Important Instructions for Sprint's Mobile Broadband Coverage Map
Read this page and save time and money, and avoid headaches!

Your first step in ordering this service is to first make sure you have coverage in your area. It's not a pleasant experience to have to cancel the service, return the card, and wait for your money back, if any is due. If you simply launch the coverage map and type in your address, you won't see Mobile Broadband Coverage. This map is shared by Sprint phone users, Nextel phone users, and Mobile Broadband users, and by default mobile broadband service is not highlighted. So here's some instructions to help make sure you get it right, and know for sure whether you have coverage or not.

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In short, be sure to check the Tab at the bottom right of the screen titled "Data, Email and Multimedia" to see mobile broadband coverage. If you don't you'll see just PCS coverage, not mobile broadband. You should be looking for orange color for mobile broadband service.

Also, you HAVE to enter in some address info for this map to work. Looking at the map from a national level won't reveal mobile broadband coverage.

Once you launch the map, you can get a quick view of your area by checking the Tab at the bottom right of the screen titled "Data, Email and Multimedia", and entering your zip code. Then, to be sure you have coverage at your address, enter your exact street address to see if service is available at your main usage location. This map can zoom right down to your address.

"But I travel a lot and I'll be using it all over". That's fine. If you know where you're travelling to you can check those addresses or areas. In general this service is available in over 10,000 cities. And you can connect to the internet even on the Sprint PCS network, but at speeds comparable to dialup.

Below the map you have options to check boxes to see other features. For instance, if you don't see mobile broadband in your area, you might find a checkbox that says "Future Towers", which shows you plans for new installations within the next 4 months. Click that box to see if new towers are planned for your area. Generally, we found this map to be on the conservative side. If it says you have coverage, then you have coverage.

OK, now you can launch the map and check for coverage, and we hope you find the mobile broadband network in your area.

Once you've verified that coverage is available, go to the Products page to choose a card, then place your order.