Sprint Data Link comes with a 99.9% availability service level agreement (SLA) and is supported on a vast array of 3G- and 4G-capable devices including handsets, tablets, laptops, mobile broadband cards, hotspots and M2M embedded modems.

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The Alliance Support for High Availability segment engages Microsoft Certified Support Center high-availability providers to offer service-level commitments based on system availability.

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But sales of many products are driven by the availability of competent service partners.

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