I've just come out of a meeting and had a few hours to spare. So came down to one of the parks overlooking Poole bay, and, what do ya know, it's 3G down here!

 

Hell, it's fast. Only ever used 3G on my phone for internet, always seemed to pick up 2G with my laptop modem dongle.

 

Well, it's quicker, by quite a bit over my broadband connection at home!

 

It's really nice and warm down here. Deserted and I've managed to find a bench and table outside that is now my office for the next hour! LOL

 

Have the odd dog walker looking at me rather strangely wondering what I'm doing. It's just odd being out in the middle of a field over looking the sea getting internet at a much higher speed than I do when I am at home! Quite an odd sensation actually.

Edited September 29, 200817 yr by FunkySi

Im just testing one of our users 3G cards at the mo as he says its not working.

 

Get about 50kbps out of gprs

 

and about 2300 (2mb) on 3G but im only getting a low signal strength here

 

Its definatly going to catch on

I see the real interest in 3G. Before, it was a gimmick for people who wanted to make video calls. But now that everyone can see its benefit, yes, I agree, it's going to catch on. I think it's excellent!

 

Just a shame that our homes are still full of copper! I wonder when the phone companies are going to bite the bullet and start installing fiber optics like they're doing in mainland Europe.

Edited September 29, 200817 yr by FunkySi
Grammar!

Yep, can be pretty quick. I use 3G HSDPA as my home internet.

 

It's all very much dependent on your location and weather conditions. On a bad day, it'll drop down to ISDN speeds.