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Old Nov 4, 2009 | 10:34 am
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Originally Posted by ScottC
Not only frequencies - in the US we actually have two completely different mobile systems - GSM (like most of the world uses) and CDMA (used by two of the largest networks here). A CDMA 3G adapter won't work on a GSM network. The only possible exception are the new GOBI adapters that do CDMA and GSM. Verizon does offer a USB GOBI adapter, but not on prepaid.
Edit: sorry there's more to this than I realised, I have a blinkered view of 3G in the US which doesn't include Virgin. I'll read up more about it before commenting further

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