what is mobile boadband?

seadee

samhale wrote: »

Is this the whole 3G thing we're talking about here?

Not really - tends to be this I believe, High Speed Down Link Packet Access (HSDPA)

kwikbreaks

For anybody considering mobile broadband...

Most operators are offering generous cashbacks through Quidco (and possibly other cashback sites).

Make sure you read the early return conditions very carefully before buying as in many areas mobile broadband is between dire and non-existant.

If there are a few areas you must have coverage check the operators coverage maps then ignore what they claim and spot the masts nearby using http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/ You need the UMTS masts on 2100MHz and anything further away than 500meters will probably be poor.

M4RKM

BuddyBonthenet wrote: »

although Vodaphone were one of the first networks to offer this kind of service.

Incorrect..

Vodaphone don't exist in the uk, are not a company or a mobile phone / mobile broadband service provider.

what you might find is that it is

Vodafone who offer things like this, and might have been first..

on, and it is O2, or o2, not sodding 02, it's a letter then a number...

*shakes head*

now i've finished ranting, i got my o2 mobile broadband, £15 a month for 3gb, and £120 quidco cashback, and it's made my home broadband price with o2 about £5 a month, so i get both for under £20..

M

kwikbreaks

markymoo wrote: »

Incorrect..

Vodaphone don't exist in the uk, are not a company or a mobile phone / mobile broadband service provider.

what you might find is that it is

Vodafone who offer things like this, and might have been first..

on, and it is O2, or o2, not sodding 02, it's a letter then a number...

*shakes head*

now i've finished ranting, i got my o2 mobile broadband, £15 a month for 3gb, and £120 quidco cashback, and it's made my home broadband price with o2 about £5 a month, so i get both for under £20..

M

Cheer up - it's a bank holiday tomorrow. Unless that's what made you get up in such a foul mood of course.

Jaffa.

seadee wrote: »

And so can I (and indeed have done) however that doesn't make it what is known and marketed as mobile broadband - so there:p

Hahaha It's a good alternative to this so called 'mobile broadband' then

BuddyBonthenet

markymoo wrote: »

Incorrect..

Vodaphone don't exist in the uk, are not a company or a mobile phone / mobile broadband service provider.

what you might find is that it is

Vodafone who offer things like this, and might have been first..

on, and it is O2, or o2, not sodding 02, it's a letter then a number...

*shakes head*

now i've finished ranting, i got my o2 mobile broadband, £15 a month for 3gb, and £120 quidco cashback, and it's made my home broadband price with o2 about £5 a month, so i get both for under £20..

M

*shakes head*

Well, that should confuse the OP totally now. I can't stand phonetic spelling so it must have been my unconscious mind protesting that made me make confuse my 'f' sounds - and I never mentioned O2 (I know how to spell it btw).