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From: Gyp on 9 Apr 2010 11:38
Donnie wrote:

> Anyone doing something like this?

I did this.

I had a T mobile 3G contract which would, on occasion give me 400kb/s
measured download speed despite always claiming to connect at speeds
that would make Virgin optical broadband customers jealous. Then 3 came
out with a compelling offer.

Assured that 3 and T mob shared infrastructure, I moved to the 3 service
that offered speeds of upto 7.2Mb/s [1]. However, I occasionally got
speeds approaching 80kb/s, but 30-40 was far more typical.

This was in central London, not the back of beyond.

I gave in eventually and got a BT line and BT total broadband, which
typically gave measures download speeds comfortably above 10Mb/s.


[1] 1Gig a month for a fiver on the assurance that I could increase the
package at any point if I wanted to [2]
[2] which of course, when I tried to, I couldn't

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From: Colin Irvine on 9 Apr 2010 12:06
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:54:50 +0100, Donnie squeezed out the following:

>Colin Irvine said:
>
>> On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:25:02 +0100, Donnie squeezed out the following:
>>
>> > Im not a technophobe but after spending the last few hours online
>> > and in town shopping about we've come to the conclusion that we may
>> > well be better off getting rid of the home broadband which costs us
>> > �23 a month(no that does not include line rental either)
>> >
>> > Home broadband packages that offer fantastic savings are of course
>> > not available in our area!!
>>
>> Do you mean Donegal or Bedford?
>
>LOL, Bedford :-)

In which case you can get reliable broadband for less than �23. I'm
paying �18 for IDNet Home Lite, for example. Or save even more with
someone like Plusnet, as Rob suggests.

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From: wessie on 9 Apr 2010 17:36
"Donnie" <NOTVALID(a)hotmail.com> wrote in news:hpndc4$29n$1(a)news.eternal-
september.org:

> Im not a technophobe but after spending the last few hours online and
> in town shopping about we've come to the conclusion that we may well be
> better off getting rid of the home broadband which costs us �23 a
> month(no that does not include line rental either)
>

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/SMBF says the Bedford exchange
has a choice of LLU broadband operators. You should be able to get a
package using a BT landline with a top-up for the broadband for about �20 a
month all in. Switch your phone line over to TalkTalk and you can bring the
cost down to about �18 a month, and that will include off peak phone calls
too. Some areas in Bedford have Virgin cable as an option too.


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From: JackH on 9 Apr 2010 19:39
On Apr 9, 3:25 pm, "Donnie" <NOTVA...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

<mobile broadband>

> For example, 3 have a dongle at 15 a month, 5GB usage which I think
> we'd reasonably comfortable come under, so there's a saving of about 8
> a month and as I say the portability too when needed.
>
> However, we have 2 laptops and I would want to make sure that if one
> laptop had the dongle in, then the other computer should be able to
> also connect via that, I am right in saying that aren't I?

What Sir needs if he's going down this route, is a 'Mi-Fi' dongle -
wireless mobile broadband router that supports connectivity for up to
three devices, or at least the one 3 sell for around £50, does.

As for the 3 network - it's fine - the best of the mobile broadband
bunch so far from my experiences.

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