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Internet through phone speed?

Adam DAdam D Posts: 5,124
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Hello. Finally have this set up. Payasyougo sim on tmobile and £1 for 24hours. I know this isnt allowed by them but i could do with a payandgo mobile internet for every now and again (bout 2x a month) Whats the speed supposed to be normally? i thought it would be a ok' speed. a speed test on ZDNet came back as 33kbps.

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    Radio Ga-GaRadio Ga-Ga Posts: 343
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    What was you expecting? Phones aren't that big.
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    prkingprking Posts: 9,793
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    It depends on your phone (GPRS, 3G etc etc). For GPRS the theoretical maximum is well over 100kb/s in practice though you'll be lucky to get 56K speeds.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 367
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    I have a Vario 2 on tmobile and I get around 1.1mbps.
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    prkingprking Posts: 9,793
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    Is that HSDPA?
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    Adam DAdam D Posts: 5,124
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    Im on T-Mobile and have a Samsung D900. I just use the pc studio and selected tmobile and it connected. Rang a number lke **99*909 (not exactly like that but in a way)

    I have used this with o2 pm and get speeds of aroung 440kbps.

    When i ring 150 it mentions something like dont pay anything more than £1 for GPRS web&walk and something else.
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    TalizmanTalizman Posts: 2,899
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    prking wrote: »
    Is that HSDPA?

    Yes most likely - in the next few months the speed is likely to increase 100%.
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    Mr CableMr Cable Posts: 2,935
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    Haven't Vodafone and T-Mobile fully launched HSPDA at 1.8MB? I know 3 are in the final stages of rolling out 3.6MB to the city centres, but nowt concrete yet.
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    Adam DAdam D Posts: 5,124
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    I take it this has nothing to do with my problem. Sounds good though. I bet it is expensive.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 83
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    Mr Cable wrote: »
    Haven't Vodafone and T-Mobile fully launched HSPDA at 1.8MB? I know 3 are in the final stages of rolling out 3.6MB to the city centres, but nowt concrete yet.

    Vodafone have started rolling it out. It's currently available in most of the mjaor citys, as soon as this is complete is will be rolled out to the rest of the country. The highest speed available on Vodafone is currently 1.8mbps
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,589
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    yeah ive downloaded at over 200k a sec with the connection very nice. not adviseable with a normal contract at the moment however only a unlimited data tariff recommended :p
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    Glennster2003Glennster2003 Posts: 158
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    Mr Cable wrote: »
    Haven't Vodafone and T-Mobile fully launched HSPDA at 1.8MB? I know 3 are in the final stages of rolling out 3.6MB to the city centres, but nowt concrete yet.

    T-Mobile press release from June 2006:
    Next year, T-Mobile intends to increase HSDPA speeds up to 3.6 megabits per second. It intends following this with further increases through 7.2 and then 10 megabytes per second, targetting speeds in excess of 20 megabits per second by the end of the decade.

    Here's the full release
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 10,888
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    Adam D wrote: »
    I take it this has nothing to do with my problem. Sounds good though. I bet it is expensive.
    Nope - costs nothing more than standard data. With Web'n'Walk, it's the cheapest data on any network.
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    Adam DAdam D Posts: 5,124
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    but i take it i wouldnt be able to get this with what i am doing and £1 for 24hrs.
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    kevkev Posts: 21,075
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    Mr Cable wrote: »
    Haven't Vodafone and T-Mobile fully launched HSPDA at 1.8MB? I know 3 are in the final stages of rolling out 3.6MB to the city centres, but nowt concrete yet.

    T-Mobile WnW data cards connect at 3.6mbps in Nottingham city centre, and have true speeds of just over 2mpbs :cool: , only 50kbps when you fall back to GPRS though.

    On my K800i on the standard WnW handset tariff (only used to access my ISP's status page and gmail to get my ADSL Login details :rolleyes: ) I have done a speed test, and get around 60kbps at home, and 100kbps in the city centre - I believe that the handset tariffs is speed throttled to stop people using it for laptops.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,048
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    Adam D wrote: »
    Hello. Finally have this set up. Payasyougo sim on tmobile and £1 for 24hours. I know this isnt allowed by them but i could do with a payandgo mobile internet for every now and again (bout 2x a month) Whats the speed supposed to be normally? i thought it would be a ok' speed. a speed test on ZDNet came back as 33kbps.

    If they catch ya they'l slap network restrictions on your access speed :D Ya not gonna get any faster than GPRS cos ya need a data card to get proper 3G Broadband.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,978
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    I used my N95 on my laptop yesterday and I got this speed and it was pretty reliable...

    http://www.avbd33.dsl.pipex.com/n95speed.jpg :D:D
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    TalizmanTalizman Posts: 2,899
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    kev wrote: »
    I believe that the handset tariffs is speed throttled to stop people using it for laptops.

    Not true at all.
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    kevkev Posts: 21,075
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    Talizman wrote: »
    Not true at all.

    Hmm, why can a Web'n'Walk Datacard SIM in my K800i connect and download faster than my Relax 200 + Web'n'Walk SIM then?
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    kevkev Posts: 21,075
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    UMRO wrote: »
    I used my N95 on my laptop yesterday and I got this speed and it was pretty reliable...

    http://www.avbd33.dsl.pipex.com/n95speed.jpg :D:D

    Remember that is how fast you are connected to the modem (i.e. handset)... http://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tmobilebs5.png shows there is a bit of difference (although 3G is much faster than this morning :cool: )
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    TalizmanTalizman Posts: 2,899
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    kev wrote: »
    Hmm, why can a Web'n'Walk Datacard SIM in my K800i connect and download faster than my Relax 200 + Web'n'Walk SIM then?

    I have no idea, but Tmobile do NOT do throttling.
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