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From: R D S on 3 Nov 2009 15:08 "Ruth" <redredredredredruth(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:7la52nF3d0qb1U1(a)mid.individual.net... >R D S wrote: >> "lloyd" <plums(a)none.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:c6due55fc0mrfj0eql1sqbdi6vuhgcms4r(a)4ax.com... >>> Hi, desperate to get shot of BT, I note on the 3G website BB checker >>> they say my coverage is very good on my postcode. I just rang and >>> checked and they also confirmed it. Seems strange as 02 and tmobile >>> coverage is pretty poor and 02 say dont go for mobile BB in my area. >>> Anyway 3G reckon its good for my home PC just plug the dongle in and >>> we are away. >>> >>> What do you lot think? We only surf the net and email really, >>> currently running at around 2.5gb pm so the 5gb 3G should be ample. >>> TIA >> >> Try and blag a router from them, it made a massive difference for me, >> service went from flaky to perfect. > > > What router did they provide? One of these, http://www.three.co.uk/_standalone/Device_Detail?content_aid=1214306597442 > Does it has a USB port for the dongle? Yes.
From: Jon on 3 Nov 2009 15:44 In article <c6due55fc0mrfj0eql1sqbdi6vuhgcms4r(a)4ax.com>, plums(a)none.co.uk says... > Hi, desperate to get shot of BT, I note on the 3G website BB checker > they say my coverage is very good on my postcode. I just rang and > checked and they also confirmed it. Seems strange as 02 and tmobile > coverage is pretty poor and 02 say dont go for mobile BB in my area. > Anyway 3G reckon its good for my home PC just plug the dongle in and > we are away. > > What do you lot think? The coverage checker is an estimate, not a measurement. The speed you get will be very slow indeed compared to even a slow fixed-line connection. I urge you to reconsider. -- Regards Jon
From: Steve Terry on 3 Nov 2009 21:09 "Jon" <spam(a)jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message news:MPG.255aa696a7405e1e989730(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <c6due55fc0mrfj0eql1sqbdi6vuhgcms4r(a)4ax.com>, > plums(a)none.co.uk says... >> Hi, desperate to get shot of BT, I note on the 3G website BB checker >> they say my coverage is very good on my postcode. I just rang and >> checked and they also confirmed it. Seems strange as 02 and tmobile >> coverage is pretty poor and 02 say dont go for mobile BB in my area. >> Anyway 3G reckon its good for my home PC just plug the dongle in and >> we are away. >> >> What do you lot think? > > The coverage checker is an estimate, not a measurement. > > The speed you get will be very slow indeed compared to even a slow > fixed-line connection. I urge you to reconsider. > Regards > Jon > > On Three I get around 1.5 to 2mbps d/l and 300kbps u/l. That's better that most people get on ADSL if they're more than a couple of miles from the exchange and for 5quid per month, that's dial up money -- Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276
From: lloyd on 4 Nov 2009 02:36 On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 02:09:28 -0000, "Steve Terry" <gfourwwk(a)tesco.net> wrote: >"Jon" <spam(a)jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message >news:MPG.255aa696a7405e1e989730(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> In article <c6due55fc0mrfj0eql1sqbdi6vuhgcms4r(a)4ax.com>, >> plums(a)none.co.uk says... >>> Hi, desperate to get shot of BT, I note on the 3G website BB checker >>> they say my coverage is very good on my postcode. I just rang and >>> checked and they also confirmed it. Seems strange as 02 and tmobile >>> coverage is pretty poor and 02 say dont go for mobile BB in my area. >>> Anyway 3G reckon its good for my home PC just plug the dongle in and >>> we are away. >>> >>> What do you lot think? >> >> The coverage checker is an estimate, not a measurement. >> >> The speed you get will be very slow indeed compared to even a slow >> fixed-line connection. I urge you to reconsider. >> Regards >> Jon >> >> >On Three I get around 1.5 to 2mbps d/l and 300kbps u/l. I get about 1.5mb presently on a fixed line. >That's better that most people get on ADSL if they're more than a couple >of miles from the exchange 3 miles as the vulture flies roughly. >and for 5quid per month, that's dial up money �5! who dat wid?
From: Roger Mills on 4 Nov 2009 04:10
In an earlier contribution to this discussion, lloyd <plums(a)none.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, desperate to get shot of BT, I note on the 3G website BB checker > they say my coverage is very good on my postcode. I just rang and > checked and they also confirmed it. Seems strange as 02 and tmobile > coverage is pretty poor and 02 say dont go for mobile BB in my area. > Anyway 3G reckon its good for my home PC just plug the dongle in and > we are away. > > What do you lot think? We only surf the net and email really, > currently running at around 2.5gb pm so the 5gb 3G should be ample. > TIA > > PS its for use on a home PC and not a laptop so will be under a desk > but stay in the same room, any issues with this? I use a 3 dongle for mobile internet when away from home - and have been very disappointed with its performance. On my last holiday - in the New Forest - it didn't work at all, and when it *does* work (even at home) the best download speed I can get is 1Mbps - and it often only achieves half of that. In order to achieve that, I have to dangle the dongle out of a window on the end of a USB extension lead. Something which I *haven't* tried, but which may improve the performance, is to use an external antenna. There is a socket on the side of the dongle - under a very small removeable cover - which allows an antenna to be plugged in. As others have said, there is a router available, into which you can plug the USB-based dongle, and which then allows the connection to be shared by multiple PCs over ethernet. I don't know how well this works - but I would certainly be investigating both of the above options were I considering using this for my *main* internet connection. -- Cheers, Roger ______ Email address maintained for newsgroup use only, and not regularly monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks. PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP! |