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Comment on Cheapest ever mobile broadband package deal by bandsxbands

bandsxbands — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:27:01 +0000

Interesting post… Looks like flash memory is finally beginning to become more popular. Hopefully we’ll start seeing a drop in solid state harddrive prices soon. $5 32 GB Micro SD Cards for your Nintendo DS flash card… imagine that!(Posted by OperaV2 for R4i Nintendo DS.)

Comment on The Craziest Way To Boost Your Mobile Broadband Signal by E Mobile Broadband

E Mobile Broadband — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:38:50 +0000

Oh that’s hilarious! I think mobile broadband’s brilliant because it’s just so easy and convenient, but I can’t imagine the developers thinking “I wonder what would happen if…” and reaching the conclusion SAUCEPAN.

Sarah

Comment on 02 Half Price Dongles-Less than £15 Until 22nd Dec by Javier Perez Cruz

Javier Perez Cruz — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:39:06 +0000

Seems like the greatest roadblock to wider Mobile Broadband usage are the roaming charges. I have tried using MobilityPass and have found that because of the roaming charges within the EU it’s just un-affordable to leave my home country and use my MobilityPass dongle. Now we have a common currency (mostly) within the EU why can’t we use a SIM card issued, in say, Spain and use our mobile telephones and broadband modems anywhere within the EU without roaming charges?

Comment on How Can I Boost My 3G Mobile Broadband Signal? by Tony Thomas

Tony Thomas — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:59:53 +0000

I wrote these notes up on getting a good signal for mt wireless broadband.

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B_UrbFjOi5uWMzExMDFjMWItODE1ZS00ZWRlLTk0MTMtODY2MTExYzAxNTYy&hl=en_GB

Comment on The Craziest Way To Boost Your Mobile Broadband Signal by menor

menor — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:06:47 +0000

Tony, it’s not kb/s but KB/s with a big B, mean byte. So, if it’s 60KB/s = 60X8 = 480kb/s. Almost 0.5 Mb/s. And I believe no GPRS connection can do such thing.

Comment on 3 Introduces High Speed 7.2Mbps Dongle by admin

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:25:23 +0000

Hey Riccardo,
I feel your cynicsm. 3 only promise that you’ll get a maximum of 5.6Mbps so the numbers are never the advertised speed of the dongle.
The 3G network is still pretty poor in the UK. We’ve got decent coverage in the main population areas but bandwidth is a big problem if you’re on the move.
Bring on LTE, that’s what I say!

Comment on The Craziest Way To Boost Your Mobile Broadband Signal by stony g

stony g — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:43:40 +0000

I wonder if sticking my dongle onto an LNB on a satellite dish will work..?..!

Comment on 3 Introduces High Speed 7.2Mbps Dongle by riccardo

riccardo — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:43:06 +0000

What a load of tosh these mobile broadband providers come out with, they love to boast of speeds up to 3.6 Mbit on the 3G network, I can pretty much guarantee you’ll never see 3.6 Mbit using any HUAWEI dongle even if your perched atop the transmitter.

As for 7.2 Mbit on HSDPA … dream on, unless your prepared to fork out an additional £100 for a quality usb modem such as the Option iCON 505 you won’t see anything near those quoted speeds.

The reason most mobile broadband providers are now using HUAWEI usb dongles is because they’re cheap, if you want high speeds on mobile broadband avoid using any them

Comment on The Craziest Way To Boost Your Mobile Broadband Signal by Chris Marling

Chris Marling — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:39:41 +0000

Nice one ) We collected some of these here: http://www.broadbandgenie.co.uk/articles/boost-your-mobile-broadband-speed-diy

Comment on Joikuspot Software – Why I Ditched My 3G Dongle by Tom Heritage

Tom Heritage — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:12:42 +0000

Hi,

Yes, o2 even state that they reserve the right to disconnect customers if they are found to be tethering their iPhones unofficially. I guess, it’s due to operators wanting to sell their own 3G dongles with pricey monthly contracts, as if it was ‘allowed’ there would be a much smaller market for them. It is interesting what you say about 3 mobile, I didn’t know that was the case.