Netgear hotspot doesn't work in the US
Rather then get data on all our devices I decided to buy a Netgear Aircard 779 hotspot (from ebay or amazon) for a cross Canada trip. It's unlocked and works with 2 different Canadian sim cards (Virg...
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I am inclinded to agree with Gordon.
There are at least 3 different cellular standards. GSM and CDMA refer to the audio codecs used. but not all work across all networks A device desigened for ONE codes, say Sprint/No-Te,,er, Nextel, may not work on T-Mobile/AT&T/Verizon towers or with sim cards designed for those towers. Hold on. Yup. Boost uses Sprint..
Sprint advertises their phones have an IN NETWORK reliability that is within 1% of Verizion.. What they FAIL to tell you is the size of their network is not far from 1`% of Verizon or AT&T or T-Mobile.
Alas. though I do have a hot spot that WILL work in the USA.. It is a Virgin Mobile.. Likewise it uses sprint, so it's ... collecting dust.
(This post brought to you via T-mobile. my OTHER hot spot).
There are at least 3 different cellular standards. GSM and CDMA refer to the audio codecs used. but not all work across all networks A device desigened for ONE codes, say Sprint/No-Te,,er, Nextel, may not work on T-Mobile/AT&T/Verizon towers or with sim cards designed for those towers. Hold on. Yup. Boost uses Sprint..
Sprint advertises their phones have an IN NETWORK reliability that is within 1% of Verizion.. What they FAIL to tell you is the size of their network is not far from 1`% of Verizon or AT&T or T-Mobile.
Alas. though I do have a hot spot that WILL work in the USA.. It is a Virgin Mobile.. Likewise it uses sprint, so it's ... collecting dust.
(This post brought to you via T-mobile. my OTHER hot spot).
