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Karma Go — Take WiFi with you everywhere, now available with LTE
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@futurepaul the coverage map on the site looks about the same to me. I tried asking on Twitter if LTE was coming from a new network or with new coverage, but no one answered.
@clarklab It's the Sprint LTE + 3G network, with vastly more coverage than the WiMAX network we had before. The map is new, too. You should see coverage in more areas, and better performance in all areas.
Very clean design. This definitely seems like a product that will just work the way people want it to. Remarkable that this wasnt the standard before now
Have been using the old WiMax device a lot. Awesome service and perfect when you'e regularly visit the US , but coverage was often an issue. Great to see they made the switch to LTE.
@joshkerr Was going to say the same thing. Most Android devices can be set up as a wifi hotspot in just a few seconds.
@joshkerr Yeah, really depends on what exactly your plan is. If you have grandfathered unlimited data + free tethering, your phone is a better deal. The one big advantage of Karma in that case is battery life: when I tether my phone, the battery is dead in an hour or two.
Love this idea, great team and nice execution. Always wondered why Karma co-founder & fellow Dutchie @robertgaal decided to join Google.
Agreed. I was really excited about the original Karma and loved to concept but it rarely, if ever, had coverage which means you can't rely on it when traveling. Excited to see how much LTE improves the coverage.
Great looking piece of Kit. There was a Wifi Butler service in Europe around a year ago but haven't seen much of them since.
Does this version of Karma work like in the past where if you get other people to connect to it, you get more data at no charge?
@nickmke Yeah, if someone connects to your Karma (anyone, not just a brand new user), you both get 100MB free. That's usually enough to send some emergency emails or whatever.
@futurepaul This could be good. I am in an office in the city where reception and Wifi is really spotty. I may chance this and encourage everyone to connect to me. :)
I normally don't complain about this, but in this case it was painfully obvious: Why is the information that "anywhere" is (currently) limited to the US buried deep in the "Help" Subsection? There are lots of other places to work besides the US and the slogan definitely suggests international usability. I realise the difficulty in implementing international coverage, but a little more honesty wouldn't hurt on the way.
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