8 posts tagged “broadband”

The Three 3 3G broadband USB dongle stick (for £99 from CarPhoneWarehouse for 12GB or 12 months (whichever first)) is absolutely brill !

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It only takes a couple of hours to set up and install its software update then you can surf almost anywhere in the UK on almost any 3G network !

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It lights up in three colours green, blue & cyan (which means it's connected at the highest speed.

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and SpeedTest.Net calculates a download speed of 333K from three's gateway hub (?) in Ireland !

It also doubles as a MicroSD card reader / stick !

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Tech Info:

• Model E160G
• 3connect software supplied is 1.0.0 BL 36
• 3connect software updates to 1.0.0 BL 53
• 3 3G broadband tel no is *99***1#

three mobile data costs vary a lot !

Direct access on phone:
 

• £3/M = £3,000/GB in Europe
• £2/M = £2,000/GB in UK
• £0.25/M (pre-pay 10M/m) = £250
• £5/G (pre-pay 1G/m) = £5

• £10/G (pre-pay 1G/m) = £10
• £5/G (pre-pay 3G/m) = £5
  

Yesterday I phoned one of my broadband suppliers and they said they were "sorry" for the 24 hr outage but that I couldn't cancel my contract until December but would I like a "free" Wi-Fi modem router worth £40 ?

(Stupidly) I slept on the deal and phoned them back today only to told they "never" gave away Wi-Fi routers but they could offer me 25p compensation and that I could "cancel" my account at any time !

I'll be recording my calls for QA purposes from now on ! So make sure you listen for that beep !

You can test your ADSL/Cable/3G broadband speed at :

• http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html
  
• http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/

The results from my Virgin Media cable connection were (2000Kb down 250Kb up) and
here are the results from my 3G mobile connection (250Kb down 50Kb up) :

• http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/121276553498560310467.html

And if you want to switch ISPs there is a list of tel nos where you can get your MAC code from @:

• http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/switch_broadband.aspx
  

OFCOM has a created a new Broadband Speeds Voluntary Code of Practice

Has your ISP signed up yet ?

three.co.uk have just lauched PAYG 3G broadband access

First decide how much bandwidth you need
(PS I've just been surfing for 1hr and used 20M (upload & download) of my 1G limit)

Procedures:

1. Buy a voucher
   
2. Enter and activate voucher code
3. Use USB dongle (£50) or phone modem (from £12/m) to connect and use
   

• 1G bandwidth £10 (expires after 30 days)
  
• 3G bandwidth £15 (expires after 30 days)

Just googled for "WP-S1 Mobile Modem" and only got 12 results ! I guess you'll now get thirteen !

Here are some of the best

• http://davestevens.co.uk/blog/2008/01/03/3-skype-phone-as-bluetooth-modem-on-ubuntu-linux/
  
• http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/how-the-skypephone-pays-for-itself.html
  
• http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=102708
• http://software.informer.com/

ORANGE VOIP Wi-Fi router £19.99