Sprint Mobile Broadband

Yesterday Todd called me and told me he was pissed at Mediacom and wanted to get rid of every service he had from them. He told me he ordered Direct TV and asked me about Sprint's Mobile Broadband service. I gave him some information including that the service was going to be slower than his cable modem and that it was likely more expensive but he would be able to use it everywhere. So there was some upside and some downside to making the switch. I told him that when Sprint launched the new Rev A service that I was going to get rid of my cable modem. Later in the day Todd called me again and told me he bought a Sprint mobile broadband card. It turns out that when he called Mediacom to tell them he was canceling the TV service (because he purchased Direct TV) they told him the price of his cable modem was going to go up to $70. The Sprint Mobile Broadbad service starts at about $60 and with Todd's corporate discount was much less than that. He told them to cancel the cable modem too and went right to the store and bought a mobile broadband card.

After talking to Todd about his situation I realized it was time for me to make the switch to Sprint mobile broadband at home. I turned off my cable modem and access point and purchased a Linksys WRT54G3G-ST mobile broadband router. I am amazed at how well this works. It feels very much like a DSL connection--and this isn't even the higher EVDO Rev A speeds!

Sprint launched the EVDO Rev A service in San Diego, CA today. It won't be long until the Rev A service comes to a town near you.

I will be canceling the service from Comcast by this weekend...

-Paul