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From: CJB on 16 May 2010 17:47
WOW - Three is advertising that soon they'll have 98% coverage. Well
yes - but will that be usable coverage? Somehow I doubt it.

I went to the Rickmansworth Canal Festival (withing the M25) on
Saturday. Took my Acer netbook and Three dongle 'cos i wanted to
capture a BBC Radio prog. in the afternoon.

When the dongle connected it showed five bars of signal. Great I
thought. But as soon as the programme started the connection was lost.
It reconnected, but then no pages would come up. Then it disconnected
again. Then it reconnected. Each time I had to try and bring up the
BBC iPlayer / Flash Player page again and again - usually failing.
Still the dashboard showed five bars of signal.

After half an hour I gave up. I now jhave the programme from Listen
Again.

So if this is what 98% coverage means - five bars of signal with
continual dropouts and lost connections - then may be it would be
better if they concentrated on trying to stabilise the coverage that
they already have?

I was not impressed. CJB.
From: Steve Terry on 17 May 2010 01:00
"CJB" <chrisjbrady(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> WOW - Three is advertising that soon they'll have 98% coverage. Well
> yes - but will that be usable coverage? Somehow I doubt it.
>
> I went to the Rickmansworth Canal Festival (withing the M25) on
> Saturday. Took my Acer netbook and Three dongle 'cos i wanted to
> capture a BBC Radio prog. in the afternoon.
>
> When the dongle connected it showed five bars of signal. Great I
> thought. But as soon as the programme started the connection was lost.
>
>
I wouldn't use a 3g dongle, I'd use a HSDPA phone,
much better aerial

Steve Terry
--
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From: Rodney Pont on 17 May 2010 01:50
On Mon, 17 May 2010 06:00:20 +0100, Steve Terry wrote:

>> I went to the Rickmansworth Canal Festival (withing the M25) on
>> Saturday. Took my Acer netbook and Three dongle 'cos i wanted to
>> capture a BBC Radio prog. in the afternoon.

>I wouldn't use a 3g dongle, I'd use a HSDPA phone,
>much better aerial

I'd use a radio :-)

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From: Steve Terry on 17 May 2010 14:38
"Rodney Pont" <aspaminy7(a)infohit.me.uk> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 17 May 2010 06:00:20 +0100, Steve Terry wrote:
>
>>> I went to the Rickmansworth Canal Festival (withing the M25) on
>>> Saturday. Took my Acer netbook and Three dongle 'cos i wanted to
>>> capture a BBC Radio prog. in the afternoon.
>
>>I wouldn't use a 3g dongle, I'd use a HSDPA phone,
>>much better aerial
>
> I'd use a radio :-)
> Regards - Rodney Pont
>
>
If you can receive the station you want at that location?

I use my internet radio to listen to US and Oz stations

Steve Terry
--
Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up
http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276


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