In message <1hp0q0w.1ol6juoy7icaoN%steve@italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH
<steve@italiancar.co.uk> writes

>Orange PAYG internet is totally unrestricted - I often use it to get to
>my works email via VPN as well as for general browsing etc.

It is indeed quite good...

>The only downside is that it's only GPRS and not 3G, so can be quite
>slow.

....If quite slow.

The bottleneck seems to be that the network only allocates one down
timeslot rather than making use of the multiple timeslot capability of
GPRS.

This may be a "clever marketing trick" to make us want to move to 3G,
but not at the price premium :-(

I'm trying to find out if 3's 3G data service can be used PAYG or on
contract without buying a phone/datacard as their 3G offering is quite
competitive for low use.
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