You may have forgotten, but way back when we learned basic arithmetic, the first thing we learned to do was add, then subtract, then multiply, then that terrible thing called division.  We would like to talk about second level mathematics, known by the youngsters as take away. 

Lets start with your home phone.

If you are average, it costs about $40 per month

Then you add average log distance at about $15 per month.

Now lets eliminate those on the road charges.

This might involve phone booth charges beepers

and perhaps calling cards.  For most of us, these

charges rarely exceed $10 monthly.

If you have a PC at home, it is most likely

connected to the Internet at a cost of around

$22 monthly for dial-up service, or $50 for

high speed cable modem or DSL connection

Now Lets learn to subtract.  First, we total up our

communications cost for typical home phone service.

we have underlined the applicable numbers for most

of us.  As you will note, this comes to a total of

approximately $115 per month.  So much for our

lesson in addition.  Now we learn our first lesson

for take away as it applies to communications.

We assumed your home phone with long distance would be around $55 per month IF you didnt have features like Caller ID, Voice Mail, or Call Waiting.  Maybe you have a beeper to stay in touch when you are away from home.  If you do, that would normally add around $10 per month for a total cost of about $65 monthly.  Now lets replace that with a Sprint wireless phone and do the math.

Cost of wired phone service with long distance & beeper                $65.00 Monthly

Cost of Sprint wireless phone                                             -                 -49.99 Monthly

You save                                                                                -                $15.01 Monthly

Plus, you get NATIONWIDE numeric paging on the Sprint PCS network, Caller ID, Voice Mail, Caller ID, Call Waiting, NATIONWIDE long distance, 350 daytime minutes (most home users dont use their phones during the day), 3650 night and weekend minutes (this is when most users DO use their phones), plus 2 megabytes of data to provide up to 100 instant messages, 150 Emails, and access for up to 100 web pages on the Internet, PLUS the ability to use your phone anywhere in the USA on the Sprint nationwide network!  So why do you still have a wired home phone?

Now, lets turn our attention to the Internet.  Some of us spend a lot of time on the Internet.  Others use it primarily for Email and chat rooms.  Regardless of how we use, the net, there is one think we ALL dislike and that is dial-up access with the long connect time and slow download speeds.

With that thought in mind, we can generally conclude that if we are going to use the Internet, that we either are already using a high speed connection circuit or we are planning to move to a high speed connection when technically and economically practical.  On that assumption, we can assume a cost of around $50.00 monthly ($49.99 if you want to get technical).

If you are a traveler, even between home and office, your choices become more complicated.  Do you have Internet connection at home, the office, or BOTH?  If both, your cost is going to double!  Then, what do you do when you travel?  Do without or ???

Here is the solution.  Its called an AirCard!  Technically, it is called a Type II PCMCIA transceiver modem.  It plugs into the PCMCIA slot available on most laptop computers as well as selected Palm Pilots and other PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants).

With an AirCard, you can be instantly connected to the Internet anywhere on the Sprint nationwide network.  If you want to check availability of service in your area, click here! When the page opens up, click on the red COVERAGE block selection in the upper left hand corner and follow instructions for viewing coverage availability in your area.

You dont have to use the AirCard with a laptop or PDA.  You can use it with a standard desktop computer with a low cost PCMCIA adapter.  These plug in cards are readily available for less than $50.  One of the better cards is available by clicking here.

So how does the cost of AirCard wireless service compare to DSL and cable modems?  It could be LESS depending our your needs with monthly cost ranging from $39.99 for 20 megabytes (MB) of service to $99.99 for unlimited service.  We also offer a 40 MB plan for $59.99 monthly and a 70 MB plan for $79.99 monthly.  The question is how many megabytes do you need?

The answer is easy.  You determine your needs by using the service for three months on the UNLIMITED service plan.  During this period you will be billed only $49.99.  At the end of the three month period, you can adjust the plan to suit your individual requirements.  Simple!

What did we leave out?