[BNM] 3 mobile broadband

[Tom Hume]

It's possible I imagined it, but the speed I was getting seemed to  
jump suddenly towards the end of last year...

On 7 Jan 2008, at 15:14, wayne wrote:

> My T-Mobile dongle says it's on the HSDPA network when I use it in b- 
> town.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org [mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Alastair James
> Sent: 07 January 2008 15:12
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: Re: [BNM] 3 mobile broadband
>
> 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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