Virgin Mobile Broadband $40 unilimited?

I've been reading rumors about this for about a week, and it looks like it's going to happen. Supposed to be announced officially sometime today (8/24/10) or tomorrow.

http://www.intomobile.com/2010/08/22/virgin-mobile-unofficially-confirms-its-new-40-unlimited-mobile-broadband-plan/

The Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/VirginMobileUSA?ref=search#!/VirginMobileUSA?v=app_4949752878

 

http://virginmobileusa.marketwire.com/easyir/customrel.do?easyirid=F4ABAEBA3A27ECD9&version=live&prid=654860&releasejsp=custom_124

 

I've looked up and down on their site, read and re-read the TOS, if there is a catch, I don't see it. The only downside is since it's pre-paid, the start up cost is kind of high, because you don't get the modem for free. The Mifi costs $150 and the usb card costs $80.

On any given night in a truckstop, I usually see 1, 2, sometimes half a dozen mifi's out there broadcasting in other trucks. I think they have a range of about 50-100 feet. More than enough to use in your truck.

 

Thanks for the info, I'd rather get the mifi than the usb card, I run Linux on all my computers and sometimes the USB modems can be a bear to set up. I've had Sprint for about 4 years now, I still have one of the grandfathered accounts. My card is a PCMCIA card though, which severely limits my options when I want to buy a new laptop.

 

that i don't know. I have my Sprint card set so it won't bounce to roaming at all, because i'm running linux most of the time and since I'm not running Sprint's software and can't tell if it's roaming. I still have internet probably 364 days out of the year, although it can get pretty slow in some places. I'm not sure if Virgin has the same roaming agreements Sprint does, all I do know is that it uses Sprint's network.