Sprint Begins Selling EV-DO Card
Mar 3, 2005, 2:41 PM by (staff)
Sprint will begin selling the Sierra Wireless Aircard 580 EV-DO data card today through business sales channels, however the carrier has not yet launched EV-DO any markets. Sprint said it will announce EV-DO pricing in the near future, and still plans on launching the high-speed data service in select major markets by mid-year, expanding to most major markets by year's end. Subscribers who buy the card will be logging on via Sprint's existing 1xRTT network in the meantime.
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EV-DO is CDMA high speed data. A EV DO card is like a network card that plugs into your laptop and allows you to connect to the internet anywhere in Sprints/Verizons coverage area, which is quickly expanding.
EV-DO is equivalant to broadband speed...
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EV-DO is equivalant to broadband speed...
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What's the point of launching an EV-DO card if you don't even offer the service yet and aren't going to for another half a year? Sounds pretty senseless and pointless to me.
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Let's think about it. What use would it be for Sprint to launch their EV-DO service with no one being able to use it? Getting the equipment out *before* the launch, as soon as EV-DO goes live, there's an instant customer base using the product.
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What are you guys griping about? This sounds like a smart, customer-centered decision for once.
Pretend you need a wireless card NOW - and all they have is the normal 1xRTT. So you buy it (there goes a chunk of cash) and in six months a much faster...
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Pretend you need a wireless card NOW - and all they have is the normal 1xRTT. So you buy it (there goes a chunk of cash) and in six months a much faster...
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HeroPsychoDreamer said:What does it matter?...
What's the point of launching an EV-DO card if you don't even offer the service yet and aren't going to for another half a year? Sounds pretty senseless and pointless to me.
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Well, for someone in the market for a card now, wouldn't it be better to have this option, than to be forced to pay a few hundred bucks for something guaranteed to be obsolete in a few months?
If I were a business customer (which this is clearly ai...
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If I were a business customer (which this is clearly ai...
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Since the launch of Verizon's EV-DO network, I'm selling on average 4-5 EV-DO cards a week, just as a indirect dealer. I can only imagine what the corporate stores are doing here in Orlando. Sprint could be trying to hold off potential customers from ...
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