After much hassle and several false starts and disconnects in getting in touch with the right department in Sprint, I spoke to a woman in technical support in the group that supports 3G data cards.
She said: - public IP addresses are used - static IP available for $3/mo additional - maximum 3G data plan is 5GB/mo of data transfer, retail reate, $60/mo (which is typically cheaper than your typical ADSL/IDSL or ISDN service cost) Sam Crooks -----Original Message----- From: Seth Mattinen [mailto:se...@rollernet.us] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:13 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Looking for AT&T / Verizon / Sprint WWAN service impressions- on or off-list replies welcome Charles Wyble wrote: > > > Crooks, Sam wrote: >> I'm considering use of AT&T / Verizon / Sprint WWAN services and the >> Cisco 3G router interface cards/integrated module in C880 routers for >> primary or backup WAN network connectivity for routers. >> > > I haven't used the integrated cards with cisco gear. However I do have > 300+ cards deployed throughout the United States (EVDO USB modems on > Linux boxes). > > >> I'm looking for information from users of these services on the >> following: >> - addressing - Do these WWAN services use dynamic, PPPoE or static IP >> assignment typically? Any of the 3? All? >> - is static IP assignment available? > > We have static IP assignment for our Verizon cards. Sprint cards > aren't static. > I received an offlist response indicating Sprint now offers static. ~Seth
