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Re: [LUG] Vodafone mobile broadband

 

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


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