Interestingly, even when in areas covered by HSPA (3.5G/3G+), the connection would often remain within the basic 3G (up to 384Kbps) service band and jump up to 3.5G only when there was a lot of web browsing and or download activity, before dropping back down to 3G at idle. This could be for the purpose of saving power.
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Roaming outside of a 3G coverage area caused the connection to fall back on an older style GPRS (2.5G) connection, which is slower than a dialup modem and barely usable by modern standards. This often happened when travelling in a vehicle, causing some annoyingly frequent service interruptions. Performance – Latency (Lag) One often overlooked aspect of Mobile Broadband is the affect it has on latency. This represents the measurement of time that it takes for a piece of data to travel from one point (your computer), on to another (remote game server) and then back again. Latency is crucial for a number of reasons, although it is most commonly identified and referred to as lag (average ping times) in online multiplayer games. Take the example of an online shoot-em-up - it takes just a split second for several bullets to leave the barrel of your virtual gun and travel towards a target. In this situation having a high latency would be bad because the server has to wait longer before it can reflect the fact that your gun has been fired. The on-screen result would be a very chopping game, with other players also appearing to judder across the screen.
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I have the above page Vodafone Mobile Connect Lite, but how do you progress from there. No matter what I attempt I cannot seem to get online
Well I unpacked the USB Stick and plugged it into my "Free" laptop and it installed the software and in a few min's I was up and running, but the connection only lasted a few mins then cut out, I then decided to try later on in the day and every time I tred to connect to the 3g Network a Error in there own programme came up, So I thought I would call Customer services, What a waist of time that was, Today I'm taking it all back to Cancel the contract with Vodaphone.
I've got 3 Mobile Broadband (http://www.store-3.co.uk/3-three-3-mobile-broadband-usb-e169-stick-modem-white.html) and have to say that it's amazing - incredibly fast, though I am using it in central London so it may not be so good outside of the city. Also, it does do the image compression thing, but I've heard that it can be disabled.. somehow...
HAVING USED ORANGE 3G FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ( AFTER ORANGE RESOLVED SMS LANGUAGE PROBLEMS ) . THE SERVICE IS FINE. THEY ALSO GIVE UPDATE WARNINGS. THE CALL CENTRE ( INDIA ) SERVICE IS GOOD.
Does anybody know if all of the mobile broadband isps do that image compression thing? Is there one that doesn't?
Just for the record, I also tested Three (3) and Orange but didn't have time to add the results into this article. Nor have I tested them as extensively as Vodafone's because the usage expired on Three and the Orange one was borrowed so I had to return it. Hope to include more details soon.
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