Sprint’s Compass Broadband Modem Charts Clever Path Posted on April 30th
Sprint just starting shipping an interesting new USB mobile broadband modem–theSprint Wireless Compass 597. The modem, which accesses Sprint’s cellular data network, is extremely small, has built-in GPS, contains a slot for a micro-SD (Secure Digital) storage card, includes all installation software, automatically activates itself, and works equally well with Mac OS X and Windows XP and Vista. Sprint is pricing the modem aggressively, too: it’s $50 when purchased through their online site with a two-year service commitment. Sprint charges $40 per month for a 40 MB per month limit ($1/MB additional) or $60 per month for unlimited use, which the company told me yesterday is truly unlimited. They only restrict abusive uses, such as operating a server or running peer-to-peer file transfers.
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