whats your service been like for the last 15 days ? , not had the 3g connection for this lenth of time and all they say is we are looking in to it . they still are expecting me to pay for the full months service which i am not getting , i have had to make do with the gprs connection which is slower than dial-up . i wish i could get out of the contract

A bloke I know had a T-mobile one and it was unusable for 4 months solid. He bitched about it, got a whole log of speed-tests for when they asked, and then said not-fit-for-purpose and cancel the DD.

3G is a joke, Orange aint too bad but the advertised speed vs reality is still a joke.

imho its oversubsribed and is gonna get worse as each day passes.

I have a 3G dongle from 3, am very happy with it, but it only ever gets used when out and about for basic browsing so not bothered about speeds.

Works reasonably well on Vodafone, does tend to drop connection a few times a day if youve got it on all day though.

Mine seems to work OK.  Just tested and straight to HSDP at 7.6Mb :\

Quote from: BeakerMine seems to work OK.  Just tested and straight to HSDP at 7.6Mb :\

whos that with ? , mine is only at 3.6 mb/s  (well when it works)

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Quote from: BeakerMine seems to work OK.  Just tested and straight to HSDP at 7.6Mb :\

whos that with ? , mine is only at 3.6 mb/s  (well when it works)

T-Mobile.  I upgraded the firmware in the E220, and its been connecting at 7.6 ever since.

what firmware are you using ?

Quote from: chaotic_ukwhat firmware are you using ?

Whichever one it is on this page :: http://lastmile.t-mobile.co.uk/datacardhelp/user/page.phtml?page_id=98

I know it says you shouldnt do it, but TBH with the sh*tty signal I was getting beforehand I figured I had bugger all to lose from doing it

Those only work on the E220, so dont flash any of the others with it, even though the E169 is the same modem in a different form factor, itll still break due to the checksum on the firmware flash.  

yes i have the e220 and i installed that when i first started having problems , got my 3g back as of tonight but the speed is up and down big time . most of the time this board does not finish loading , i have told them i am withholding payment of my bill till it is sorted . i expect to be cut off soon though lol , signal strenth is 91% - 99% most of the time but it just sucks tbh . mine now says 7.2 mb/s but never goes above 2mb/s on a good day

I get around 7mb when tethered to my Tytn II.  Thats with Orange.