Good points but instead of getting a mifi get a Pepwave Surf On-The-Go -- it's the only 5Ghz capable travel router I am aware of. The 2.4GHz band will be crowded and the 5Ghz band has way, way more channels <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#5.C2.A0GHz_.28802.11a.2Fh.2Fj.2Fn.29" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#5.C2.A0GH...</a>