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Well I bit the bullet and bought a 3 Sim in the hope that it would work well with laptop and my K800i on their £10 a month 1GB offer.
Well the good news is it does. I've managed to save myself £99 on their modem as it works great.
Only problems is that as I'm using my Virgin SIM for calls and texts it means if I want to use my laptop while away (or check something online with opera mini) I'll have to swap SIMS. I think that'll get a bit boring.
I bought a dual adapter but it's one of the ones where you have to cut them to size. Reading online some say that this sim adapter won't work with 3 SIMS and that by cutting them you can damage them as the chip is bigger than normal.
I can't seem to find one online that states it works with 3 SIMS. Anyone seen any or know of any that work. I'd rather not cut them if possible.
Sorry I can't help mate, but I was thinking of getting the usb modem, can you educate me, what speeds are you getting, costs etc.... or a link.
TIA
jellybaby
25-01-2008, 07:42
Sorry I can't help mate, but I was thinking of getting the usb modem, can you educate me, what speeds are you getting, costs etc.... or a link.
TIA
http://www.three.co.uk/personal/products_services_/mobile_broadband_/index.omp
:)
http://www.three.co.uk/personal/products_services_/mobile_broadband_/index.omp
:)
Thanks for the link JB, what I probably should have said was that I wanted to know what speeds Shaun was getting from his 3 sim / phone combo, if it's decent enough I might go that way as well, save on the cost of a modem :shrug:
jellybaby
25-01-2008, 20:38
Sorry, I know on my N95 when i'm in a HSPDA area I get nearly 3 gig download. I'm assuming the USB dongle will do about the same. :)
Losttheplot
25-01-2008, 20:46
Sorry, I know on my N95 when i'm in a HSPDA area I get nearly 3 gig download. I'm assuming the USB dongle will do about the same. :)
Sudden rush on 3 modems!
I think you mean 3Meg? :D
jellybaby
25-01-2008, 20:53
Thats the one lol....just realised :D :blush:
Sorry, I know on my N95 when i'm in a HSPDA area I get nearly 3 gig download. I'm assuming the USB dongle will do about the same. :)
I have the N95 8 gig with voda, supposedly unlimited data but the guy in the shop said more like 3 gig IIRC, I might have to check that. I don';t wanna bill using it as a modem when I'm working away. Just looking for the cheapest way of doing it, maybe also, something that might sustain a bit of online gaming, am I asking too much ;)
I get variable results Bop. The signal here at home isn't brilliant but I get good enough to surf pages - wouldn't want it as my main connection but it's o.k.
Haven't had chance to try it at work yet but will tommorow - signal should be better there.
For now I get:
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2008/01/12.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2008/01/13.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2008/01/14.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Edit - saying that after reading about those last two look o.k. speed wise. I think the odd issue I'm getting with droped pages is a dropout in signal due to it being poor here. :)
Thanks for the reply Shaun.
UncleBooBoo
28-01-2008, 17:52
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2008/01/9.png
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2008/01/10.png
Full signal using hsdpa with £5 internet addon!
Connection was much better today - got the full 370 consistently all afternoon while downloading files at work with no drop outs.
Suppose I could spend the £100 for the modem but 370 does me for what I want while out and about. Web pages are snappy and that's the important thing for me.
As for the Sim adapter I've ordered one from EBay - will just have to chance it I guess.
UncleBooBoo
28-01-2008, 19:55
I'm sure i read somewhere that sim adaptors are not suitable for use with 3G sim cards.
Be carefull...
Is this what you want
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/4989.htm
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http://www.m-99.co.uk/Mobile_Phone_Twin_SIM_Adapters/mobile_phone_twin_sim_adapters.html
http://www.redferret.net/?p=6600
The Jackal
28-01-2008, 21:02
Damn your upstream is bad !
I was thinking of trying 3 as I have a sim but please dont dual sim. It's very flakey uses a hell of a lot of your battery for some reason as reported on the forums.
Heres my upstream on orange.
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2008/01/8.png
Details here : http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/34478796-post8.html
Right, thats it, tomorrow I'm gonna have a crack at setting my N95 8 gig up as a modem on the lappy. I'll see how that goes before taking further action, do you think it'll stand a game of CoD4 :D
Right, thats it, tomorrow I'm gonna have a crack at setting my N95 8 gig up as a modem on the lappy. I'll see how that goes before taking further action, do you think it'll stand a game of CoD4 :D
only if you like a ping in the 200 - 300 range.
Does work for World of Warcraft though :p: (well my t-mobile modem did)
Only in 3G HSDPA though, GPRS latency is around 2000ms at times, way to high for anything like that.
only if you like a ping in the 200 - 300 range.
Does work for World of Warcraft though :p: (well my t-mobile modem did)
Only in 3G HSDPA though, GPRS latency is around 2000ms at times, way to high for anything like that.
LOL, I was kidding, sort of, hence the :D would be nice though :tu: :D
UncleBooBoo
29-01-2008, 14:39
Lets not forget this is not really a BB connection, it's ok for general web browsing, email etc...
That's about it, it's actually good when you look at previous mobile connections!
After all even VM ain't that good for gaming anymore and they are a serious BB provider!
Right, thats it, tomorrow I'm gonna have a crack at setting my N95 8 gig up as a modem on the lappy. I'll see how that goes before taking further action, do you think it'll stand a game of CoD4 :D
Well got it set up, getting various results on speed test, average is around about 500 d/l and 300 u/l It will do for now, I'll try again later.
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