alexd wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:03:08 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Got 1.6Mbps from thinkbroadband.com and 1.8Mbps from speedtest.net on
> Vodafone HSDPA dongle in laptop last week.
>
Ok..the issue here is that the portable will be operating in very
uncertain areas of reception - outdoors at shows and the like.


It looks like if it works at all, it will be around 40k-50k minimum.

So pages will have to be a few K at most. Think that is do-able.
Many thanks..