[BNM] 3 mobile broadband

[Mark Walker]

iPass?


2008/4/8 Chris Billett <chris at chrisbillett.net>:

> I found it quite funny watching people wrestle with their phone t'other
> day
> on the Brighton line, as I sat there happily devouring bandwidth on the
> on-train wireless. I was skyping a friend in Norway, with video, and they
> were having trouble calling Haywards Heath to get the fish fingers in the
> oven!
>
> Bloody expensive though. (unless you've got iPass... *whistles
> innocently*)
>
> CB
>
> On 08/04/2008 21:56, "Tom Hume" wrote:
>
> > Yep, I'm finding it good now. I think many of my problems were down to
> > a cable being dodgy.
> >
> > Met a rather smart telecomms analyst yesterday who pointed out the
> > bleeding obvious: that 3 are a good one to go for because they have
> > less customers than any other operator... i.e. lower contention for
> > the bandwidth.
> >
> > Trains to London *do* dip in and out, but I get stuff done
> > nonetheless. Mind you it used to be nice having an enforced switch-
> > off... <sigh>
> >
> > On 8 Apr 2008, at 21:25, Tom Nixon wrote:
> >
> >> Just resurrecting an old thread. Tom, are you finding your 3G dongle
> >> to be stable on Leopard now?
> >> Anyone else have any other mobile broadband options?
> >> My priority is reliability and coverage (especially on the trains to
> >> london!) rather than super-fast speed.
> >>
> >> T.
> >>
> >> On 7 Jan 2008, at 15:23, Tom Hume wrote:
> >>
> >>> It's possible I imagined it, but the speed I was getting seemed to
> >>> jump suddenly towards the end of last year...
> >>>
> >>> On 7 Jan 2008, at 15:14, wayne wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> My T-Mobile dongle says it's on the HSDPA network when I use it in
> >>> b-
> >>>> town.
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org
> >>>> [mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org
> >>>> ] On Behalf Of Alastair James
> >>>> Sent: 07 January 2008 15:12
> >>>> To: Brighton New Media
> >>>> Subject: Re: [BNM] 3 mobile broadband
> >>>>
> >>>> Hmmm... Looking at the 3 site, it says brighton is not yet in the
> >>>> HSDPA network... Not sure if thats just not updated yet. I may pop
> >>> in
> >>>> next time I walk by....
> >>>>
> >>>> Al
> >>>>
> >>>> On 07/01/2008, Tom Hume <Tom.Hume at futureplatforms.com> wrote:
> >>>>> The fast signal is their HSDPA network - 2mb they say, I think. If
> >>>>> you
> >>>>> don't have this, then you still get online at 3G speeds which I
> >>> found
> >>>>> quite reasonable. When I first got the modem last October, Brighton
> >>>>> was outside coverage but London was inside. I really noticed when
> >>>>> they
> >>>>> rolled out to Brighton.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> BUT BUT BUT I'm finding that either coverage here is a bit on/
> >>> off, or
> >>>>> the Leopard drivers are rubbish. I have hours when I can't connect
> >>>>> (and my laptop reports that it can't even find the modem) at the
> >>>>> moment. Any PC people finding the service reliable here? I have a
> >>>>> feeling it's Leopard, before I upgraded it was pretty reliable.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 7 Jan 2008, at 11:26, paul perrin wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I am not 100% sure but I think the £5 a month internet pack is
> >>>>>> limited to
> >>>>>> the basic data rate, the others (£10 +) use the faster signal (if
> >>>>>> you have
> >>>>>> coverage). And I think only particular phones/devices can use the
> >>>>>> faster
> >>>>>> signal...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
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> >>>>> m: +44 (0) 7971 781422
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> >>>>> personal: tomhume.org
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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