<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Emerson, Tom</b> <<a href="mailto:Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com">Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>be 802.1 a/b/g I presume?) The 3G service is priced at $85/month, which<br>is about what I recall other vendors asking for on their service as<br>well. Right now, the card itself is "free" if you sign up for a 2-year
<br>plan.</blockquote><div><br>According to posting at <a href="http://www.evdoforums.com/thread3452.html">http://www.evdoforums.com/thread3452.html</a> Hello is reselling Sprint's EVDO service and using a card based on the AirCard 580. Maybe it IS an AirCard 580 since the hardware requirements include either a WiFi card or builtin WiFi on your computer.
<br><br>Both Sprint and Verizon offer EVDO service for $60/month. With Verizon you also have to voice service, otherwise it's $80. Sprint doesn't require voice service for the $60 price (and I think you can get it for even less if you sign up for a phone as modem plan). Verizon has cancelled people's accounts if they use more than 10 GB per month (some say you'd better not use more than 5 GB). Hello's terms of service state that you aren't allowed to use more than 160 MB per month, but some people claim that's a mistake on their web site and that really means per day.
<br><br><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="90%"><tbody><tr><td><span class="genmed"></span><br></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">CHAPTER 10: UNLIMITED DOES NOT MEAN UNREASONABLE
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Helio unlimited data service plans may be used for the following
purposes: (i) Internet browsing; (ii) e-mail; and (iii) intranet access
(including access to corporate intranets, e-mail and individual
productivity applications like customer relationship management, sales
force and field service automation if available). HELIO UNLIMITED DATA
PLANS CANNOT BE USED WITH SERVER DEVICES, HOST COMPUTER APPLICATIONS OR
OTHER SYSTEMS THAT DRIVE CONTINUOUS HEAVY TRAFFIC OR DATA SESSIONS.
EXAMPLES OF SUCH PROHIBITED USES INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WEB
CAMERA POSTS OR BROADCASTS, CONTINUOUS JPEG FILE TRANSFERS, AUTOMATIC
DATA FEEDS, TELEMETRY APPLICATIONS, AUTOMATED FUNCTIONS OR ANY OTHER
MACHINE-TO-MACHINE APPLICATIONS. ALL USE OF WIRELESS DATA SERVICE IS
SUBJECT TO USE RESTRICTIONS AS SET FORTH IN THE HELIO ACCEPTABLE USE
POLICY. Such data sessions cannot be used as a substitute for private
lines or frame relay connections. We reserve the right to deny or
terminate service, without notice, to anyone who uses Helio service in
any manner prohibited above or whose usage as determined by Helio is
excessive or abusive that detrimentally impacts our service or network.
<span style="color: red;">Generally, excessive or abusive usage is characterized by monthly data usage of <span style="color: rgb(255, 163, 79);"><b>160</b></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 163, 79);"><b>megabytes</b>
</span> or more</span>.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br>-- <br>Stan Slonkosky