Ricardo wrote:
> I am using my nokia 5300 as a modem connected to my laptop using T
> Mobile web n walk plus, it is showing a speed of 460Kbps, however the
> surfing speed is very poor in reality on my laptop, I only have USB 1
> as the connection, is this the cause of my lack of speed and if so is
> there anything i can do to speed things up.
>

The 5300 is only capable of GPRS which typically gives throughput of
around 25-40kbps. The 460 figure is Microsoft being its usual unhelpful
self: Windows reports the maximum speed setting of the port rather than
the actual throughput being achieved.

Regards,

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Bruce Horrocks
Surrey
England
(bruce at scorecrow dot com)