[BNM] Vodafone Connect versus Vodafone Connect Lite (actually about modem compression)

[Chris Billett]

Would have thought they're on slightly shady territory by (inadvertantly
or not) changing people's data in that way. The images less than the code.

Very strange.

CB

> I noticed this with my dongle when in Switzerland recently.  Unbelievable
> that it isn't an option.  I mean, what if you're viewing some important
> diagrams or something - you'd be totally screwed.
>
> Thanks for the pointers to disable it though - very helpful.
>
> Regards,
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> Richard.
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> [mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Jay
> Caines-Gooby
> Sent: 07 May 2008 12:27
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: [BNM] Vodafone Connect versus Vodafone Connect Lite (actually
> about modem compression)
>
> When using a Vodafone 3G dongle, the images come through compressed; I
> was always under the impression that this was something the networks
> did at their gateway to reduce bandwidth. It appears this is actually
> a feature of the modem driver...
>
> I say this because in addition to jpegs being compressed, some
> crunched javascript files were having some very important line-breaks
> removed causing JS errors on web pages. A bit of Googling and I found
> this comment:
>
> "The vodafone mobile connect LITE software does not have the option to
> disable the compression. Instead you need to download and install the
> full version from here:
>
> http://www.business.vodafone.com/site/bus/public/enuk/support/10_productsupport/laptop_connectivity/40_software/software/05_summary/p_summary.jsp
> AND disable the composite device in device manager to prevent it
> running the 'lite" version every time you plug in the dongle."
>
> So I uninstalled the Lite software, installed the full version and
> then edited the modem properties; turning off hardware compression and
> got uncrunched jpegs and working javascript files. Am I dreaming or
> does this actually sound plausible? Would modem hardware compression
> affect jpegs and other files in this way?
>
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