Sprint Wireless Internet

With about 50 million wireless customers, Sprint is the 3rd largest wireless network provider in America. They are a nationwide carrier, offering both voice and data plans. Their networks support 3G and 4G technologies.

Sprint's 3G plans use a CDMA wireless network (like Verizon's), while their 4G data plans utilize a newer WiMAX technology developed by Clearwire (also known as Clear).

As with all wireless networks in the U.S., things are in a state of transition with Sprint. Their older 3G network offers very good nationwide coverage for travelers who require mobile broadband access. Sprint's 3G wireless coverage is almost as big as Verizon's 3G network, and it is actually larger than AT&T's 3G coverage area. So, if 3G coverage is important to you, then Sprint will be a good choice.

Understanding Sprint Wireless 3G/4G Plans

As of early 2011, Sprint 4G wireless is available in 70 major U.S. cities and counting. They are covering the most highly-populated areas first, so mobile data users in large metropolitan areas will be able to take advantage of Sprint's faster 4G WiMAX network.

The main benefits of using Sprint wireless Internet include:

• 4G WiMAX - The fastest 4G network currently available in the United States.
• Voice & Data - Plans that support using voice and data at the same time.
• Android - Sprint has dozens of popular devices using the Android OS.
• Smartphone - Use popular smartphones such as the HTC Evo Shift 4G.
• Tablets - The Sprint network supports low cost Samsung tablets using Android.
• Laptops - Connect your laptop with Sprint 3G/4G USB mobile broadband cards.
• Pricing - Competitive pricing for mobile plans compared with AT&T and Verizon.

With Sprint, you might see some plans tagged as 3G/4G. The main point to understand about Sprint's 3G/4G wireless plans and devices is that when you are in the 4G network coverage area, you'll be connected at 4G speeds, but you still get 3G wireless coverage whenever you roam outside of the 4G network's range.

So how fast is Sprint wireless Internet? According to PCmag.com's 2010 tests, Sprint's 3G network averages about 1 Mbps downloads and 300 Kbps uploads. If you are lucky enough to be the Sprint 4G network range, you will see an average download speed of 2.1 Mbps with bursts up to 3.2 Mbps maximum, and 500 Kbps average uploads.

This makes Sprint's 3G speeds about equal to Verizon's 3G speeds, and Sprint's 4G speeds would be the fastest mobile data downloads you can get (as of early 2011).

Sprint University Wireless Access

The schools of today have changed drastically over the last ten years. Students and teachers communicate and interact differently than they used too and technology now allows for a much deeper collaboration than was ever possible in the past. Education is more efficient due in part too advanced communications technology and the schools and universities that take full advantage of what today's technology holds will be more competitive.

This edge will help grow the facility and with that will come more revenue and a better prepared staff. Business has embraced the modern world and now it's time for our educational facilities to do the same.

Wireless technology is no longer the next big thing, it's right now. The culture of our country has adopted this technology to the point where hot spots exist in almost every city, and most new phones are actually wirelessly enabled computers that you can happen to make a call on. It is clear that every school campus would benefit from complete wireless access across the entire grounds.

Sprint's University Wireless Access Plan is a package that allows a school to sell its students the services they need. As a bundle the services can be made available to students at a deep discount, and the school can markup the price to even turn the service into a profit center. Not only will students and faculty have access to cutting edge wireless services, but the school can make money while saving their students money. Everyone wins with the University Wireless Access Plan. The plan has the following benefits:

• Competitive Edge – Every university wants to attract the best students. Sprint's cutting edge wireless technology will draw in students and teachers alike with more efficient web access, research materials, and a blazing campus intranet.
• Competitive Rates – Faculty, staff and students will all have access to competitive calling plans from the plan. All the best features will be made available at discounted rates.
• Increased Safety – Reliable access to communications is a necessity in a crisis. Campus police and university administrators can send out emergency broadcasts via text messages or campus wide voicemails to all students.
• Promotion – The university can use unlimited text and voice mails to communicate with students about sporting events, special offers, class changes, and more.

Sprint is the first communications solution provider to offer this type of value-add revenue generating solution to educational facilities. There are two steps to take in order to participate.

Step 1 – Sign up for the plan. The plan includes unlimited mobile to mobile calling, unlimited night and weekend minutes, unlimited text messaging, nationwide long distance, and unlimited PCS Vision with Picture Mail. These services can be bundled in any way the school chooses and sold to students or ordered by faculty. Once the plan is in place the campus must be enabled with Sprint enhanced coverage. This may mean additional hardware or a repeater tower. This will make sure the entire campus is covered and service is available to all students in all locations.

Step 2 – Expand the offering. Sprint offers many additional services to educational facilities that include:

• Distance Learning
• PCS Integrated Office
• PCS ReadyLink
• And More!

Thousands of businesses and 26 million customers all benefit from Sprint technology. Maybe it's time for your students to do so as well.

As has been noted, wireless High Speed Internet providers are in a state of change. Verizon and AT&T both have 4G LTE networks coming out to challenge Sprint for the prize of who has the fastest 4G wireless plan. Also, Sprint is the only U.S. carrier using WiMAX for mobile data, and there are rumors that they might also switch to LTE in the future.