The Ars Technica staff recently held an off-site at a Chicago-area hotel. When we found that the hotel wanted to charge us $250 for a broadband connection to the conference room, we decided to do it ourselves on the cheap. We found the CTR350 at Amazon for $99, ordered it, and had it in hand two days later.

…at the end of the day, the CTR350 does exactly what it advertises: shares a single 3G broadband connection over 802.11b/g to up to 16 machines at a time. Its small size and ease of configuration are a plus, and the advanced routing features are a nice bonus if you actually need them. We would have liked to have had a bit more documentation, and the connection difficulties we experienced were irritating until we were able to sort them out. But if you’re looking for a way to quickly and securely share a wireless broadband connection on the cheap, the CTR350 is worth a try.”

ARS Technica – Sharing 3G on the cheap with a mobile broadband router