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Originally Posted by Half Decaf
Huh, I just checked on that ovation u727. I didn't realize it is a USB device -- I thought it was a PC card device, I don't know why I thought that.
I'm sure you studied the PC World review of it, seems like they liked it alot.
What is the price for a data plan at Sprint? (I'm on Verizon - data plans are royal ripoff here)
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This is an insanely awesome data card for sure. Its way tiny, super fast (I hit SEVEN HUNDRED kilobits/sec UPLOAD today on testmy.net, which is way more accurate than speedtest.net), and you can make it work with all the major operating systems at full speed (you can't make expresscard or PCMCIA cards run over 500kbps in linux). It hasn't dropped the connection once... I grabbed the Ubuntu 8.04 ISO in an hour and 10 minutes at home - basically maxed out the single T1 on the tower I'm on - and it didn't drop below 90KB/sec a single time.
It also doesn't put out much heat - at least not compared to my Mogul. My Mogul gets hotter just being on the charger or me talking on it or browsing... tethering, it gets even hotter.
The speeds blow my Mogul away in every way - lowest ping I've ever seen on an EVDO device actually - 101!
Datacards on Sprint are normally 59.99 but retention has a 49 dollar plan that you might be able to get on, depending on the rep (as always). I got a really kickass rep who understood my frustration with have SE and not being able to add PAM so he gave me the card for 39.99 a month.
I can't wait to go in to work where I was getting 2+Mbps on my Mogul and see what I get with this thing!
It only took me about 5 minutes to configure gnome-ppp to dial up to Sprint using the airprime driver on Ubuntu 8.04, just took a simple insert of the CDROM and a simple install for Windows and Leopard... All in all, I'm beyond impressed.
Oh and the GPS locks faster than my Mogul.
