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DarkBahamut

posted on 6th Feb 08 at 02:16

quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
Just voda, t-mob & 3 :o

And it's much faster than 3g! Mines faster than my home broadband!


HSDPA is alot faster than 3G, it can support speeds of up to 14.4Mbit/sec, although networks only use 1.8 or 3.6 mbps currently.

EDGE is slower than 3G, somewhere in the region of 200Kbps or so. Only O2 and orange support this is i believe. EDGE is a 2G tech, so would be available if you were out of 3G range, which is useful, but is hardly support at all. O2 only support EDGE now because of the iPhone, since thats the fastest data transfer the iPhone can do (what a shit phone :lol: ).

[Edited on 06-02-2008 by DarkBahamut]


Matt H

posted on 6th Feb 08 at 00:50

They go down to 3g when idling on a web page, then HSDPA kicks in when you need it


James_DT

posted on 6th Feb 08 at 00:43

The Three HSDPA modem is fantastic. My GF gets the full HSDPA service, although in her room it goes between 3G and HSDPA every couple of minutes. Still works perfectly with 4OD and Napster though.


Matt H

posted on 6th Feb 08 at 00:37

Just voda, t-mob & 3 :o

And it's much faster than 3g! Mines faster than my home broadband!


DarkBahamut

posted on 6th Feb 08 at 00:09

384kbps is 3G. 48kbps is GPRS :lol:. You can get slightly faster with EDGE, but not many networks support this.


Matt H

posted on 5th Feb 08 at 19:18

384 kbps is better than nothing :)


DarkBahamut

posted on 5th Feb 08 at 19:00

Seems abit out of the way :lol:. T-Mobile claim to have good 2G access but low to none 3G access. So you could get GPRS access there, but anything more seems to be pushing it.


Matt H

posted on 5th Feb 08 at 18:56

Marginal at best, bit sketchy infact. I'll take mine along & see how it is, there's no planned masts to go up over the next 4 years so fingers crossed :o


Ian

posted on 5th Feb 08 at 13:38

NN29 7XA


DarkBahamut

posted on 5th Feb 08 at 13:28

quote:
Originally posted by Rob_Quads
quote:
Originally posted by DarkBahamut
The mobile data services really don't cost very much anymore (unless you are on orange :lol: ).

A few of the decent data networks have data cards (such as three, t-mobile, vodaphone) and if you have a contract phone with these you can sometimes get them cheaper via your phone contract.

I pay £12.50 for 3GB a month on t-mobile on my phone contract. Means i can use the data on my phone or use the phone as a modem and use my laptop when away from home. Its ideal really :).

[Edited on 05-02-2008 by DarkBahamut]


Is that the web'n'walk package?


Thats the one. I use the web'n'walk plus package. The standard £7.50 a month one is abit limiting in what they allow you to do with it (no IMs, no peer to peer, no modem support and no voip) and only give you 1GB a month. The plus one for £12.50 increases the limits to 3GB and allows everything expect voip, which i don't think is unreasonable.


Rob_Quads

posted on 5th Feb 08 at 13:15

quote:
Originally posted by DarkBahamut
The mobile data services really don't cost very much anymore (unless you are on orange :lol: ).

A few of the decent data networks have data cards (such as three, t-mobile, vodaphone) and if you have a contract phone with these you can sometimes get them cheaper via your phone contract.

I pay £12.50 for 3GB a month on t-mobile on my phone contract. Means i can use the data on my phone or use the phone as a modem and use my laptop when away from home. Its ideal really :).

[Edited on 05-02-2008 by DarkBahamut]


Is that the web'n'walk package?


Matt H

posted on 5th Feb 08 at 12:43

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I need something like that but data card with anything other than emergency usage was loads of money per month.

It also needs to work at the Pod :D


Keyword ;)

Whats the pods postcode? I'll do a check to see if mine works

[Edited on 05-02-2008 by Matt H]


DarkBahamut

posted on 5th Feb 08 at 03:59

The mobile data services really don't cost very much anymore (unless you are on orange :lol: ).

A few of the decent data networks have data cards (such as three, t-mobile, vodaphone) and if you have a contract phone with these you can sometimes get them cheaper via your phone contract.

I pay £12.50 for 3GB a month on t-mobile on my phone contract. Means i can use the data on my phone or use the phone as a modem and use my laptop when away from home. Its ideal really :).

[Edited on 05-02-2008 by DarkBahamut]


James_DT

posted on 5th Feb 08 at 00:21

Should get 3 coverage at the Pod. £10 for 1gb, £15 for 3gb.


Ian

posted on 5th Feb 08 at 00:10

I need something like that but data card with anything other than emergency usage was loads of money per month.

It also needs to work at the Pod :D


James_DT

posted on 4th Feb 08 at 23:44

You can get the 3 Modem on PAYG, too.
My GF has the 3 Modem, it works much better than I expected it to.


Matt H

posted on 4th Feb 08 at 22:45

1gb mofo


TNM

posted on 4th Feb 08 at 21:37

for about 3mb!


Matt H

posted on 4th Feb 08 at 21:23

£10 a month you tight bastard :lol:


TNM

posted on 4th Feb 08 at 21:20

Yes but i dont want to pay for that Maffooo! I would only use it when im working away. Work will pay for anything i want apart from tin'ternet


Matt H

posted on 4th Feb 08 at 21:18

Just get a HSDPA modem, problem solved


TNM

posted on 4th Feb 08 at 21:15

I stopped at the cambridge services on the M11 and the Wi-Fi there is for 3 users only. Whats the point?! I didnt think any one was on 3!


Steve

posted on 4th Feb 08 at 21:13

pmsl


TNM

posted on 4th Feb 08 at 21:12

Ive been working away alot recently and ive cant belive how much hotels want to charge for Wi-Fi!

Most of them want to charge £5 for 60mins or 25mb or £6.50 for 24 hours and about 100mb. More than that it gets stupid.

One hotel i was in last week had a mcdonalds next to it with free Wi-Fi. There was some one asking at reception how much the W-Fi was and the girl said oh its not very much. I told the guy it was free at mcdonalds next door. 5 mins later i was sat in the bar as i saw him walking out the hotel heading for mcdonalds with his laptop bag over his shoulder :lol: