Mobile broadband recs

[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

[Peoplesoft bloke]

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

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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.

[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

[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.