Originally Posted by cl191:
I still don't understand why should I pay them $5 a month. If they want to charge a one time fee for the device, that's fine. But charging monthly fee so I can can get better cellphone signal with my own internet connection makes no sense.
Without debating the price itself (which I think is too high), you understand Sprint does have ongoing costs for these devices? The Airave uses a VPN client. That means there's a server at the other end. That means they (Sprint) have to maintain data connection and the server.