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Updated:
04/21/2003
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Bolsters Its WLAN Hand
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Wireless Services:
Sprint PCS Wireless Web Connection
This service requires you to use the Sprint Wireless Web
Modem
AirCard 510 manufactured by Sierra.
Sprint PCS Wireless Web must be added to an existing cellular service plan of $29.99 or more. The fee is an additional $10 a month. This option lets you use your calling plan minutes for both clear calls and accessing the wireless internet. Each additional minute of Sprint PCS Wireless Web access is based on the additional minute usage of the plan you have selected. The transmission speed is 14,400 bps. Additional compression software is included from Bluekite, Inc. which will increase perceived transmission speed to 56 kbps.
The following applications can be used with a Sierra Wireless
AirCard 510:
Email, Internet, intranet/extranet, and corporate LAN access, as well
as enterprise applications such as VPNs, Field Service, and Sales Force
Automation/Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications. The AirCard
510 cannot be used as a cellular phone.
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Sprint New York Service Area
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The Verizon Express Network utilizes the Sierra Wireless
AirCard 555 PC card, which costs $299.99. The AirCard 555 is a wireless
PC
modem that must be inserted into the PC card slot of a laptop or expansion
slot of select PDAs to operate. You 
can
also use theAirCard 555 as a wireless phone, while connected to your laptop
or PDA, and place voice calls by connecting the
Jabra headset which retails for $19.99. Verizon Express Network attains
a maximum transmission speed of 144 kbps.
The following applications can be used with a Sierra Wireless
AirCard 555:
Email, Internet, intranet/extranet, and corporate LAN access, as well
as enterprise applications such as VPNs, Field Service, and Sales Force
Automation/Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications.
Instant text messaging and a personal lock code are also included.
Supported Platforms:
Notebook/laptop PCs running:
* Windows 95 OSR2
* Windows 98/98 SE
* Windows 2000
* Windows Me
* Windows XP
* Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a
* Compaq iPAC Pocket PC with the optional PC Card Expansion Pack
running Windows CE 3.0
Subscription to the Express Network at $30 per month requires a subscription to a digital voice-calling plan of $35 or more per month. All Express Network data session airtime charges will apply towards your calling plan's monthly home airtime allowance, and any Express Network data session airtime in excess of the monthly airtime allowance will be charged at the rate set forth in your calling plan.
America's Choice Plans *
| Plan Choices | Monthly Access | Express Network | Total Monthly Cost | Monthly Airtime (minutes) | Per Minute Rate after Allowance | Night and Weekend Minutes |
| 300 | $35 | $30 | $65 | 300 | $ .40 | 3000 |
| 400 | $45 | $30 | $75 | 400 | $ .35 | 3000 |
| 550 | $55 | $30 | $85 | 550 | $ .35 | 3000 |
| 900 | $75 | $30 | $105 | 900 | $ .35 | 3000 |
| 1200 | $100 | $30 | $130 | 1200 | $ .25 | 3000 |
| 2000 | $150 | $30 | $180 | 2000 | $ .25 | 3000 |
| 3000 | $200 | $30 | $230 | 3000 | $ .20 | 3000 |
* Domestic long distance is included from your home airtime rate area. Domestic roaming is 65¢ / minute. No activation fee for two-year agreements. $30 activation fee per line on one-year agreements. One- or two-year agreement required. $175 early termination fee applies to each line.
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Verizon Service Area
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G100 iStream PC Card:
The iStream PC Card is a mobile data solution, providing wireless e-mail,
Internet and corporate
LAN access through laptops or PDA handhelds, across the entire VoiceStream
network. The
iStream PC Card slides inside your PCMCIA Type II PC card slot on your
laptop, or into the top
slot on your PDA. It features speeds up to 56 kbps with an always-on wireless
connection
Fees:
$39.99 per month
10 Megabytes (MB) (about 180 web pages or 700 e-mails)
300 Ping Pong(tm) text messages (for cellular phones only)
$4.00 per additional MB
Any Device $10.00 per MB roaming outside of the iStream network.
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VoiceStream Service Area
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