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3g & hspa
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I've got a broadband dongle with Three
Starts up & connects as 3G normally, open outlook express and that works fine, open firefox and the connection changes to HSPA and everything slows to a crawl
Any suggestions gratefully received
Starts up & connects as 3G normally, open outlook express and that works fine, open firefox and the connection changes to HSPA and everything slows to a crawl
Any suggestions gratefully received
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any thoughts anyone please?
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HSPDA should be faster than plain 3G so it must be congestion/insufficient backhaul at your cell making it slow down. No idea why what applications you use change the mode - I'd say it has to be a coincidence.0
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