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The Very Best Deal . . . Like . . . EVER??

By Ross

I know what you’re thinking if you know me: “Ross is a little prone to hyperbole.” Well, that might be true but in this case, it’s a blatant, cold-hearted statement of fact.  I found the very best deal EVER. In the entire history of the universe. And that’s NOT hyperbole.

Well, actually I didn’t find it; David Pogue did in his September 1st New York Times column here. So thanks David. Or maybe it was Sir Richard because it’s a Virgin Mobile deal.  I guess when it first hit, I didn’t really pay attention to it because I was still locked into my Sprint MiFi in the midst of the obligatory two year new line deal.

But I hadn’t realized then that my two years was nearly up. So I found myself about to switch to a Verizon MiFi following my transition from Sprint to Verizon in order to get a first edition Droid last January. And then I vaguely remembered Pogue’s September column, read it and was floored.

So here it is, the very best deal EVER:

• Virgin Mobile’s MiFi – the very same Novatel MiFi-2200 I had with Sprint with a Virgin Mobile label on it – identical otherwise.
• It does NOT cost the $65/month for 5 Gb of data/month I was paying Sprint (plus tax) under a two year contract (although the device itself was originally “free”).
• Nope, it’s $40/month ($42.24 with tax) for UNLIMITED data with NO CONTRACT.
• The only catch is that I had to pay $150 for the device (fricking Best Buy has it for $199 and tried to convince me that Virgin Mobile has raised the price from the $149 Virgin was selling it for on their website – I said something to the effect of, “you d&6$#bags, no they didn’t” which translated to “pull up their website and check.” They did and sheepishly did a price match.
• At $150, the $25/month savings will be recovered  in 6 months and thereafter, it’s $300/year saved not considering the unlimited data.
• The funny thing is that it uses the Sprint 3G network – so the SAME network I was just on. $25 per month cheaper. With unlimited data v. the 5 Gb limit I had before. Nuts. Insane. But true.

It’s such a good deal, I discontinued my RoadRunner account in the home I’m trying to sell (which is here if anyone’s interested in a gorgeous 1927 Arts & Crafts gem :-)) and will just use the Virgin MiFi when we’re there – for up to 5 people connecting at a time to this diminutive WiFi pocket-hotspot.

So secure wireless broadband, unlimited usage, $42.24 per month. The very best deal EVER. Don’t you think?

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Full post as published by Ross Ipsa Loquitur on October 29, 2010 (boomark / email).