Re: Mobile broadband

[Martin Howell <martin.howell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The GPRS cards support a maximum of 384Kbps, but the actual speed you
get depends on the number of other people using the same service in your
cell.  Same with the mobile BB card, max is 1.8Mbps but actual is more
likely to be around 900K.  VF no longer sell the old GPRS card, you can
only get the 1.8Mbps 3G/HSDPA version, though some of their shops may
have some of the old ones kicking about. You could risk a quid on a PAYG
card and see if the card leaps back into life?

Martin

Paul Gordon wrote:
> I also have an old Vodafone GPRS datacard, - well, I say old, - I only
> bought it about 2 years ago... It only supports "dial up"
class speeds,
> - about 40-50K, which potentially would "do". (it's just for
a bit of
> email, IM & light web browsing). However, it doesn't seem to work
> anymore, - wherever I try it, it says there is no GPRS signal
available.
> I'm wondering if Vodafone have disabled the SIM because I've not used
it
> for a long time?
>
> They also don't seem to sell or support this card anymore, - no trace
of
> it on their website that I can find anyway.... so I'm not sure how
much
> joy I'll be able to get trying to press this back into service...
>
> Which is a shame...
>
> Paul G
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
>> John Nye
>> Sent: 06 February 2007 08:11
>> To: UKHA_D Group
>> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Mobile broadband
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> I thought that Tmobile did a PAYG option on Web 'n' Walk. Just
tried
> to
>> check but the site is down at the moment.
>>
>> John
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
>> Paul Gordon
>> Sent: 05 February 2007 20:42
>> To: UKHA_D Group
>> Subject: [ukha_d] Mobile broadband
>>
>>
>> I have a Vodafone 3G card for my main laptop, which is great, -
1.8MB
>> wireless access just about anywhere... :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> However, I want a second mobile card for another laptop for *very*
>> occasional use. Having scoured the Vodafone site, I can't see that
> there
>> are any PAYG price plans, only pay-monthly plans. This is no good
for
>> the amount of use I'm expecting to need. (Basically it's just
going to
>> be left at a holiday home, and would be used only 3 or 4 times a
year,
>> for only a few days at a time) so it absolutely isn't viable to
have a
>> pay monthly plan, at almost any price. (a fiver a month may be ok,
but
> I
>> don't suppose for second there's a plan that goes that low)
>>
>>
>>
>> So does anybody know of another option? - I don't care who the
> provider
>> is, and I don't mind if I have to pay for the card, - I just want
it
> to
>> be a decent speed, and a PAYG tariff...
>>
>>
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul G.
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