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Roytheboyo

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Hello all,
Does anyone have any ideas of the best way to connect to internet using a mobile phone? I need access for short periods when travelling, can it be done on a prepaid mobile? What is the fastest way to connect to the mobile phone, wire, IR, bluetooth?
 
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If youre sitting at the desk and your laptop has an IR port then use the IR. I get a pretty miserable 9-10kb/sec from my nokia 6310i so dont use it unless stuck as its slooowwwwww, but it depends on the phone, a colleague has a hgher grade nokia and gets 28-29kb/sec from the IR.
My phone also has bluetooth which I could use but I dont see the point in shelling out for a bluetooth dongle (love that word) if Im only getting those speeds.
Id be interested to see if anyone else has used the 6310i and got better speeds then 9-10 kb/sec?
 
Thanks Car,
That is the same phone as i have, i dont mind it being a bit slow, sounds pitifully slow though. Not sure if the laptop has IR, its new so i imagine it has. Didnt realise you needed a dongle for bluetooth.
Cheers, Roy
 
Depends on your mobile provider.

O2 only have max data speeds of 9.6k

Vodafone use HSDC which gives up to 28k (9.6k *3), by using three channels.

If your with Vodafone you can get 20k-28k with a good signal. If not check your modem settings. Also note that the data cable if far more reliable than IR and is available free from the Vodafone data team.
 
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Cheers Lemurz,
Will check vodafone out at the weekend.
Roy
 
Vodafone use HSDC which gives up to 28k (9.6k *3), by using three channels.


I have used Vodafone's HSCSD [broken link removed] on a mobile and can certainly recommend it over the O2 service. In theory, it goes up to 38.4K but I used to get low twenties.

Note that, as I recall, O2 in fact supports a boosted speed of (I think) 14.4 - they used to call it High Speed until other higher speed offerings such as HSCSD came along.

I would also echo Lemurz's view that IR is a pain for more than the occasional browsing - get a cable or use a Bluetooth connection if you can.
 
Got a bluetooth USB yokey in O2 at the weekend. Havent had a chance to try it yet. If i got an internet enabled phone would i be able to access all websites or only ones that have been set up especially for mobiles. Can AAM be accessed from phone for example?
 
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