4G Mobile Broadband is Here

Clearwire’s releasing a new 4G mobile broadband service that’s the first Pay-As-You-Go one in the U.S. It’s also aimed squarely at the moneyed-youth market. Or “tech-savvy Gen-Y customers,” as Clearwire puts it.

The Rover system is based on two key products: A $100 typical USB mobile broadband adaptor youthfully dubbed the Stick, and the $150 Puck. This latter is the more interesting device, acting similarly to a MiFi as a mobile Wi-fi hotspot that lets you hook up to eight devices to your Clearwire 4G service for combined speeds of 3 mbps to 6 mbps (with “bursts” of 10 mbps, “up to 4x faster than conventional 3G”).

Clearwire is trying their best to make the offer tempting: There’s a 14-day “no-hassle return policy” and you can even feed your account online. It’s priced at $5 per day, and there’re money-saving $20-week and $50-month options for unlimited downloads.

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