WiFi

I recently upgraded my phone to the HTC EVO from Sprint (which happened to be a couple of days before the EVO 3D was announced).  Aside from just getting a faster phone, one of the things I was looking forward to was the ability to connect to the Internet anywhere.

I’ve spent the past couple of days in Orlando at Photoshop World.  While I’ve had decent WiFi in my hotel room, there’s no free WiFi at the convention center.  A quick call to Sprint got my service enabled (i.e., added to my bill) and then tapping the Sprint WiFi app connected me over 3G and some 4G (depending on where I’m at in the building for 4G).

All in all, it’s been a pretty smooth experience.  I could stand it to be a little faster – particularly as I go deeper into the building and lose signal strength.  However, it has handled most of my we usage quite well.  I’ve published a number of posts from my MacBook while at the conference, and have really been able to make the most of the downtime.  I’ve even been able to upload some decent sized photos on the spot.  So, it’s definitely been worth the cost, which, by the way, is pro-rated based on your days of use.  That works out to about $1 per day and I’m only going to use it for a few days.  We’ll see when I get my bill, but Sprint customer service assured me that this is the case.

I know there are different ways to enable tethering for free; however, if you read Sprint’s terms of service, these methods could be construed as a violation.  Additionally, the ones I have looked at aren’t quite the seamless experience that Sprint’s official method is.  And, as long as Sprint hangs onto its unlimited plan mantra, its worth the price to me.

Kudos Sprint.

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