What’s Happening At MBR?
If you've spent anything more 2 seconds you've probably noticed the supreme lack of recent blog updates. whoops... I've been so knee deep pushing out the 2010 Mobile Broadband Reviews and tweaking things around the site I simply forgot to put anything here. I'm looking to change that. From now on, you can look forward to the blog covering a couple things: A place you can find out what's happening with the site (i.e. how I'm working to make it better for you). General news about mobile broadband that might now warrant ...
Is T-Mobile 3G Coverage Road Warrior Ready?
Since T-Mobile was a late entrant into the 3G battles, it’s only natural to check and see if they have gotten their network ready for real road warriors. Before we get to the answer, let’s look at a few basic facts. Due to some legal issues T-Mobile was late getting into the 3G game, but they are catching up quickly. At last count they had 3G in about 150 cities, and were doing about a city every day and a half. They want to double their 3G coverage area in 2009. That’s playing catch up pretty well! T-Mobile Coverage Areas Their coverage map ...
Updates
Hey,You've probably noticed there haven't been any regular updates for awhile. I haven't lost any interest at all. Rather, I've been busting my butt over at www.mobile-broadband-reviews.com. Pretty soon (within a week), the site will have a completely new look and a bunch of new content.Here's a snippet of what's coming:Learn The Basics What is an AirCard? Sprint WiMAX - 5 Things You Should Know What is Mobile Broadband? EVDO - 5 Things To Know Long Term Evolution ...
Internet at 500 MPH? That’s Really Mobile Broadband
United Airlines is now the latest airline to announce in-flight broadband. The provider is Gogo. Pricing looks a bit like this: Whether on United or the four other U.S airlines Aircell now has agreements with, Gogo costs passengers $9.95 on flights of three hours or less, and $12.95 on flights of more than three hours. The Gogo service involves 92 EVDO cell sites aimed ever upward, designed to provide 2Mbps+ connectivity to each Gogo enabled plane that passes overhead. VoIP is banned, though VPN connectivity works.via DSLReports
Sprint Offers New Sierra Wireless 598U USB Broadband Card
Sprint & Sierra Wireless throws us another broadband card to play with. Here's the essential info:EVDO Rev. A (Up to 3.1 Mbps)USB format with an interesting clip for keeping it out of harm's way (looks a bit cumbersome though)Smallest broadband card available todaymicroSD card (up to 32 GB expansion)Built-in GPSSupports laptops going into sleep and hibernation (i.e. it'll connect after being woken up)Unless you've already had a broadband card, the last feature may not matter that much. When your only way of getting online is a broadband card like myself, that becomes really important. It's a nice feature that I ...
Get $90 or $35 from Sprint ETF Settlement
A proposed settlement has been reached in the class action lawsuit against Sprint over early termination fees (ETF). It seems to basically apply to anyone who has had a time-based contact with Sprint that had an etf clause it i.e. most Sprint wireless customers. You get $90 if you were charged an ETF and can provide proof, and $35 if you didn't cancel a contract for fear of getting charged an ETF.via Consumerist
Sony’s "Not A Netbook" Features Built-in 3G Mobile Broadband
"The world's lightest notebook""1.4 lbs""Fits in a jacket""Xcross Media instant-on for web browsing, music, video and photos""Turn by turn GPS navigation...no internet required""Built-In Mobile Broadband"Curious yet?via Sony
Slower EDGE, Faster 3G for AT&T Mobile Broadband Users [Analysis]
So, the blogosphere has been all the rage about AT&T slowing EDGE to force customers to switch to 3G. If it is true that they've been slowing EDGE to dedicate more bandwidth to 3G users, it's a double-edged sword for mobile broadband/3G users.Let's say you've got your snazzy new AT&T Quicksilver USB Connect. You decided to take the plunge after Bill Kurtis wooed you with his numerous commercials AT&T 3G commercials (like the below).You hear "the internet can't hide anymore". Sounds good right? If only that were actually true.Try telling that line to the iPhone users experiencing data outages. What's worse ...
WiMAX to launch officially in Portland, Oregon
Clearwire, the wireless broadband company that has merged with Sprint's Xohm to provide WiMAX, is set to launch its first city under the Clear brand today (Jan.6.08).Here's a breakdown of the regular featured mobile plans according to Clear's site.$10/day - 24 hour pass$30/month - Occasional (200 MB/month)$40/month - Frequent (2 GB/month)$50/month - Unlimited monthly usageHome plans look like this:$20/month - Basic plan (768 Kbps downloading)$30/month - Fast plan (3 Mbps downloading)$40/month - Faster plan (6 Mbps downloading)(oh, they've got cool business plans too)Sign me up for unlimited mobile please. Did I mention that there's no contract? (you can sign up for one ...
