Pantech Sprint PX-500, User Manual

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4 Section 1A: Introducing the Sprint Mobile Broadband Card
Your Sprint Mobile Broadband Card
Your Sprint Mobile Broadband Card fits into a Type II PC Card slot
(available on most notebook PCs) and functions as a wireless
network card.
This card allows you to:
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Access your company network.
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Send and receive email.
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Access the Internet.
CDMA Networks
The Sprint Mobile Broadband Card operates over a type of
wireless network called CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access).
To use the Sprint Mobile Broadband Card, you need an
account that gives you access to a CDMA network.
Every CDMA network operates on one of three radio
frequency bands. The Sprint Mobile Broadband Card PX-500
takes advantage of the high-speed CDMA 1xEV-DO network
and operates on the 1900 MHz band.
The Sprint Mobile Broadband Card utilizes CDMA 1xEV-DO
technology enabling real-time high-speed wireless access to
email, the Internet, or your company network. The card runs
on most current Windows-compatible laptop or desktop
computers. 1xEV-DO Rev. 0 supports Internet connections
with data rates up to 2.4 Mbps (downlink from the network)
and 153 kbps (uplink to the network). 1xEV-DO Rev.
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supports Internet connections with data rates up to 3.1
Mbps
(downlink from the network) and 1.8 Mbps (uplink to
the
network).
Tip:
More information about CDMA networks is available on the CDMA
Development Group Web site, www.cdg.org .