[BNM] 3 mobile broadband

[Chris Billett]

If it's similar to the Vodaphone one I have in my hand right now, the
volume may be the auto-installer for PCs. I just spend half an hour
tracking down the Mac installer on Vodaphone's website 'cos we can't find
our original install cds. Also discovered that seeing as we have the USB
modem not USB modem stick, we won't get the 7.2Mb connection. Doh. A quick
peruse of the website reveals that 7.2Mb is quite limited with regard to
loctions/availability, but is at Gatwick etc. so may be of some use to
Brighton line commuters.

Ours is going to LA tonight so I'll give a proper international feedback
next week (but can already say that we use them over our phone supplier
because Vodaphone's option works well at our Japanese shows)

> I've got the 3 dongle and using it on a Leopard MacBook Pro. It works fine
> now - yesterday on the train to Peterborough tootling along with great
> connectivity. I discovered that the dongle mounts a volume on the desktop
> which stops it connecting. I eject this strange volume each time and it
> works fine generally.
> Ivan
>
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Tom Nixon <tom at nixonmcinnes.co.uk> 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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