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3 mobile broadband radio ad

Liam Byrne · 2007-05-08 13:32:25

3 are advertising mobile broadband at "3.6 megabytes per second" ! That's approximately 28.8 meg broadband, if it's true! :eek: Or is it possible that a broadband provider doesn't know the difference between bytes and bits ? Can I sign up and then pull them for false advertising ? ;)

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08-05-2007 2:32pm

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Liam Byrne

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3 are advertising mobile broadband at "3.6 megabytes per second" ! That's approximately 28.8 meg broadband, if it's true! :eek:

Or is it possible that a broadband provider doesn't know the difference between bytes and bits ?

Can I sign up and then pull them for false advertising ?

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#2 08-05-2007 2:44pm
Yggr of Asgard

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False advertising, as if anybody cares.

When I complained about Clear$hits "broadband" adverstising nobody did care..

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#3 08-05-2007 3:09pm
JNive

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its the marketing department that dont know the difference. Everything on computers are always Megabytes as far as they know.

so, 3.6 Meg or 3.6Mb or 3.6MB or whatever is all Megabytes obviously roflmao

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#4 08-05-2007 4:06pm
godskitchen

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Also them being able to get away with saying its a 3Gb cap is not on...............its 3000Mb

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