Since last year, Virgin Mobile broadband has gone from reselling Sprint mobile broadband to being owned outright by the company.
Now there’s no question as to whether Virgin’s 3G service will be a direct reflection of Sprint. The main difference rather, lies in their prepaid mobile broadband plans, one stipulation in 3G coverage and broadband devices.
Virgin mobile’s unlimited mobile broadband plan 3G speeds get seriously throttled at 2.5 GB. The question is, will you use that much?
Virgin Mobile 3G Speed
Virgin Mobile broadband speeds reflect their parent company Sprint with average downloads of 600-1400 Kbps and average uploads of 350-500 Kbps.
Virgin Mobile 3G Coverage
Virgin Mobile Broadband 3G coverage mirrors Sprint’s in the same way it does 3G speed. However, there is an important distinction.
Virgin Mobile Broadband Cards & Mobile Hotspots
Virgin Mobile keeps it simple with one broadband card and one mobile hotspot available. Both are solid devices.
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Check out the Prepaid Mobile Broadband Comparison to see how they match up against the other prepaid mobile broadband carriers out there.
This service is good for the price.
This is the slowest internet I have ever had. It is slower then dial up.
slowest broadband speed i have ever had… there speed is no where near 3g… i called tech support and all and no help..have got a friends sprint 3g on a computer next to mine and the speed is great.. his pages loaded within a sec while the virgin mobile speed is loading still 3 mins later… they suck