[BNM] 3 mobile broadband

Alastair James al.james at gmail.com
Mon Jan 7 15:11:39 GMT 2008


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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