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Old 02-18-2008, 10:03 AM
The Natural Philosopher
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Default Re: 3G-USB Broadband Dongles

Andy wrote:
> "Soruk" <soruk@bitbucket.eridani.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:slrnfrgo88.ct1.soruk@zeskia.int.eridani.co.uk ...
>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:25:20 +0000, Mark Carver
>> <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> I notice an increasing range of these. Are there any short term (1 or 3
>>> month
>>> ) contracts available, they all seem to be on 18/24 month contracts ?
>>>
>>> I'm thinking in terms of using one to 'bridge the gap' while moving house
>>> etc.

>> I saw an advert in Metro that implied 3 were now doing them on PAYG. 10
>> quid for 1GB (IIRC), then an eye-watering £1/Mbyte after that.
>>

>
> I'm using 3's 3G to surf the net now with my old mobile (C975), £5 per
> month with a 2 GB limit. download speed is a respectable 50+ kb/s.
>
> You should look on eBay for some old 3G phones that have the software and
> USB cable.
>
>

Can someone tell me what te current speeds actually are? I have to write
a page of a website for someone to sell off a stall and do credit card
validation over a link like this: I would want to know how fast a data
rate we can expect.




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