If fast internet highways get you all excited, it’s time you met Bell communications. Bell communications has just released its USB Modem by the name Novatel Wireless U760 USB Modem. The device is here to satisfy all your high seed high connectivity surfing needs. If you enter into a three year contract with Bell comm. then you get the device for free. But if you’re one of those people who avoid long term commitment and your spouse, then you can get the device for $ 174.95 contract free. The device is EV-DO Rev. A-capable U760 and is to be used with Bell’s Mobile Internet Plan at $30 for 50 MB to a maximum limit of $86 for 5GB. This is good as long as you don’t feel all feathery and want to fly south for the winter and take your U760 because it will bite you at $3 per MB. Ouchs!
Although many broadband users are greatly anticipating the upcoming new prepaid offers from Virgin Mobile, Verizon has got the edge over for those who travel frequently. What’s keeping attention away from Virgin is Verizon’s latest answer to broadband, the USB 1000. This thing is packed and handles just about every band you can think of,— CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A, GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band HSPA, Bon Jovi, you name it, the USB 1000 has it. The USB stick is set to be priced at $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate. This isn’t bad, so long as you’re not located abroad, because those rates bite. The poisonous kind of bite. Plan A goes at $129.99 per month for 100MB of data and Plan B is at $219.99 per month for 200MB. Both are at $0.00 per KB and include 5GB of data in the U.S. and in Canada with a $0.05 surcharge on MB overage. And if this hurts too much, you can still opt for the standard plan at $60 per 5GB. Other global rates are:
- $0.002 per KB in Canada,
- $0.005 per KB in Mexico,
- $0.02 per KB for international roaming in over 175 other countries.
But here is the logic behind all this high pricing. Let’s imagine you’re traveling to and from Europe like 4-5 times a week. So if you can afford to travel that much, you may as well take the plan into your affordability. The USB 1000 is available online
More good news for Virgin Mobile subscribers who are patiently waiting for their broadband services to arrive; a hardworking Virgin Mobile user dug up some images of a broadband USB sitting neatly on Best Buy’s image server. Hence the wait draws to a close and you may see both postpaid as well as pre-paid broadband packages from Virgin Mobile sooner than later. The USB modem will cost $150.
Sprint has given its customers a new USB modem option; the Sierra Wireless AirCard 402. This is actually a pretty cool hybrid broadband card. The Sierra Wireless AirCard 402 features a unique design which will allow Sprint to cover users with PC Card slots and ExpressCard slotsall in one go. The design places a broadband ExpressCard within a PC Card shell, which you can see in the image above, the two pieces join when a PC Card is required, but they can also be separated to support newer, smaller notebooks and netbooks requiring an ExpressCard. Very smart. Who says Sprint couldn’t think innovatively to save its life? The AirCard 402 supports EV-DO Rev. A of course, thus, giving users access to “typical upload speeds of 350-500 Kbps with peak speeds of 1.8 Mbps and typical download speeds of 600 Kbps – 1.4 Mbps with peak speeds of 3.1 Mbps where EV-DO Revision A is available.”
Needless to say this is a pretty decent option for laptop and PC owners, especially those who’re sporting older models. Also, for folks soon to upgrade their laptops, this one little card will tide you over the transition and beyond. The AirCard 402 will cost you a decent $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate.
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