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From: Steve Terry on 4 Nov 2009 06:47 "lloyd" <plums(a)none.co.uk> wrote in message news:6lb2f594ravslkpb6pg4q4let95kec2p8e(a)4ax.com... > 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... <snip> > >>and for 5quid per month, that's dial up money > > �5! who dat wid? > > 3 internet add on 5quid per month, using it now on a Skype S2 connected via its USB lead to my laptop with "3internet" APN Only difference between Three PAYG internet and broadband seems to be that some ports may be blocked? For email i use googlemail on it's SSL ports, they work OK Steve Terry -- Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276
From: Theo Markettos on 4 Nov 2009 10:31 Roger Mills <watt.tyler(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > 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. My idea is to glue a sucker to the dongle, then it can be stuck to an appropriate window. Not having taken mine apart, anyone know if the antenna is particularly polarised? So does it matter the angle it is presented to the base station? That'll matter where I position the sucker. > 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. I wouldn't bother with a long cable run (the loss will swamp any antenna gain). But it might be worth fitting a bigger antenna than the tiny PCB strip in the dongle (and then hanging dongle+antenna out the window, or whatever). Netbooks have antennas that run around the whole of the screen, and seem to get better reception. Theo
From: Gyp on 4 Nov 2009 13:24 Jon wrote: > 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. > Looking at the rest of the thread, it seems speeds can vary quite a bit - I stuck with a 3 dongle for a few months, but with a typical measured download speed of 30-40 kbps (in SW1) I gave up. Re the 14 day "trial", doesn't 3 only let you send it back within 14 days if you've not actually put the sim in and started using it..? -- Gyp replace .co.uk with .com to reply
From: faderstart on 8 Nov 2009 19:03 Steve Terry wrote: > A Skype S2 is more sensitive than a dongle, and is all ready to use > on 5quid per month PAYG internet. Isn't that only for 150MB?
From: PeeGee on 9 Nov 2009 04:28
faderstart(a)live.co.uk wrote: > Steve Terry wrote: >> A Skype S2 is more sensitive than a dongle, and is all ready to use >> on 5quid per month PAYG internet. > > Isn't that only for 150MB? That's the "free" 90-day allowance for every top-up. The add-on is "unlimited" (subject to fair use!). -- PeeGee "Nothing should be able to load itself onto a computer without the knowledge or consent of the computer user. Software should also be able to be removed from a computer easily." Peter Cullen, Microsoft Chief Privacy Strategist (Computing 18 Aug 05) |