User's Guide

Rev 1.1B Sep.08 9
11: Introducing the Compass USB
Modem
• Services supported
• Your account and
coverage area
• Compass USB modem
software
• Frequency band
support
TheCompassUSBthirdgeneration(3G)wirelessmodem
enablesyoutoconnecttotheInternet,sendandreceiveemail,
connecttoacorporatenetworkorvirtualprivatenetwork
(VPN),orviewstreamingvideo,withouttheneedforacable.
ThemodemfitsintoTypeAUSBports.
TheCompassUSBmodem
isTRU‐Install

enabled.Allthe
requiredsoftwareisonthemodem.Whenyousetupyour
modem,thesoftwareisinstalledonyourcomputer.Youdonot
needaninstallationCD.
Themodemhasabuilt‐inantenna. Aslotontheendofthe
modemaccommodatesamicroSDexternalmemorycard.
Depending
onyourserviceprovider,amicroSDcardmaybe
includedinyourpackage,oryoumayneedtopurchaseit
separately.
Services supported
YourCompassUSBmodemsupportsspeedsofupto7.2Mbps.
However,actualspeeddependsontheservicesofferedby
yourserviceprovider.Contactyourserviceproviderandvisit
www.sierrawireless.comfordetails.
Maximumtheoreticaldataspeedsare:
• HighSpeedDownloadPacketAccess(HSDPA)—upto
7.2 Megabitspersecond(Mbps)
• HighSpeedUpload
PacketAccess(HSUPA)—upto
2.0 Mbps
• ConcurrentHSDPA/HSUPA(HSPA)—upto3.6Mbps
downloadandupto1.5Mbpsupload
• UniversalMobileTelecommunicationsSystem(UMTS)—
384 kilobitspersecond(kbps)
• EnhancedDataratesforGSMEvolution(EDGE)—
236 kbps
• GeneralPacketRadioService(GPRS)—56 kbps