Vodafone has been first out of the blocks responding to our piece this morning about mobile broadband failing on OS X Snow Leopard. The network has just dropped us a line with a new link to an update it says will fix your dongle.
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Vodafone is priming 14.4Mbps mobile broadband for all its UK 3G punters, after successfully trialling the super speedy solution in London, Liverpool and Birmingham. So what does it mean if you’re a Voda fan? Read on and we’ll tell you.
Apple could be about to slip 3G into its Macbook range. A job posting for Apple’s Mac Hardware Group reveals that Jobs and Co. is on the lookout for an experience communications engineer to join its team. Their task would be checking for bugs in various communcications technologies, including “3G wireless WAN”.
Mobile broadband just got a wee bit cheaper. Mybroadbandshop and 3 have just announced a new offer that serves up 5GB of data per month, plus a free USB dongle and three months free – all when you sign up for a £15 per month contract.
BT has just pulled the wrappers off the cheapest home and mobile broadband package in the UK – a recession-busting deal that delivers 8Mb wireless home broadband, HSDPA mobile broadband and a USB dongle for only £15.65 a month.
Mobile broadband isn’t just a handy tool for travelling salesmen, it’s an essential for anyone who uses the internet every day. No wires, no hunting for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Just fast, reliable mobile internet connections wherever you are!
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Think of it as supercharged 3G, or the next generation of HSDPA. Vodafone is looking to push mobile broadband into the speed-o-sphere by trialling HDPA+, which uses multiple antennae in order to serve up download speeds of up to 16Mbps. That’s more than double the 7.2Mbps downloads Vodafone currently offers its mobile broadband customers.
Of course, this is just a trial, and Vodafone admits that in reality speeds will probably top out at 13Mbps “in good conditions” and average out at just over 4Mbps in most places. Not quite as impressive as 16Mbps, sure, but not bad all the same.
We’ve given you stacks of advice on the cheapest mobile deals out there over the last month, from cheap fashion phones to the best free gift deals, but there’s all too many other bills to pay every month you can save on too.
Where would you be without piping hot broadband served straight to your home – or your handset – every day? We’ve pawed through all the advertising bumph to bring you the very best deals on net access out there. Read more