Thanks for the input, guys.

So, you can go on any website then? It'd be quite handy for me for
browsing message boards etc when I'm at work. Does it allow you sign
into websites, such as gmail and google groups for example?

When you say quite slow, would it be like 56k modem slow or even
slower?

M



Gyp wrote:
> 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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> Gyp
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