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

[Jay Caines-Gooby]

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 1:25 PM, James Wragg <james.wragg at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2008/5/7 Jay Caines-Gooby <jay at gooby.org>:
>
> > 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...
>  >
>
> >  "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
>
>  Agreed. That just seems wrong - bandwidth is the limiting factor, no?
>  Providers compress via their proxies to get the data to you quicker,
>  save their valuable bandwidth and you save your pennies? ...or, are we
>  all being deluded and there's enough bandwidth for us all to HD video
>  chat on our watch (...and the jet-pack comes with the deal)?
>
>  Does the switch in the full version of the software just switch off
>  using the proxy?

I'm pretty certain now that it's an artifact of the modem compression
rather than any gateway compression shenanigans.

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