Re: Cantenna Mobile Internet

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:46:23 -0500, surfsup
<surfsup.34a0uq@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote in
<surfsup.34a0uq@no-mx.wirelessforums.org>:

>Ok I don't know if this is strictly in the right place but maybe someone
>can help. I have recently signed up for Vodafone's Mobie internet. A
>dongle that runs from my sb port.

USB port? Which dongle?

>I get varying degrees of reception. Sometimes 2g and poor and sometimes
>3g good.

Not surprising.

>Does the mobile internet run over same wavelenghts as mobile phones.

No.

>Can i build a form of cantenna to increase its reception

I suggest trying a simple reflector to see how much it would help.
http://www.freeantennas.com/

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thats great. Do you have any idea at which freq they run or how i might find out

oh andthis dongle - Vodafone Mobile Phone Shop

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:55:56 -0500, surfsup
<surfsup.34casb@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote in
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>thats great. Do you have any idea at which freq they run or how i might
>find out

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umts#Spectrum_allocation>

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