sometimes I am lucky and the pool we are at has wifi, but most do not. ?And secure internet connection to pay bills? ?Never happens.

My friends? ?Ready for this?????NO MORE!?Santa sent me this in the mail last week:

Excuse my French, but @#$* YES!!! ?There is a Santa Claus, Virginia and his name is Net Zero.

It's a portable 4G HotSpot device I can take EVERYWHERE!
Even better, this small, sleek little device can handle EIGHT laptops, phones, iPads, or other devices. ?No jealousy. ?Yes, my entire family of five can hook up to private, SECURE internet?simultaneously?while I drive down the road or while we sit by the pool. ?

Basically, my friends, we are our own HotSpot.

No more excuses that they can't work on essays or read textbooks. ?For me, I can hit my deadline, check email, and yes, even watch Hulu while I wait in the car for yet another practice to end. ?Yep, the six hour battery life gives me a ton of time.

So the details of this plan? ?The high points are no activation fees, no contracts, no coverage charges and no?commitments? ?Heck you can even try the basic plan (200mb) for a year...FOR FREE! ?Coverage is available in over 80 cities and you choose between:

?LightSpeed (to conserve data) which is designed for email and web?browsing

WarpSpeed (to?maximize?speed) designed for email, web browsing AND video

...and customers in ANY and all data plans have the flexibility to ?toggle their speed settings to switch between the speeds at any time.

So this is the best part:

Net Zero gave me my own device and plan and now I get to play Santa! ?Yes, one of you lucky readers is going to get one too!!

GIVEAWAY

One lucky winner will receive their very own NetZero 4G HotSpot AND three months of 4GB a month Platinum service (worth $49.95 per month) for a total value of $300 in NetZero products and services.

Rules

You must reside in the United States. You must do all THREE of the following to be entered:

1. FOLLOW: Follow @NetZero_4G? and me @scoutshonor?on Twitter.

2. TWEET: ?Send out a tweet linking to this post. ?Don't forget to include me @scoutshonor and @Netzero_4G in the tweet. Also include the hashtag #netzero4G . ?For example:

Enter to #WIN 4G HotSpot w/Platinum plan pkg for where ever u go w/ @scoutshonor ?@Netzero_4G 's #Giveaway?http://su.pr/1rlazq?#netzero4G

3.?COMMENT: Visit ?NetZero and then come back and leave a comment on my post with information you learned on the site. Also provide a link to your tweet and confirm you followed both twitter account. ?Finally, please provide a contact email in your comment.

4. BONUS ENTRY:?Like NetZero and United States of Motherhood on Facebook then leave a second comment indicating your bonus entry.


Giveaway ends this Wednesday, December 19th, 2012. ?Winner will be selected at random by automated drawing.

Disclosure: I received product and services for my participation from NetZero. but this review and the opinions therein as ALWAYS are entirely my own.

Source: http://www.unitedstatesofmotherhood.com/2012/12/300-giveaway-be-your-own-family-hotspot.html

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