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  1. #1
    Lewis
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    Hello,
    New to this, so be nice.
    I just signed up for two years with sprint cell phone. They also talked me
    into (Not hard to do) getting a mobile broadband card for my laptop.They
    said I could access internet with laptop and get 40 megabytes of data
    monthly for 39.99. How much surfing, email, etc. is this approximately?

    Thanks
    Luke



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  2. #2
    Brutus
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    Re: sprint mobile broadband card


    "Lewis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Hello,
    > New to this, so be nice.
    > I just signed up for two years with sprint cell phone. They also talked
    > me into (Not hard to do) getting a mobile broadband card for my
    > laptop.They said I could access internet with laptop and get 40 megabytes
    > of data monthly for 39.99. How much surfing, email, etc. is this
    > approximately?
    >
    > Thanks
    > Luke



    Luke - Call them back and tell them you want the $59.99 Unlimited Plan. You
    will use up 40 megs pretty quickly if you surf the net much (or download
    anything from Microsoft). One MP3 is about 4 - 6 megs, for example. Figure
    about 20-50k per webpage - unless it has heavy flash and graphic then it is
    more. 100 pages could use up your monthly quota. Google will show you the
    size of the page when you surf.

    HTH,

    Dave
    http://ccgroup.us





  3. #3
    P.Schuman
    Guest

    Re: sprint mobile broadband card

    is there any way to get a card & unlimited data service
    for only a couple of months,
    say for a summer road trip ?





  4. #4
    Todd Allcock
    Guest

    Re: sprint mobile broadband card

    At 21 Mar 2007 18:30:01 -0400 Lewis wrote:
    > Hello,
    > New to this, so be nice.
    > I just signed up for two years with sprint cell phone. They also
    > talked me
    > into (Not hard to do) getting a mobile broadband card for my
    > laptop.They
    > said I could access internet with laptop and get 40 megabytes of data
    > monthly for 39.99. How much surfing, email, etc. is this approximately?


    Less than you'd think. A picture taken with a 5 megapixel camera is
    about 3MB. You could e-mail 13 of those pictures and be done for the
    month!

    A single webpage with just a few graphics or photos can easily be 200kb.
    200 webpages like that will be 40MB.

    I believe Sprint will sell you an unlimited plan for $59.99 if you also
    have a phone with them (which you obviously do.)

    Alternatively, can't they sell you a cheaper "PAM" (Phone As Modem) plan
    that will let you use your phone, connected by USB cable, instead of the
    aircard?





  5. #5
    Todd Allcock
    Guest

    Re: sprint mobile broadband card

    At 22 Mar 2007 12:31:28 +0000 P.Schuman wrote:
    > is there any way to get a card & unlimited data service
    > for only a couple of months,
    > say for a summer road trip ?


    Sure, get the card and plan with a two-year contract, then cancel and pay
    the $200 cancellation fee.

    The fee is much cheaper than keeping an unneeded $60-80 plan for 20 extra
    months.




  6. #6
    Brutus
    Guest

    Re: sprint mobile broadband card


    "Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > At 22 Mar 2007 12:31:28 +0000 P.Schuman wrote:
    >> is there any way to get a card & unlimited data service
    >> for only a couple of months,
    >> say for a summer road trip ?

    >
    > Sure, get the card and plan with a two-year contract, then cancel and pay
    > the $200 cancellation fee.
    >
    > The fee is much cheaper than keeping an unneeded $60-80 plan for 20 extra
    > months.
    >


    Isn't it interesting that people think that all companies are out to gouge
    them? If people don't want contracts then go pre-paid. Unfortunately I am
    not aware of any on data cards.... hmmmm... maybe I could start a new
    service!

    Dave
    http://ccgroup.us





  7. #7
    Brutus
    Guest

    Re: sprint mobile broadband card


    "Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > At 21 Mar 2007 18:30:01 -0400 Lewis wrote:
    >> Hello,
    >> New to this, so be nice.
    >> I just signed up for two years with sprint cell phone. They also
    >> talked me
    >> into (Not hard to do) getting a mobile broadband card for my
    >> laptop.They
    >> said I could access internet with laptop and get 40 megabytes of data
    >> monthly for 39.99. How much surfing, email, etc. is this approximately?

    >
    > Less than you'd think. A picture taken with a 5 megapixel camera is
    > about 3MB. You could e-mail 13 of those pictures and be done for the
    > month!
    >
    > A single webpage with just a few graphics or photos can easily be 200kb.
    > 200 webpages like that will be 40MB.
    >
    > I believe Sprint will sell you an unlimited plan for $59.99 if you also
    > have a phone with them (which you obviously do.)
    >
    > Alternatively, can't they sell you a cheaper "PAM" (Phone As Modem) plan
    > that will let you use your phone, connected by USB cable, instead of the
    > aircard?


    If he has a Blackberry he can get unlimited data for only $39.99 and that
    INCLUDES phone as modem. (EVDO rev. 0.)

    Dave
    http://ccgroup.us






  8. #8
    Todd Allcock
    Guest

    Re: sprint mobile broadband card

    At 22 Mar 2007 09:36:26 -0700 Brutus wrote:

    > Isn't it interesting that people think that all companies are out to
    > gouge
    > them? If people don't want contracts then go pre-paid.


    I'm not suggesting the OP thought any company was out to gouge him- I
    just made the point that because they don't offer a month-to-month plan
    doesn't mean you can't use it for a shorter period and pay the penalty.
    (Just look at it differently- instead of "free aircard with 2-year
    agreement," it's a $200 aircard with the service length of your choice!)

    > Unfortunately I am
    > not aware of any on data cards.... hmmmm... maybe I could start a new
    > service!


    Most carriers limit the use of prepaid on prepaid, even to their MVNO
    partners, because the common school of thought is that high-data/low-
    voice users would defect to prepaid, taking their high monthly payments
    with them...






  9. #9
    Brutus
    Guest

    Re: sprint mobile broadband card


    "Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > At 22 Mar 2007 09:36:26 -0700 Brutus wrote:
    >
    >> Isn't it interesting that people think that all companies are out to
    >> gouge
    >> them? If people don't want contracts then go pre-paid.

    >
    > I'm not suggesting the OP thought any company was out to gouge him- I
    > just made the point that because they don't offer a month-to-month plan
    > doesn't mean you can't use it for a shorter period and pay the penalty.
    > (Just look at it differently- instead of "free aircard with 2-year
    > agreement," it's a $200 aircard with the service length of your choice!)


    That is a great point. I wasn't sure where you were going with your
    comment. Thank you for the clarification.

    >
    >> Unfortunately I am
    >> not aware of any on data cards.... hmmmm... maybe I could start a new
    >> service!

    >
    > Most carriers limit the use of prepaid on prepaid, even to their MVNO
    > partners, because the common school of thought is that high-data/low-
    > voice users would defect to prepaid, taking their high monthly payments
    > with them...


    I might have to set up an EVDO card "rental" program. Maybe $100.00 per
    month or $30.00 per week. It may well pencil out.

    Dave
    http://ccgroup.us





  10. #10
    Todd Allcock
    Guest

    Re: sprint mobile broadband card

    At 23 Mar 2007 16:39:21 -0400 SinghaLvr wrote:

    > I'm not aware of pre-paid ANYTHING on Sprint. I wish they had it ...


    They do sort of. Sprint has decided not get involved in the hassles of
    prepaid directly, so they work through MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network
    Operators) Virgin Mobile is a prepaid Sprint reseller, and Boost Mobile
    resells Nextel on the prepaid basis.






  11. #11
    Todd Allcock
    Guest

    Re: sprint mobile broadband card

    At 22 Mar 2007 21:51:32 -0700 Brutus wrote:

    > That is a great point. I wasn't sure where you were going with your
    > comment. Thank you for the clarification.


    No problem. I'll be the first to admit some of my posts make more sense
    in my head than they seem to on screen! ;-)

    > I might have to set up an EVDO card "rental" program. Maybe $100.00

    per
    > month or $30.00 per week. It may well pencil out.


    Excellent idea. Back when I operated a cellular store (late 90's) I
    tried to think of a good business model for renting cellphones for
    traveling but couldn't figure out a good way to protect myself from
    excessive use or roaming charges without requiring a hugh upfront
    deposit. (Remember this was long before prepaid allowed roaming or
    national no-roam plans were common.)

    But a data card would lend itself quite well to rental- service is
    unlimited, so overage charges wouldn't bite you, and I don't think Sprint
    allows data roaming (or at least doesn't charge extra for it.)

    However, I suspect there's probably a no rental/reselling service clause
    in the service contract just because the cellular lawyers tend to think
    of everything... ;-)





  12. #12
    Todd Allcock
    Guest

    Re: sprint mobile broadband card

    At 24 Mar 2007 01:00:40 -0400 SinghaLvr wrote:

    > Unfortunately they won't activate their service using a Sprint phone.
    > You have to buy a Virgin handset.
    >
    > These CDMA guys could learn a thing or two from the idea of phone
    > portability of GSM.



    Judging by the increased crippling of, and restrictions on, GSM phones
    and services from Cingular and T-Mobile, it seems like the GSM guys are
    learning from the CDMA guys instead! :-(





  13. #13
    Brutus
    Guest

    Re: sprint mobile broadband card


    "Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > At 22 Mar 2007 21:51:32 -0700 Brutus wrote:
    >
    >> That is a great point. I wasn't sure where you were going with your
    >> comment. Thank you for the clarification.

    >
    > No problem. I'll be the first to admit some of my posts make more sense
    > in my head than they seem to on screen! ;-)
    >
    >> I might have to set up an EVDO card "rental" program. Maybe $100.00

    > per
    >> month or $30.00 per week. It may well pencil out.

    >
    > Excellent idea. Back when I operated a cellular store (late 90's) I
    > tried to think of a good business model for renting cellphones for
    > traveling but couldn't figure out a good way to protect myself from
    > excessive use or roaming charges without requiring a hugh upfront
    > deposit. (Remember this was long before prepaid allowed roaming or
    > national no-roam plans were common.)
    >
    > But a data card would lend itself quite well to rental- service is
    > unlimited, so overage charges wouldn't bite you, and I don't think Sprint
    > allows data roaming (or at least doesn't charge extra for it.)
    >
    > However, I suspect there's probably a no rental/reselling service clause
    > in the service contract just because the cellular lawyers tend to think
    > of everything... ;-)


    Possibly, but it is worth checking out.

    Dave
    CCG - Wireless Data Communications
    Answering complex questions in simple terms
    http://ccgroup.us





  14. #14
    Zman
    Guest

    Re: sprint mobile broadband card

    That goes for the Treo's as well. Works pretty well if you have a Bluetooth
    capable laptop, but you can get a Bluetooth adapter if you need it.



    "Brutus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    >
    > "Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >> At 21 Mar 2007 18:30:01 -0400 Lewis wrote:
    >>> Hello,
    >>> New to this, so be nice.
    >>> I just signed up for two years with sprint cell phone. They also
    >>> talked me
    >>> into (Not hard to do) getting a mobile broadband card for my
    >>> laptop.They
    >>> said I could access internet with laptop and get 40 megabytes of data
    >>> monthly for 39.99. How much surfing, email, etc. is this approximately?

    >>
    >> Less than you'd think. A picture taken with a 5 megapixel camera is
    >> about 3MB. You could e-mail 13 of those pictures and be done for the
    >> month!
    >>
    >> A single webpage with just a few graphics or photos can easily be 200kb.
    >> 200 webpages like that will be 40MB.
    >>
    >> I believe Sprint will sell you an unlimited plan for $59.99 if you also
    >> have a phone with them (which you obviously do.)
    >>
    >> Alternatively, can't they sell you a cheaper "PAM" (Phone As Modem) plan
    >> that will let you use your phone, connected by USB cable, instead of the
    >> aircard?

    >
    > If he has a Blackberry he can get unlimited data for only $39.99 and that
    > INCLUDES phone as modem. (EVDO rev. 0.)
    >
    > Dave
    > http://ccgroup.us
    >
    >
    >






  15. #15
    Michael Paris
    Guest

    Re: sprint mobile broadband card


    > The fee is much cheaper than keeping an unneeded $60-80 plan for 20 extra
    > months.

    Exactly my thoughts, my mobile phone service is Cingular, my data card is
    Sprint, no 3g HSDPA coverage by me, as well as it being cheaper then
    Cingular do to discounts through where I work. If in a year, things change,
    I'll just pay the early termination fee and go with Cingular, if they don't
    match the discount I am getting, I will just stay with Spring, especially if
    they start rolling out WiMAX. Heck, if they do that, I'll get one of those
    linksys or other brand wireless routers and drop my cable modem and save
    even more.

    BTW I have no complaints with Sprints service, it's pretty damned fast as it
    is now, about as fast as my brother in laws base dsl.
    Mike
    Sierra Wireless 595U




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