Internal Wireless Broadband Card

I work at Radioshack, so I have empoyee discounts on AT&T And Sprint. With sprint I can pay $15 a month for unlimited data and no contract, but I have to have my own Data card, or buy one out right. I would like to get the sprint internal broadband card, but it shows it requires an activation, and if I activate it through them it is going to make me sign a contract which I cannot do. Is there a way to buy the internal sprint broadband card from Dell or anyone else out right with no activation? I have the Dell Vostro 1500.

 

Uh... eBay? I honestly don't know.

Google is your best friend in this instance .

 

Well I was really wanting to get it through Dell if possible, thats why I made this thread. I dont trust ebay that much, and I really want to buy froma trusted source. If somebody knew of a trusted online store that has them that would be great.

 

I believe the statement, "requires activation", is for actual use.

You should be able to buy it from Dell and activate it anywhere (ie
Radioshack).

I was just about to purchase one when I saw the price jumped $45
(at least for the Verizon unit) since last month.

 

OP - Confirmed my reply to your post.
I ordered the Verizon 5720 from Dell and activated it at a local
VZW store yesterday (no additional fees or anything - I was doing
an ESN transfer).

NOTE: in my package was a $100 mail-in rebate for new activation or renewal of 2 year agreement on a internal 5700 or 5720 mini pci card.
Must activate between 10/1/2007 and 12/31/2007

Maybe Sprint has similar???

 

You don't have to activate through Dell. Simply buy the card install it and transfer your existing account to the new card. All you need is the ESN. I did it in about 10 mins from start to finish. Works great and the Dell software for Sprint is very nice.