This season’s perfect accessory: the new, faster LTE Rocket mobile hotspot
By: calendar iconApril 3rd, 2012 a 9:32am

LTE Hotspot from Rogers

This post was originally published on our business blog, RedBoard Biz.

Spring has sprung here and with the sudden increase in temperature I had a light bulb moment: why doesn’t my team take all our meetings outdoors? With the newly launched Sierra Wireless AirCard 763S LTE mobile hotspot, we can do this pretty easily!

Not only could we use the new hotspot to reschedule our boardroom bookings to the lawn, park, or  patio, it’s also useful for people who travel on business or if you’re taking it easy lakeside at the cottage this summer and need to stay connected.

With the new Sierra Wireless AirCard 763S LTE mobile hotspot you can create a password-protected hotspot in seconds for up to 10 Wi-Fi enabled devices.  This means that no matter where you decide to set up your office, you and your team can all access your emails, presentations and shared documents online.  Here are a few more advantages:

  • It’s faster than ever: the maximum theoretical download speed is up to 100 Mbps but this next generation device is enabled for both 1700/2100MHz and 2600 MHz spectrum connectivity on the Rogers LTE network for typical LTE download speeds of 12-40 Mbps compared to 12-25 Mbps for devices using 1700/2100MHz only.
  • It’s flexible: the mobile hotspot isn’t limited to laptops- you can connect virtually any Wi-Fi device including tablets, e-readers, printers, cameras, music or gaming devices.
  • It’s easy to carry and use everywhere: About the size of a deck of cards, with up to 6 hours of battery life, and a helpful LCD screen to guide you, being productive amongst nature has never been this simple.

In order to access the Rogers LTE network, you’ll need the following:

  • an LTE-ready device
  • an LTE SIM card, and
  • an LTE plan within Rogers LTE coverage area.

When outside of LTE coverage area, the mobile hotspot seamlessly connects to Rogers 4G HSPA+ network across the nation and supports roaming in over 190 countries. Rogers has the fastest and largest LTE network* and it’s available in select Canadian cities. You can check out www.rogers.com/coverage for a map and details.

For more information on this device and other LTE devices check out Rogers.com/LTE

Where do you need to stay connected? i.e. cottage, on the beach, etc.?

Kaili is a regular contributor to RedBoard

*Within Rogers LTE network footprint. Based on tests comparing data throughput speeds and on geographic coverage area comparison (in square kilometers) to Bell and Telus’ LTE networks.  See www.rogers.com/coverage for full details on Rogers LTE network coverage.

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  1. Andrew Paolucci says: April 3rd, 2012 a 9:40am

    What difference is having this speed going to be when you still limited our bandwidth so radically? For someone that goes through much over 800GB a month personally this has become a great frustration since now in turn I have had to only use heavy usage business products which limits me in speed(hardline internet). So why would faster mobile speeds but the same amount of bandwidth be good for anyone?

    • Melissa* says: April 12th, 2012 a 8:30am

      Wow Andrew, 800Gb … you dont get out much do you? ;)

      • Andrew Paolucci says: April 12th, 2012 a 10:30am

        I do alot of video editing in HD(1080p) and I need to get the footage from people in the States(40GB a clip). I also have scripts on my PC to take nightly backups(5GB) of one of my personal off-site servers which I use for hosting my media and video files. Then there is the fact that I seed torrents for open source and creative commons products along side running a Tor Relay(non-exit). So as you can see most of the bandwidth usage is non interactive, meaning automated(with the exception of the video editing).

  2. BC says: April 4th, 2012 a 9:49am

    Hi Rogers,

    I’ve had the 763S reserved for a few months now and haven’t seen any movement in the queue. I also called the Burnhamthorpe store and they don’t have any in stock.

    It still seems we can’t buy it. Frustrating.