Good data card for my laptop...

[Da Prez]

i am a sprint customer, and looking at getting a data card for my laptop... can anyone recommend a certain one? is one better then the other...

thanks

[SSlow01]

[QUOTE=Da Prez]i am a sprint customer, and looking at getting a data card for my laptop... can anyone recommend a certain one? is one better then the other...

thanks[/QUOTE]

We have a few of the Merlin S720's here at work. Haven't had any problems with them.

[Da Prez]

[QUOTE=SSlow01]We have a few of the Merlin S720's here at work. Haven't had any problems with them.[/QUOTE]

how do they charge you? is it a flat rate a month or by how much data you transfer?

[Hunt4m3x]

[QUOTE=Da Prez]how do they charge you? is it a flat rate a month or by how much data you transfer?[/QUOTE]


They do both. You can also tether with your phone.

[ceyko]

[QUOTE=Hunt4m3x]They do both. You can also tether with your phone.[/QUOTE]

I like the phone being tethered myself. Just easier.

[Cooter]

Fred, I have sprint for my phone, but I've used Verizon and ATT for data... I believe Sprint's data service charges are a lot higher, but I may be wrong.

I'm currently using ATT with a USB AirCard. I never had a problem on my last work laptop w/ the Verizon card, but at my current company we've had a rash of the PCMCIA slots going dead. (including my current laptop) The theory is the card getting bumped and messing up the connections on the main board, but I used to abuse my OLD laptop and never had aproblem w/ the PCMCIA slot :confused:

I just bought a new USB aircard off Ebay and popped my SIM card in it and I've been rolling ever since.

cool thing about it being USB is I can use it on pretty much ANY computer, even desktop units. Not that I have occasion to do that often, but it gives me a little backup on the home box if our cable connection goes down for whatever reason.

I've been happy with both Verizon and ATT data service

[Da Prez]

[QUOTE=Hunt4m3x]They do both. You can also tether with your phone.[/QUOTE]

what is tether?


thanks for the info cooter, i will check att today...