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Mobile Internet Access

  • 17-11-2006 8:03pm
    #1
    Supercell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,540 ✭✭✭✭


    I live in an area where land line based broadband isnt coming in the next millennia but can get online using my mobile just fine.

    How does the broadband work by mobile, i'm not in a area with 3G but yet can use my mobile to get online just fine.

    Reason I'm asking this is with Vodafone and 3 offering soon to be flat rate broadband via mobile phone can I ditch the land line and just connect to the web via my mobile phone ?

    Dialup is horribly slow and expensive, if I can ditch it and just use my nice shiny mobile connected via usb to the pc i'm all for it!

    Anyone have any idea if 3G is necessary for semi broadband via mobile aka 386k ?
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Comments

  • #2
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    Yes, you will need 3G coverage.


  • #3
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    1) Yes, you will need to be in a 3G coverage area. If you are not, you will still be able to connect, but your speed will top out at 50kbps. Maybe better than a poor phone line, but definitely nowhere close to broadband.
    2) Speed will be closer to 3.6mbps on these new services, O2 is even talking about 14.4mbps next year. So in other words, a lot faster than 368kbps. Real world mileage may vary.


  • #4
    Umiq88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭Umiq88


    Internet speeds are measured in kiloBITS data is measured in kiloBYTES

    divide kilobits by 8 to get what that is in kiloBYTES eg. 50kb = 6.25kb

    Anyway.....

    Whatever is the best/cheapest option for your internet you can use your phones internet connect on your computer


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