Telava Providing Broadband Bullet 3G Modem Contract-free
Telava Providing Broadband Bullet 3G Modem Contract-free
Posted 02/25/2010 at 7:01pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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Cell carriers have been cashing in on mobile broadband in the last few years. If customers want to avoid a contract, the USB modem has to be purchased at full price and there’s no break on the monthly bills. A company called Telava intends to upend that model. The so-called “Broadband Bullet” is a prepaid USB data stick that you don’t even have to buy.
The Bullet is piggybacking on T-Mobile’s 3G network, so coverage isn’t going to be as expansive as Verizon might be. The device will operate on both HSPA 7.2Mbps and HSPA+ 12Mbps networks. The USB modem also has a microSD card slot for storage.
The cost is probably the real attention getter here. That business about not buying it? Yep, just leave a $100 security deposit and bring it back when you’re done. You can also buy it outright for $200, but why would you? Service is $50 per month for 5GB of data, and $60 for unlimited bandwidth. This is certainly of note seeing as the actual cell carriers usually won’t even sell you an uncapped data plan anymore. Not a bad deal for contract-free data. Color us intrigued.
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jacob.hkcs
October 09, 2010 at 3:21am
Do you know Which Website update Cricket news?
Cricket Online
http://www.cricandcric.com/
xolinlevh
February 26, 2010 at 11:07pm
i like the idea of this, does anyone know how it would work internationally? im doing study abroad over the summer and $60 per month for unlimited web surfing would be amazing...
Keith E. Whisman
February 26, 2010 at 1:57pm
My T-Mobile G1 is tethered to my laptop and it's unlimited. The staff at the T-Mobile store will tell you how to do it and what to download from the Android Market. T-Mobile does have the USB modem and charges $40bucks a month for it with a 5GB limit. I'm not even sure if it's Gigabit or Gigabyte. It makes a world of difference. 5Gigabytes is a whole lot more then 5Gigabits.
Also Cricket has a USB 3G solution that costs 50bucks for the device and $40bucks a month and it to is unlimited. Not alot of people like Cricket but as time goes by the Cricket 3G network improves with everything else and it would seem to be an excellent deal.
Taz0
February 26, 2010 at 3:50am
I'm paying 15$/month for 5 GB (no contract) and using my phone as a modem (via Bluetooth).
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