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Meteor phone as a modem

  • 03-02-2008 9:33pm
    #1
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,974 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone use their Meteor phone as a modem ?

    If so, what kind of speeds do you get (on average) ?

    i know they're due to be going to 3G at some stage but in the meantime I'm just wondering how they stack up against the potentially oversubscribed 02 and 3 networks ?


Comments

  • #2
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,658 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Well if you are using an edge handset, the speeds are pretty good. I dont use it as a modem anymore (had used it for around 6 mnoths upto November). I switched pics off and it was quite fast being honest. Reminded of a 1mb broadband line. Obviously with pics on, it would slow down a bit, but speed wasnt a neccessity!


  • #3
    Recon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭Recon


    Is it expensive to do that?


  • #4
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    Recon wrote: »
    Is it expensive to do that?

    unless you have some kind of data package, 1 GB would cost over €5000


  • #5
    chrislad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,324 ✭✭✭chrislad


    If you're using it on PaYG, it'd be cheaper to buy eircom :)

    Bill Pay (Talk 400 and above) has an unlimited add on for 30e a month. There's a smaller 250meg add on also for all bill pay plans, but that's no good unless you're solely using it for mails.


  • #6
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    chrislad wrote: »
    If you're using it on PaYG, it'd be cheaper to buy eircom :)

    it'd be cheaper to employ somebody to run back to your house any time you want a website, burn the page to a cd and bring it to you

    and if the file you want is a few GB, you might even get a faster effective data rate if there's no traffic :D

    edit:just did a quick calculation, EDGE can transfer a max of 849 MB per hour so if the journey takes less than an hour and the file is more than 849 MB, you're getting a better data rate :)


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