Vodafone "3G" card vs. "3G broadband" (HSDPA) card

I have a Vodafone 3G PCMCIA card with a Vodafone SIM on a Vodafone Data
250 tarrif. Max data rate 384 kbps

Is there a difference between a Vodafone 3G SIM and a Vodafone 3G
Broadband (HSDPA) SIM (max data rate 1.4 Mbps) ?

Put another way, my question is:

Would my Vodafone 3G (currently in use in a 3G 384 kbps card) work in a
Vodafone 3G Broadband HSDPA card (1.4 Mbps) ?

Thanks for any advice.

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Andrew W Young wrote :
> I have a Vodafone 3G PCMCIA card with a Vodafone SIM on a Vodafone Data 250
> tarrif. Max data rate 384 kbps
>
> Is there a difference between a Vodafone 3G SIM and a Vodafone 3G Broadband
> (HSDPA) SIM (max data rate 1.4 Mbps) ?
>
> Put another way, my question is:
>
> Would my Vodafone 3G (currently in use in a 3G 384 kbps card) work in a
> Vodafone 3G Broadband HSDPA card (1.4 Mbps) ?
>
> Thanks for any advice.

Would your SIM work? Yes.

Jono <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:
>Andrew W Young wrote :
>> I have a Vodafone 3G PCMCIA card with a Vodafone SIM on a Vodafone
>>Data 250 tarrif. Max data rate 384 kbps
>>
>> Is there a difference between a Vodafone 3G SIM and a Vodafone 3G
>>Broadband (HSDPA) SIM (max data rate 1.4 Mbps) ?
>>
>> Put another way, my question is:
>>
>> Would my Vodafone 3G (currently in use in a 3G 384 kbps card) work in
>>a Vodafone 3G Broadband HSDPA card (1.4 Mbps) ?
>>
>> Thanks for any advice.
>
>Would your SIM work? Yes.

Thanks -- so there's no difference in SIM between Voda's "3G" and "3G
broadband" services and my current SIM will provide 1.4 Mbps in a HSDPA
PCMCIA card?

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news06@andrew-young.com declared for all the world to hear...
> Jono <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:
> >Andrew W Young wrote :
> >> I have a Vodafone 3G PCMCIA card with a Vodafone SIM on a Vodafone
> >>Data 250 tarrif. Max data rate 384 kbps
> >>
> >> Is there a difference between a Vodafone 3G SIM and a Vodafone 3G
> >>Broadband (HSDPA) SIM (max data rate 1.4 Mbps) ?
> >>
> >> Put another way, my question is:
> >>
> >> Would my Vodafone 3G (currently in use in a 3G 384 kbps card) work in
> >>a Vodafone 3G Broadband HSDPA card (1.4 Mbps) ?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any advice.
> >
> >Would your SIM work? Yes.
>
> Thanks -- so there's no difference in SIM between Voda's "3G" and "3G
> broadband" services and my current SIM will provide 1.4 Mbps in a HSDPA
> PCMCIA card?

The SIM is no different in that it's the same as any other Vodafone SIM.
What may make it special is what services are provisioned on that SIM.
You may find that Vodafone need to enable access to HSDPA in order to
see the maximum speeds.

Then again they may not.
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Regards
Jon

On Apr 28, 7:40 am, Jon <s...@jonparker.plus.com> wrote:
> new...@andrew-young.com declared for all the world to hear...
>
>
>
> > Jono <notha...@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:
> > >Andrew W Young wrote :
> > >> I have a Vodafone 3G PCMCIA card with a Vodafone SIM on a Vodafone
> > >>Data 250 tarrif. Max data rate 384 kbps
>
> > >> Is there a difference between a Vodafone 3G SIM and a Vodafone 3G
> > >>Broadband (HSDPA) SIM (max data rate 1.4 Mbps) ?
>
> > >> Put another way, my question is:
>
> > >> Would my Vodafone 3G (currently in use in a 3G 384 kbps card) work in
> > >>a Vodafone 3G Broadband HSDPA card (1.4 Mbps) ?
>
> > >> Thanks for any advice.
>
> > >Would your SIM work? Yes.
>
> > Thanks -- so there's no difference in SIM between Voda's "3G" and "3G
> > broadband" services and my current SIM will provide 1.4 Mbps in a HSDPA
> > PCMCIA card?
>
> The SIM is no different in that it's the same as any other Vodafone SIM.
> What may make it special is what services are provisioned on that SIM.
> You may find that Vodafone need to enable access to HSDPA in order to
> see the maximum speeds.

If you can use 3G services now you won't need to enable HSDPA.

For HSDPA coverage check out Voda's coverage map:
http://maps.vodafone.co.uk/coveragev...b/default.aspx

You need to click on "Mobile Data Map" and then tick the 3G Broadband
check-box to see their HSDPA coverage.

They advertise HSDPA as 1.4Mbps and in reality I find taht I actually
get that speed to, which makes it faster than my ADSL.

Andrew Woodvine

Andrew Woodvine <andrew@woodvine.com> wrote:
>On Apr 28, 7:40 am, Jon <s...@jonparker.plus.com> wrote:
>> new...@andrew-young.com declared for all the world to hear...
>>
>> > Jono <notha...@blueyonder.invalid> wrote:
>> > >Andrew W Young wrote :

>> > >> Is there a difference between a Vodafone 3G SIM and a Vodafone 3G
>> > >>Broadband (HSDPA) SIM (max data rate 1.4 Mbps) ?
>>
>> > >> Put another way, my question is:
>>
>> > >> Would my Vodafone 3G (currently in use in a 3G 384 kbps card) work in
>> > >>a Vodafone 3G Broadband HSDPA card (1.4 Mbps) ?

>> > >Would your SIM work? Yes.
>>
>> > Thanks -- so there's no difference in SIM between Voda's "3G" and "3G
>> > broadband" services and my current SIM will provide 1.4 Mbps in a HSDPA
>> > PCMCIA card?
>>
>> The SIM is no different in that it's the same as any other Vodafone SIM.
>> What may make it special is what services are provisioned on that SIM.
>> You may find that Vodafone need to enable access to HSDPA in order to
>> see the maximum speeds.
>
>If you can use 3G services now you won't need to enable HSDPA.

Thanks -- I'll give it a try with an HSDPA PCMCIA card.

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