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Add Unlimited 3G to your Wifi-only iPad for $40 per Month

By | August 26, 2010 | 6 comments
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If you happen to own a WiFi-only iPad, and would love to have access to a 3G wireless network without having to buy a new 3G-enabled iPad, Sprint’s Virgin Mobile new broadband offer may be the answer for you. Virgin just revamped its Broadband2Go mobile broadband service, and now offers a new contract-free, unlimited mobile broadband plan for $40 per month.

To use Virgin Mobile’s new mobile broadband plan, you will need to also purchase the carrier’s MiFi 2200 mobile hotspot for $150. The MiFi, a wireless hotspot able to handle up to 5 WiFi devices, acts as a bridge between your WiFi-enabled devices and Sprint’s network, the network used by Virgin to offer its wireless services.

The iPad+MiFi pairing is not a new solution, as many of our readers opted to buy a MiFi after the purchase of their WiFi-only iPad. However, Virgin’s new plan is by far the cheapest unlimited MiFi plan to date, and is contract-free, just like the iPad’s data plans.

Also, unlike the iPad data plans currently available, Virgin’s new Broadband2Go offer has no limit, and is not tied to a single gadget, since the MiFi can be used with any WiFi-enabled device.

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  • http://www.edcowdenvoice.com ECVoice

    Yeah, but for $30…like Apple and AT&T promised.

  • http://www.centecequipment.com Bucket Truck

    or if you have T-mobile you can Hack your HTC HD2 to become a mobile Hotspot, and then you dont have to pay anything :)

    • dag

      You don’t have to pay anything except a plan with unlimited web for your HD2 – at least $60/month :)

  • Heyyo

    What I do is I have the samsung intercept from virgin mobile (will also work with the lg optimus v, and actually better do to the v having rev a and a modem processor and can tether without root) and I rooted it and installed wireless tether and use my unlimited data for 25$ a month that also has text and 300minutes and tether that to my iPad 2.. So for $25 I can have unlimited data on my iPad same coverage and speed as this Miri

  • redstar_y68@yahoo.com

    So, i got my Ipad wifi, but in my Country, there are som places i cant access to wriless internet, so, how i can access? should i can buy datacard or something like that?

  • http://www.totalapps.net/ Totalapps

    offer of unlimited 3G Internet is a very attractive, but the price is unfortunately very high