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John Hansen wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> John Hansen wrote: >> >> >>> I have bought a Vodafone SIM card for my netbook but wonder >>> how well it will work. Do any of you have experience of >>> Vodafone's mobile broadband service? >>> >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> >> Yes, I have the Top Up & Go dongle from Vodafone (the one which is £15 >> for 1GB) and I was really pleased with it. Where I live I don't get >> very good reception so it falls back to GPRS but when I take it out and >> about I reguarly get either 3G or HSDPA speed (which is the quicker of >> the two). I even took it with me when we went on holiday to Cornwall >> last month. Vodafone suggested that we would only get GPRS speeds >> (think slow dialup!) but I did managed on a couple of occasions to get >> it to pick up a 3G connection. >> >> I'd say if you can get 3G reception or HSDPA reception where ever your >> are using it then you will net good speeds, it's certainly fast enough >> for web browsing and e-mail etc. >> >> Does your netbook have a mobile broadband modem built in already? >> >> Rob >> >> >> >> > Rob, > > Many thanks for this useful information. Yes the netbook has a slot for > the SIM card so I > assume there is a modem as well. > > John > > Yup I guess so. Might be worth double checking with Vodafone that the SIM is enabled for mobile broadband, from what I understand some SIM cards aren't enabled by default on some networks, but I'm sure Vodafone would be happy to enable this anyway. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html