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Re: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem on Sprint

grace — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:51:28 -0000

I, too, live in the Santa Cruz Mountains and am having great success with Verizon, using their UM175. The only problem is the 5 gig cap with 0.25 per MB over, however I hear that Sprint just instituted one, too. I am planning to use an EVDO router, and got pretty excited about the CTR500, especially since 3gstore is sweetening the deal with a car charger adapter and December sale price of $179. I really want a router with some way to warn me when I'm getting close to the cap, and 3gstore just emailed me back to say there is no router that does this. They say that they too have been begging the manufacturers for this feature. I now think I will put off the purchase until a router offers this--after all, if Sprint is also capping, demand should get pretty high.

grace

Re: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem on Sprint

Guest — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:54:53 -0000

any of these will work great with your compass: http://3gstore.com/cradlepoint

Re: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem on Sprint

sprint sucks — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:35:07 -0000

my compass 597 300 download wtf!!!

boo for sprint!!!!!!!!

Re: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem on Sprint

Neil C — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:57:29 -0000

This is the only option living in the Santa Cruz mountains. Tried all other carriers Sprint is the only one I get a consistant connection with.

Can anyone recommend a compatible wireless router

Re: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem on Sprint

Russell — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:46:58 -0000

I've been pretty happy with the Free Verizon modem, the UM150.

I think it is _substantially smaller_ than the free or cheapest sprint modem. If you check out evdomaps.com or comparable service maps verizon has much better coverage than sprint does across North America.

http://shop.vzw.com/?id=Ver...

Re: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem on Sprint

Zack — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:28:24 -0000

Just an FYI. I went to sprint and picked this up because of what I read on this post. Works awesome :)

Re: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem on Sprint

Nat Sims — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:06:32 -0000

The Sierra Wireless Compass 597 USB modem is excellent for the EVDO connection, and I have installed the Sprint SmartView software on several computers, including a MacBook Pro and 2 computers running Windows XP (Motion Computing LS800 tablets). A problem that I'm having is that I can no longer connect to my WiFi networks: I get a dialog box saying "failed to connect" even when the signal strength is excellent. The particular WiFi network I'm having a problem with is a Verizon ADSL2/Versalink Webtell made by WindRiver. Has anyone else experienced the problem with the WiFi connection, after installing the Sprint Smartview software?

Re: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem on Sprint

alex — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:25:10 -0000

one of the coolest things about the compass 597 is that sweet usb cable that holds its shape... its hard to explain, even with pictures.

this video shows off the cable pretty nicely (among other things): http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem on Sprint

Allen Harkleroad — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:39:53 -0000

Sprint overcharged my small (US) company for over $50,000.00. We caught them doing it and now they refuse to refund the over-payments. You can read the full story at www.sprint-really-sucks.com

I also wrote an open letter to Dan Hesse the Chairman and CEO of Sprint Nextel. It is a good read so please consider reading the letter.

www.sprint-really-sucks.com...

Re: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem on Sprint

adam jackson — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:26:48 -0000

Sprint's EVDO Network is the best. I love it more than any other carrier. Didn't know you had an MBA?

Re: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem on Sprint

Gary Rosenzweig — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:56:19 -0000

I just got the same exact thing from Sprint 2 weeks back. It rocks, but I'm only using it as a backup right now. Hope to get some use out of it when traveling this summer. I got a Cradlepoint router also, and this thing plug right into it and gives me a whole wifi network. I just hope Sprint doesn't cap our bandwidth like AT&T and Verizon have done with their similar plans.
Oh -- and the guy at the Sprint store told me that they actually sell more of these things than they do phones now.

Re: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EV-DO USB Modem on Sprint

andy — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:14:08 -0000

looks way sexier than my sierra from ATT