GL: Air Card

[Greg Schoenberg]

Hmmm....I posted some comments about Sprint a couple of days ago.  Did it
not appear here?

Anyway, I concur with your good experience with them.  I've used them in 4
states without interuption.  I especially like the gps feature which I've
used with MS Streets and Nobeltech software.

-Greg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Kunath" <bobkunath at gmail.com>
To: <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 2:53 AM
Subject: GL: Air Card


> I have not heard anyone mention Sprint.
>
> We used the Verizon AirCard for three years just about anywhere, and
> it was OK but not great.  Six months ago we switched to Sprint for the
> following reason:
>
> We have homes in IL, FL, a timeshare in Hilton Head and of course Sans
> Souci in Wisconsin.  Although we did not use the Sprint card when we
> did the Loop (3 years ago, we just used a cell phone interface), we
> have found better utility from Sprint compared to our Verizon card in
> most locations in those areas.  Lake Michigan was a toss-up, each card
> had their poor spots.  We have not tried Canada.
>
> The clincher is that the Sprint Pantera card can be used with a
> Kyocera KR1 wireless router.  So, in all locations (except in a car)
> we first put the Pantera card in the router, which then creates a WiFi
> network within the house or boat we are in.  Doing this we are able to
> have 1 mb Internet in all locations that can be shared by all of our
> notebooks.  No more DSL or Cable anywhere, just the Sprint card.  Cost
> is about $150 for the KR1, $60/month for Sprint.
>
> Bob
> -- 
> Bob Kunath
> Sans Souci, Pacific Seacraft 38T
> Cruising Editor, Waterway Guide
> bobkunath at gmail.com
> cell: (847) 921-8175
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