mobile internet

[bottle]

slightly

 

If you do not have a 'meter' for checking your download use. Try this one. Customise it and it will warn, if getting to your limit. There are others.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Network-Tools.../NetMeter.shtml

[stuart]

Don't you mean there's an 8:1 difference between them?

 

Its all really confusing these days, a kilobyte was always 1024 bytes (8192 bits) when I did my Computer Science degree, how things change when the standard institute gets hold of it !

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobit

 

Generally anything to do with communications is expressed in terms of 1000 not 1024 (as in memory capacity) this helps the communications industry advertise speeds that appear faster than they actually are!

Edited July 18, 2008 by stuart

[Serendipity]

Broadband came very late to my village (3 years ago), and all the while web sites were being written with no consideration to 'legacy' dial-up speeds. It was painful.

 

Then I came across Onspeed which speeded it up amazingly. It essentially works by their servers handling all the requests you make for web pages. They get them, compress them, then send back to your PC which is loaded with their decompression software. With images, I seem to recall, you set a standard compression ratio, but then if you wanted to view one in original published resolution it was only a couple of clicks and get the page again.

 

I used it for a couple of years until we finally got broadband, at which point any gains were then marginal. However if I had a mobile connection, I would certainly be using it again.

[Dr Bradley]

I've been on a T-mobile dongle for nearly a year. A few weeks after getting it I cancelled my landline as I couldn't tell the difference. Where I am now, I'm not supposed to be able to get 3g and I have to reset to GPRS. However mostly I'm on 3G.

 

Keeping up - just visited your website. Downloaded in a couple of seconds without a problem.

[Black Ibis]

I get 7GB per month for £12.50. Thats about as good value as you can get currently. Its normally 3.6 Mbps. Speeds are likely to increase, but bandwidth is limited by network usage and is unlikely to change in the near future.

[Justme]

I'm not supposed to be able to get 3g and I have to reset to GPRS. However mostly I'm on 3G.

 

How is it on GPRS? I think when we move thats all we will be able to get

 

Justme

[Lady Muck]

How is it on GPRS? I think when we move thats all we will be able to get

 

Justme

 

Slower than dial up but it does work.

 

As for the parental control on Vodafone, even when they remove it, sometimes it sets itself back on again randomly. I do freelance design work for Playboy Enterprises sometimes. All the work I do has to be uploaded to their intranet website. Not funny when I've got a deadline and the parental control has blocked their site....

[Breals]

I'm on 3 too now... was on T-Mob but it was always on GPRS which I found a bit frustrating. 3 seems much better, I'm usually on HDSPA which is faster than 3G. I think the plan which me and BlackIbis are on was a special rate for existing 3 customers back in June.

 

I have to say that 3's customer service is the best I've ever come across too.

[Keeping Up]

Keeping up - just visited your website. Downloaded in a couple of seconds without a problem.

Thanks Dr B.

 

At another Forum's suggestion, the person having the problem re-typed the address using the "http://" at the beginning instead of just starting with "www", and it worked fine. Strange - but at least now I know a solution.

[Teakbank12]

That's actually cheap enough to justify using in a house instead of using a land line and wireless router. Is there no hidden catch?

 

Gibbo

 

 

Take a look at this site i found to compare deals.....

 

http://www.top10-broadband.co.uk/types/mobile-broadband

 

I checked various areas of the country i visit where i would want to use a high speed broadband connection, very few of them support the area where i need it.

Please check before buying that you will get the coverage!!

 

Every ISP has to have a fair usage policy.

 

I may take up one of these offers in the next year or two but as reports state "Dont tie yourself in too long as prices tumble".

 

I'm happy at present using my mobile linked to laptop for the odd surfing when away from home, ive never had no coverage whereas some of the above coverage may be patchy.

[Amwris]

Well we've finally done it! Nipped into town earlier, picked up a T-Mobile broadband internet Web'n'Walk package, back to the Fairy, plugged it in and here we are!!!

It's pretty cheap too... £15 a month unlimited download.

Just in time for our 3 week tour starting tomorow afternoon so there's no escaping us now!

 

Don't believe it. I signed up for the same "unlimited" service only to find that there is a "fair usage policy" effectively limiting you to 3gb a month. Sounds a lot but break the 3gb limit and you get letters warning you to limit yourself and eventually reduced to less than old fashioned dial up speeds. I wouldnt have minded but the use of the "unlimited" word was seriously misleading.

 

cheers

[Liam]

You must always read the terms and conditions before agreeing to any sort of contract.

[Scotty]

I'm on 3 too now... was on T-Mob but it was always on GPRS which I found a bit frustrating. 3 seems much better, I'm usually on HDSPA which is faster than 3G. I think the plan which me and BlackIbis are on was a special rate for existing 3 customers back in June.

 

I have to say that 3's customer service is the best I've ever come across too.

 

I didn't want a contract as i'm still an 'occasional boater', so I use a pay as you go sim card in an unlocked datacard

I normally use 'three' as have the best coverage for me and for £15 I get 30days allowance with a 3Gb limit.

 

Lots of areas have three's HSPDA coverage and in those areas the connection is at broadband speeds

[Gibbo]

Every ISP has to have a fair usage policy.

 

Why?

 

But if it's true then Trading STandards or the ASA should stop them saying it's "Unlimited" which it clearly isn't

 

Gibbo

[magnetman]

Why?

 

But if it's true then Trading STandards or the ASA should stop them saying it's "Unlimited" which it clearly isn't

 

Gibbo

I think the word used is actually 'unlimited*' which has an entirely different definition to the word 'unlimited', in fact the definition of the word 'unlimited*' is very similar to that of the word 'limited' but with some subtle advantages.

[Lady Muck]

Don't believe it. I signed up for the same "unlimited" service only to find that there is a "fair usage policy" effectively limiting you to 3gb a month. Sounds a lot but break the 3gb limit and you get letters warning you to limit yourself and eventually reduced to less than old fashioned dial up speeds. I wouldnt have minded but the use of the "unlimited" word was seriously misleading.

 

cheers

 

But has anyone here got anywhere near the limit? I use my dongle up to 12 hours a day, granted I'm not watching videos of people tripping up on youtube all day, but I do email alot of graphic work off and I've never managed to get anywhere near the 3gb limit.

 

AFAIK (when I last viewed the terms),Vodafone don't fine you or charge you extra for going over, but they may have a quiet word if you keep taking the p*ss.

[sueb]

I'm very happy with my Orange £5 per month evenings and weekends. Speed at the moment is 460.8 kbps. The only problem is that I can't access my emails through the Orange website. When I put in my email address and password the next page comes up blank with done in the bottom left hand corner. I can get my emails through outlook express. It's a bit ironical that I can't get them through Orange.

Sue

[Amduck]

I've just accessed Keeping-Up's website via T-Mobile with no probs. From my berth in marina though, I do find I have to put the dongle on the roof via an extension to get a decent speed - is it me?

[tosher]

What is the longest USB extension lead that is available and suitable for use with a dongle ??? I'm thinking of sticking mine on a pole to improve reception. Thanks -- tosher

[Justme]

What is the longest USB extension lead that is available and suitable for use with a dongle ??? I'm thinking of sticking mine on a pole to improve reception. Thanks -- tosher

 

 

 

5M seems to be about the longest avaliable. Over that you will either need an active cable or a usb hub to boost the signal.

 

Try HERE for a cheap one.

 

Justme

[Lady Muck]

What is the longest USB extension lead that is available and suitable for use with a dongle ??? I'm thinking of sticking mine on a pole to improve reception. Thanks -- tosher

 

Make sure the cable you use is thick enough. I don't have that long an extension. I use a clear plastic hook on a sucker (from the £1 shop), stuck directly on the glass on my porthole. I hang the dongle from that. It works just fine.

[The Maestro]

Make sure the cable you use is thick enough. I don't have that long an extension. I use a clear plastic hook on a sucker (from the £1 shop), stuck directly on the glass on my porthole. I hang the dongle from that. It works just fine.

 

I also hang the T-mobile dongle on the porthole glass and it seems to work. Speed is VERY variable, it can be 5mbs, but is sometimes as low as 19 Kbs [dial-up is 56kbs, nominally]I measure it using this site http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/speedtest/

 

It also disconnects itself quite often, but a restart of Web-n-Walk almost always works. In spite of the problems it is much better than the home broadband I used to use. This was supposed to be 2 mbs but was usually about 500 kbs, and was costing £20 per month. I'm looking forward to buying the 8mbs dongle when my present contract ends.

 

Keeping Up - Your site loaded up fine, and quickly.

[Lady Muck]

Mines great, it never drops out. Have been on 3g+all day, here. The old pcmcia cards used to drive me insane. Awful. Theres nothing more frustrating than experimental new technology.

[Amwris]

I think the word used is actually 'unlimited*' which has an entirely different definition to the word 'unlimited', in fact the definition of the word 'unlimited*' is very similar to that of the word 'limited' but with some subtle advantages.

 

 

eh?

[bottle]

I think the word used is actually 'unlimited*' which has an entirely different definition to the word 'unlimited', in fact the definition of the word 'unlimited*' is very similar to that of the word 'limited' but with some subtle advantages.

 

 

eh?

 

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