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Originally Posted by TUZZY
May I add. I have tried Virgin XL and apart from early mornings, I had a slower speed with Cable than ADSL every time. I have downgrded to the M broadband speed due to not wanting to pay £30+ for a 20meg service when really it was slower than my ADSL service which cost only £18. So in my area at least.... Cable is NOT superior in any way compared to ADSL or ADSL2+. With Be Broadband I get 8-10Meg, with Virgin XL i got less than that and sometimes less than 0.1 Meg!!!! during daily peak times. I have no such problems with ADSL2+, i.e Be.
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I dont know how well Mr Love Monkey connects using the USB Wireless Broadband modem, but it has been mentioned on other forums that its not much better than dial up unless U have a wacking big 3g signal, and with the 3 network its not always possible even in MANCHESTER, considering its a big city. Wouldnt like to guess speeds of it in areas like Holmfirth or Aberdeen.....
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Can't comment on 3's speed as I've not used my 3 mobile for browsing the internet.
I have t-mobile's wnw+ and throughput varies between about 400Kps and 2.5Mbit/s when in HSDPA coverage.
It's fine for surfing the internet or doing the odd download , you can play WOW on it although the latency is somewhat variable (sometimes it will be fine others it will lag a lot)
The Usage limits on mobile broadband products would make them largely unsuitable for anyone who wants to download more than just a few small files a month.
I don't think id want to use it as my primary connection but it's handy to use when mobile or as a backup when the Broadband goes down