- November 17th, 2010 by Nathan Fischer
AT&T has joined the club with its very own MiFi wireless mobile hotspot, joining Verizon Wireless, Sprint and Virgin Mobile. The MiFi allows up to five users to connect at once and takes advantage of AT&T’s relatively fast 7.2Mbps HSPA network. Given the long time availability on other carriers, why should you pick up the AT&T version?
In truth, you shouldn’t. Unless AT&T offers the best data coverage in your area, you’re better off going with Sprint or even Virgin Mobile whose Broadband2go plan allows for unlimited data at just $40 per month.
The data plans for AT&T MiFi are outrageously high and are as follows:
- $35/month for 200MB of data
- $60/month for 5GB of data
The other three carriers that offer MiFi data cards are all considerably less than AT&T’s offering, so if a wireless mobile hotspot is in the cards for you, consider the pricing options.
AT&T will be offering the MiFi wireless mobile hotspot for $49.99 after a $100 mail-in-rebate and a two-year contract.
[Via AT&T]
