[GRLUG] MIFI Choices

[Matthew Seeley]

(Sorry for another post, clicked send too fast) My point was : I wouldn't
discount a Sprint Mifi just because the Virgin one is crappy. The Virgin
products are crappy everywhere, and it doesn't really have any bearing on
Sprint's service

The "Comcast 3G / 4G" offering is a rebranding of Sprint's 3G and
Clearwire's "4G" WiMax services, and uses the same Novatel Mifi or other
devices that Sprint sells.



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Matthew Seeley
Threadlight Systems
PO Box 612, Jenison MI 49429
T: (616) 328-5649


On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Matthew Seeley <matthew at threadlight.com>wrote:

> It should be noted that while Virgin uses Sprints tower, and Sprint does
> own Virgin Mobile USA, Virgin Mobile devices do **not** use Sprint's data or
> voice services.
>
> Virgin's devices nearly always underperform by a wide margin, when compared
> to Sprint's devices.
>
> (You can verify this yourself, if you run a speed test on a Virgin Mobile
> and Sprint device next to each other. Because they use different backend
> networks, even though they technically use the same towers, the performance
> will be totally different.
>
> In my experience, a Sprint device has always clocked in between 2 to 12
> times faster data speeds than a Virgin Mobile device, regardless of location
> and/or signal strength.
>
> (There's a reason Virgin's unlimited data plan is $25/month, and Sprint's
> is $80+/month.)
>
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>
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Rob Steenwyk <rsteenwyk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Never used it, but I have heard June 16 as the 4g rollout date for
>> Verizon.
>> On May 25, 2011 3:39 PM, "Casey DuBois" <casey at grlug.org> wrote:
>> > Hello everyone,
>> >
>> > David was kind enough to let me test his Virgin MIFI (Sprint) and I
>> > was not too happy with the performance so I'm still looking.
>> > The new MIFI that has my attention today is the Verizon 4G:
>> >
>> http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5633&deviceCategoryId=13
>> >
>> > Cost looks to be 99 for the device and 50 monthly for 5GB.
>> > Does anyone else have this one? Good? Bad?
>> >
>> > From the looks of the map I would only get 3G speeds for now but
>> > thinking they will be rolling out the 4G in GR soon.
>> >
>> >
>> > Casey DuBois
>> > 616-808-6942
>> > casey at grlug.org
>> >
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