Anyone got it?
Just got given the £25/mo (7GB) pack free from work - going to use it on site and incar!
Cant be too bad for free surely?
I thought I had been posting in this thread but it turns out its another one:
http://www.tekforums.co.uk/posts/list/10208.page
Ive been quite surprised with 3G but I wouldnt recommend it for any activity that requries decent latency (gaming). That said, Skype seems to work ok over it.
Was going to say it would be good for Incar useage.
Tempted to either build an ITX or an EEE soley for incarPC useage, and use something like this, seems better than "The Cloud"s subscription service.
I never ever play games online anyhow.
Itd be for general access out and about, and in the car.
In that case itll be ideal. Worst case is you might find it falling back to GPRS on the odd occasion but if youre just browsing/emailing on the go then it wont really make a lot of difference to you :)
i only ever use about 2 sites when im on the road anyway - so itll be perfect!
Ive been on 3 for the past 6 months - just lately most sites require several clicks before they load now - and increasingly often Skype and Yahoo Messenger fail to get past the login stage for the same reason.
Im considering 3s mobile broadband as right now Im out and about quite a bit and some times need an Internet connection.
I would go or the 3GB (£15) option as I wouldnt use the 7GB I dont think.
Cheule - Im wondering, is that via the 3Mobile broadband or using it via a phone?
Via the Phone, cant comment on the Broadband option. Just a bit of info really, could just be teething troubles.
The bb pack comes with a usb wireless 3g modem.
Got it (finally the hardware) on Friday. Its so handy!!
Quote from: Marki only ever use about 2 sites when im on the road anyway - so itll be perfect!
So thats pron and tekforums? :mrgreen:
Im a bit out of touch but am interested in this.
So just to confirm if I get eh £25/mo (7GB) pack I will be able to take my laptop anywhere with a 3 mobile signal, connect it to my laptop and browse the internet? All for no extra charge? It will also work at home as a sh*tty BB?
Nope, I think it picks up a signal from all 3s telephone network, but there is a different "Turbo Network" that 3 have introduced. www.three.co.uk will tell you the coverage with the turbo coverage the webby says speeds of up to 2.8mbps, which is impressive.
"turbo" lol... more than likely just in those areas theyve freed it up to allow more channels per customer. :)
I think its just HSDPA
Quote from: ERUIm a bit out of touch but am interested in this.
So just to confirm if I get eh £25/mo (7GB) pack I will be able to take my laptop anywhere with a 3 mobile signal, connect it to my laptop and browse the internet? All for no extra charge? It will also work at home as a sh*tty BB?
Thats pretty much the jist of it. It really is plug in and away you go.
It has been usefull when on client sites and you need to test something from the other side of the firewall.
Recently it has been a life saver as you can plug these directly into a draytek router which we have changed to from netgear not so long ago, and you can use it as a broadband connection.
http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/vigor_3g.htmlThe recent frost/damp has been getting into our office buiding front box and killing our ADSL.
just bumping this. We support these things at work, and wondered how good they actually are. Im in dispute with BT at the moment, and im moving within 2 months, so im thinking it might make a decent put-me-by until i can get internet at home again. Though if BT dont straighten themselves out im probably going to say screw them and put myself through the TalkTalk activation process. Then fire a script at my line to bump the speed to something decent!
I thought is 3gb for £25 & 1gb for £15?
I considered getting myself one