Reply to: Mobile broadband recs

[FarmerPalmer]

As I like to use my own equipment when on clients sites, and so can't connect to their LAN, I use vodafone £15 for my laptop.

I looked at where I was likely to be working, where the coverage was, whether or not HSDPA was at hand, and Vodafone had the best coverage for me. £ don't have HSDPA in Chippenham.

I've been using it for about a year and its pretty good.

[Hiram King Of Tyre]

I get 3gbt on 3 for £7.50 a month. It was half price if you had a phone with them. I thought it was that price anyway now. It workd ok but does keep dropping the connection

[Ardesco]

I would expect there are some furious back room workings going on at the moment. According to the devs the app doesn't breaks any of the rules and should be back up at some point in the future so we will see.

I think Apple need to start accepting that some of these apps are a good idea and will only increase the iPhone user base. Also one way to stop people from jailbreaking it is to give people the useful everyday apps and functions that they want and can get with other phones.

[voodooflux]

The app is MIA at the moment unfortunatly....

http://www.nullriver.com/home

I was surprised at how quickly that was pulled from the store when it first appeared. Hopefully it will appear again soon - tethering is pretty handy. I would guess that Apple omitted this from the core iPhone functionality so as not to fall foul of AT&T and threaten the revenue they make from data tethering plans?

[voodooflux]

I'm on the 3Gb/£15 month tariff from Three, and get speeds of between 800kbps and 1.2mbps while I'm at ClientCo.

I'm better off communicating with paper cups and string from home though - mobile reception is non-existent there anyway.

[Ardesco]

O2 do unlimited data and wifi with thier iPhone tariffs, however you will need to purchase an app from the itunes app store to be able to use your iPhone as a modem.

The app is MIA at the moment unfortunatly....

http://www.nullriver.com/home

May be worth a look when they sort it all out if you are interested in an iPhone.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I use my phone as a 3g modem £15 for 3gig on contract works fine

[the_rangdo]

I was in a black spot in St Ives last week, the one area my 3 modem had no signal.

Thankfully, some kind (anon) soul with an unprotected wireless router kept me connected

[Spacecadet]

Just tried a couple of online speed tests and they both gave similar results of 0.8 Mbps download and 0.2 Mbps upload. Perhaps a poor location for your fellow contractor. But with a lot of these things, you pays your money, you takes your chance.

Have a look here, this may help you.

Alan

we were in a UK city centre, excellent phone coverage
The reason for the test in the first place is because he was moaning about download speeds.

As i said before, the 3g coverage is what counts and 3 has better 3g coverage

[cojak]

Thanks Alan.

[AlanR]

I've got the 3 mobile broadband, works a treat

Interestingly, I did a side by side test with a fellow contractor who has the vodafone mobile broadband - we both have a huawei USB device, not the internal broadband that comes with some laptops

I got 350 kb/s
he got 65kb/s

The vodafone 3g coverage is not as good at the 3 network, so although for voice calls vodafone is better, for mobile broadband (at a decent speed) 3 is better.
http://three.co.uk/personal/coverage...e_coverage.omp
http://maps.vodafone.co.uk/coveragev...b/default.aspx

Just tried a couple of online speed tests and they both gave similar results of 0.8 Mbps download and 0.2 Mbps upload. Perhaps a poor location for your fellow contractor. But with a lot of these things, you pays your money, you takes your chance.

Have a look here, this may help you.

Alan

[Spacecadet]

only problem i've found with the broadband is that i can't use my wireless mouse at the same time. It seems to interfere with the USB device and kills my speed

[cojak]

Hmm... very interesting SC...

*stokes chin thoughtfully..*

Ta..

[Spacecadet]

I've got the 3 mobile broadband, works a treat

Interestingly, I did a side by side test with a fellow contractor who has the vodafone mobile broadband - we both have a huawei USB device, not the internal broadband that comes with some laptops

I got 350 kb/s
he got 65kb/s

The vodafone 3g coverage is not as good at the 3 network, so although for voice calls vodafone is better, for mobile broadband (at a decent speed) 3 is better.
http://three.co.uk/personal/coverage...e_coverage.omp
http://maps.vodafone.co.uk/coveragev...b/default.aspx

[cojak]

Thanks chaps!

I'm much happier considering brands that have been used in real-life...