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David Kelly

More Surfing, Same Price

By , About.com GuideMarch 9, 2010

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For the past week I was tooling around Los Angeles and southern California for work, and although I got stuck in plenty of traffic jams (okay, many were just slowdowns), I didn't get stuck surfing the Web. That's because I was using Virgin Mobile's Broadband2Go wireless internet access for my netbook. I didn't have to mess with hotel Internet charges or finding a wireless signal.

I've already done a full review of the service, but Virgin Mobile just keeps making it better. Virgin Mobile just increased the amount of MBs or GBs you receive when you sign up for Virgin Mobile Broadband2Go.

The $10 price plan stays the same (100 MB), but all the rest now come with more MBs or GBs. For $20 you now get 300 MB (instead of 250), for $40 you get 1 GB (instead of 600 MB), and the real steal is the $60 plan, which gives you 5 GB now, instead of just 1 GB!

I've been looking for good ad-hoc (read: not locked into a long-term/2 year data plan) mobile Internet access solutions for my laptop for years. Virgin Mobile not only leads the pack with pay-as-you-go wireless internet access, but with their new plans, they've just raised the bar a whole lot higher!


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