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It's for a Sony laptop, I'm in the Los Angeles area. I really have no clue as to which provider would give the best overall coverage. I'm assuming there are yearly contracts involved, no idea.
Feel free to post any links.
Any advice appreciated, thanks in advance.
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A friend is currently living and traveling extensively in a motor home and is using a Verizon card, based on the advice of people here around the first of the year. She's been in a couple of places so remote that she hasn't had service, but, overall it's been reliable, and she's been able to access the internet from some areas where she had no AT&T cell service. (Although that's been better than expected, too, considering some of the places she's been!)
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I would get the Sprint card (as I recommended for your friend, Alpha) They have the biggest EVDO network, and the broadest roaming agreements. They've won numerous "best of" awards and comparos, and althouth the technology is the same, get better throughput generally than Verizon.
As Gareth recommended, evdoinfo.com is a great resource... They have forums, as well as selling hardware and service plans...
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Thanks everyone for the replies, you have all been a big help. I'll do some research over at evdoinfo and go from there. Seems Sprint is the most likely choice right now. And no worries AlphaDog, haven't bought anything yet.
Once again, thank you!
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Sprint gets another vote here--just installed 3 of the USB cards in 3 MBP's. They work great (where there's coverage, obviously) and are relatively quick.