best USB Modile Broadband dongle thing

[Fred@BTM]

speakth the truth people, and how many lira?

 

[Daniel]

3 are fekkin useless. I've had it nearly a year and its probably worked a maximum of 20 minutes. Complete s**t. Thats all I've got to say on the matter.

 

[Fred@BTM]

i take it they're crap then??

 

[riz]

Vodafone.

 

[Dafthead]

Vodafone.

+1

I trialled O2 + Voda dongles and found Voda had much better coverage, by a loooooooooong way!

 

[eggy790]

t mobile is pretty good.. had mine 6 months! once youve got gd reception! works perfect! specially at work when u wanna play games lol

but yeah sometimes u can connec on dial up speeds, its just about tweaking the settings, on there, if u ring t mobile up with slow speeds, they tell u how to play about with settings.. comes in handy!

 

[riz]

if ur on 02 Fred you can use your mobile phone to act as a modem to access internet. They give you unlimited net access

 

[Cookie]

We use o2 at work, the software that powers it is f**king s**t

 

[W17GLE]

my mate has three mobile and its s**t i've got t-mobile and its a lot better

 

[Fred@BTM]

if ur on 02 Fred you can use your mobile phone to act as a modem to access internet. They give you unlimited net access

and what happens when customers call??

i just can't be bothered installing a hard line into the workshop

 

[Daniel]

and what happens when customers call??

i just can't be bothered installing a hard line into the workshop

I just called BT, and within 3 days they had come out and set me up from scratch and Redtube was in full effect.

I work on a farm aswell so there was NO wires at all!!

 

[riz]

good thinking Batman

tmobile or vodafone. If you can check coverage then do that first, but it should be ok for your area.

You may also want to keep personal + business mobile seperate. To stop funny hour phonecalls. However i will use the service as i want, e.g when i burnt my hand at 8pm doing a coil in the Vee

 

[riz]

I just called BT, and within 3 days they had come out and set me up from scratch and Redtube was in full effect.

I work on a farm aswell so there was NO wires at all!!

try pornhub tbh mate

 

[ForceIndia]

For the amount of use i imagine you'll need, i think it would get very pricey with the mobile ones. Aren't they ltd to 1gb per month?

 

[Fred@BTM]

just really e-mails

 

[Rasclart]

Depends on the bandwidth, chances are unless you are VERY close to a 3G mast your speeds will be not great. Also due to limited bandwidth of a 3G mast you will get massive fluctuations during different times of the day.

Most of the USB sticks are made by the same manufacturer and are the same models rebranded, its down to the software usually.

 

[Rasclart]

http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk

Bang in your work postcode, fiddly to use and look for masts on the 2100 frequency, these are 3G masts, also shows the providers. Much more representative of actual coverage rather than the hypothetical maps shown by the providers.

 

[richy22]

Vodafone seems to be the best from me as well. 3 is hit and miss with coverage.. actually coverage for Vodafone for me in my area is crap though... can't even get 3G most of the time... only get that when im near Ipswich so just be aware.

You can check coverage with Vodafone here...

http://maps.vodafone.co.uk/coverageviewer/web/default.aspx

3 Here......

http://www.three.co.uk/personal/coverage_/coverageChecker.do

O2 Here......Just change the little box to HSDPA when you search

http://www.webmap.o2.co.uk/?Search=Search

T Mobile here.....

http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/services/coverage/street-check/

Orange......

http://coverage.orange.co.uk/uk/UKCoverageSearch.htm

Finally!! Virgin.......

http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/genericContent.do?contentId=mobile.broadband.coverage.page.sm280


Just go for whats got the best in your are (Vodafone or, Orange maybe??)

 

[Fred@BTM]

there's 2 within about 400m and another 2 a bit further away, can't find the deatils on them though!

highlands road (B90 4 Solihull, at the bottom of the list)

 

[Rasclart]

Whats your postcode mate?

Take the network checkers with a pinch of salt

 

[Fred@BTM]

i don't know it yet LOL! its highlands road in Solihull

 

[bunzee]

Mine's Voda and been great from day 1, no issues at all.

 

[Initiale]

O2 PAYG - about £25 for the USB modem and then £2 a day when you want to use it. Perfect for occasional use.

 

[mr angry]

3 is cheapest by miles but its a wee bit slow.