Portable bandwidth router

A device comprising:

• a first communication interface configured to communicate using a data network;
• a second communication interface configured to communicate locally with one or more clients;
• a router to manage connections by the one or more clients to the data network through the first communication interface and the second communication interface;
• and
• software configured to monitor a data usage over the first communication interface by each of the one or more clients, and to report the data usage to a server through the first communication interface,
• wherein the software is further configured to present a first user interface to one of the client devices when the one of the client devices initiates a connection to the data network through the second communication interface, the first user interface configured to obtain account information for a user of the one of the client devices to authorize usage of data network connectivity of the device, wherein the software responds to an authorization to provide connectivity to the one of the client devices from the server by providing a connection for the one of the client devices to the data network, and
• wherein the software is further configured to present a second user interface to the one of the client devices when the server provides an indication that the user of the one of the client devices does not have an available allocation of data usage, the second user interface configured to transfer payment information from the user to the server to add a data usage allocation to an account for the user, wherein the software responds to an approval from the server by providing additional connectivity to the one of the client devices.