said by swintec:You do not get roaming with Virgin, plus quality of service is not as good as a normal sprint plan. Sprint traffic is prioritized over Virgin on the network.
In real world performance, is this subtle enough that the average Joe would even notice? Or is Virgin poor compared to standard Sprint service?
I have a Tmobile pre-paid hotspot at $25/mo for 1.5 GB and service varies from 10+ Mbps down to under 1 Mbps. But since I only use it on the road for email, SSH, IM, and other low bandwidth stuff, speed matters far less than "is there any useable signal where I'm trying to work at the moment".
I was thinking about getting an iPhone from Virgin and paying the extra $15 for the hotspot ability (to replace the $25 hotspot from Tmobile). But that all depends on whether Virgin has a useable data product.
Thoughts?