This is better for a couple reasons. A normal Cellular modem simply uses your phone's Mic and Speaker ports to make a call. By keeping everything digital all the way, they can keep the connection speeds up and reliability up also. It also allows for faxing. ALSO you may want to know, that Sprint Phones do have different reception.
Some phones are better than others.
I currently have a Sanyo 4500 and it will work inside my house, where as my roommates Samsung 3500 wont period. Also upgrading your phone monthly helps. Comments are limited to 2000 characters. All rights reserved.