As Sprint ends unlimited 4G mobile broadband for hotspots and broadband cards, you can terminate your contract without the ETF. Here’s how.

There are 3 kinds of mobile broadband. Postpaid, prepaid and rental. Postpaid offers discounted equipment in exchange for a long term contract. Prepaid offers no contracts in exchange for full price equipment. Rental offers no contract or equipment ownership in exchange for a higher overall cost.



Although ReadyBroadband’s made generous increases in data allotments for their plans, will it be enough to compete with Virgin Mobile & Cricket?

ReadyBroadband doesn’t list specifically which cards are available. From the looks of it, it seems like the Novatel U727, Ovation MC760 & Compass 597.

Readybroadband resells Sprint’s service. As such, their 3G speed & coverage reflect that of the parent network.

All ReadyBroadband 3G plans now give you more data for the same price. $25 for 300 MB, $45 for 1 GB and $75 for 2 GB.

For $50 a month, DataJack offers 5 GB of 3G prepaid mobile broadband. Device choices include a USB broadband card & MiFi 2200 mobile hotspot.


DataJack 3G coverage mirrors Sprint’s in the same way it does 3G speed. However, there is an important distinction.

While DataJack 3G speed can do Skype, VoIP and YouTube, that could deplete your 5 GB plan quickly.