AT&T USBConnect 881 HSUPA card now available

Those of you yearning to hop on AT&T's HSUPA highway with a card other than the recently unveiled AirCard 881 can finally spark up a celebration of your own, as AT&T is now deploying Sierra Wireless's USBConnect 881. As the title insinuates, this bugger connects to your Mac or PC via USB, weighs in at just 1.25-ounces and plays nice with tri-band HSPA and quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE networks. AT&T claims that your average download speed will range from 600kbps to 1.4Mbps, while the upload side will pretty much hover between 500kbps and 800kbps in HSUPA markets. Also of note is the included AT&T Communication Manager software, which comes pre-loaded on the card and "automatically installs" when first used on a Windows-based machine, saving you the trouble of fiddling with an install disc to get things up and running. Starting today, interested consumers can snatch the card up for $49.99 (after rebate) with a two-year DataConnect agreement of $59.99+ per month, or you can shell out $299.99 for the gizmo itself if contracts get you all hot and bothered.

[Josh @ Nov 14th 2007 12:32PM]

Now if they could just work on actually deploying 3G to more places than the largest metropolitan areas. Verizon's EVDO coverage owns AT&T.

[theBrave @ Nov 14th 2007 1:08PM]

Eh ! This usb-something has the same orange logo as this tiny plastic thing I removed from my iPhone !

[Andrew @ Nov 14th 2007 2:50PM]

except that your iPhone doesn't have an ATT or Cingular logo anywhere on it next to the signal strength when the phone is on....

[Andrew @ Nov 14th 2007 10:56PM]

sorry...except where the signal strength is and it says ATT

[theBrave @ Nov 14th 2007 3:26PM]

...well not anymore :)

[Jared @ Nov 14th 2007 1:29PM]

Now if they could only get service to Western NY. They've been saying "This summer." for three summers now.

[Carlos @ Nov 14th 2007 2:52PM]

Can I plug it into the iPhone?

Come on ATT your killing us with your slow roll-out of a faster data network

[ugg.tryptophan @ Nov 14th 2007 6:28PM]

you yearning to hop on AT&T's HUTSUPA highway

[john @ Nov 14th 2007 7:03PM]

iPhone? I want to plug it in to my Nokia N810.

[john @ Nov 14th 2007 7:05PM]

iPhone? I want to use it with my Nokia N810.

[john @ Nov 14th 2007 7:05PM]

oops. Sorry for the double post.

[Andy Atkinson @ Nov 16th 2007 11:17AM]

So for existing AT&T iPhone users with the 20/month unlimited data plan, is there a device we can use to connect from laptops and take advantage of the data plan (since it seems like this device requires an additional monthly fee)?