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More info?)
I have a Sprint cell phone and a Sprint laptop card in my laptop. The laptop
is on an unlimited Sprint data plan for $80/month and it works very well in
the US.
-mij
"Stuart Friedman" <stu@nospam.na> wrote in message
news:FdDbe.17349$44.891@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> While you can cheat and do some laptop data over the unlimited vision,
> many people have gotten called on it. If you check your e-mail every now
> and then, you'll probably be fine. If you choose to substitute this data
> service for your home DSL line, watch out.
>
> Roaming is the big issue in my mind. Sprint's data coverage is very good.
> They are about to go to EVDO which will move them ahead of Cingular for a
> year or two until Cingular gets one of its two 3g technologies running at
> full speed.
>
> Does your fleet enter Canada? You can roam in Canada with Cingular.
> Sprint has no data coverage up there. I'm not sure whether you can get
> Edge now or not. ATT (now part of Cingular's) historic connections with
> Rogers (the owner of the two GSM carriers in Canada) means better roaming
> up there.
>
> Stu
>
>
> "Mij Adyaw" <mijadyaw@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:4Pdbe.81170$A31.79739@fed1read03...
>>I believe that Verizon data services will also only function when on the
>>Verizon network. I have had both Verizon and Sprint and prefer Srint
>>Vision as you can get unlimited Vision for $10. Verizon does not offer an
>>unlimited data plan except for laptops.
>>
>> -mij
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>> "Central" <spam2@central.2y.net> wrote in message
>> news
an.2005.04.25.21.39.41.544213@central.2y.net...
>>> On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:45:06 -0400, Isaiah Beard wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> As far as better data coverage goes, that's a tough one to answer.
>>>> Have
>>>> you looked at the coverage maps for each carrier? I know they're
>>>> probably not the most accurate, but each should give you a sense for
>>>> whate cities and areas are covered, and you can make a judgement from
>>>> there. The easy answer though is that both services should cover every
>>>> major metropolitan area quite well with data capability.
>>>>
>>>> As far as roaming goes: Sprint data services do NOT work when roaming
>>>> off the Sprint network. That said, I don't believe EDGE services work
>>>> either when roaming off Cingular's or AT&T's network, though the much
>>>> slower GPRS service most likely does work while roaming.
>>>
>>> GPRS like 1xRTT on CDMA can work on any carrier/network you roam on that
>>> supports it. The problem is most roaming providers don't allow data
>>> usage
>>> because of cost and management(not that it isn't possible). When I had
>>> Cingular, and granted this was before the big merge to GSM, their data
>>> services only worked via their native digital network. There are AMPS
>>> data
>>> services that work almost everywhere but that is usually for speciality
>>> items, such as autonomous reporting devices, where maximum usable
>>> coverage
>>> area is more important then bandwidth. Such services are not normally a
>>> setup given to a consumer unless it is specifically asked for at a
>>> carrier
>>> who supports it.
>>
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