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Rob Beard wrote: > John Hansen wrote: > >> I have bought a Vodafone SIM card for my netbook but wonder >> how well it will work. Do any of you have experience of >> Vodafone's mobile broadband service? >> >> >> John >> >> > Yes, I have the Top Up & Go dongle from Vodafone (the one which is £15 > for 1GB) and I was really pleased with it. Where I live I don't get > very good reception so it falls back to GPRS but when I take it out and > about I reguarly get either 3G or HSDPA speed (which is the quicker of > the two). I even took it with me when we went on holiday to Cornwall > last month. Vodafone suggested that we would only get GPRS speeds > (think slow dialup!) but I did managed on a couple of occasions to get > it to pick up a 3G connection. > > I'd say if you can get 3G reception or HSDPA reception where ever your > are using it then you will net good speeds, it's certainly fast enough > for web browsing and e-mail etc. > > Does your netbook have a mobile broadband modem built in already? > > Rob > > > Rob, Many thanks for this useful information. Yes the netbook has a slot for the SIM card so I assume there is a modem as well. John -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html