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vodafone hsdpa prob

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  • 07-09-2008 10:36pm
    #1
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    really getting to get pissed off with vodafone 3g broadband

    i can get Hsdpa but it only lasts a short time

    4 bar HSDPA

    and then it goes back to 3G and then im ****ed

    it seems when my modem goes to 3G the websites wont open

    i use this http://www.poyntingdirect.co.za/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=ADPT-024
    which is connected to a aerial outside my house which points to the cashel mast

    this gives me 2 -3 extra bars of signal

    and i find it quite strange that i move the E220 modem towards the window and reduces the signal

    i also have a 2meter usb cable for the e220 but still no help

    so any help would be appricated


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    watty
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    I tested those. Waste of time. You need a modem that has an aerial plug, Those gadgets are just two aerials with a cable between. Unless the cable is very low loss, and you have good outdoor aerial and indoors screened from signal there is no advantage,

    If you move the two ends close to each other it will "cancel" out.

    The other problem is that if there are 24 other users or lots of phone calls or some combination there is no HSDPA available, only 3G (384k max) and if losts of users / calls then no data as there might not be 384k left and voice calls get priority. If the mast sector capacity for data is "maxed out" then you get only 3G signal and no data connection.

    Your only options are (in no particular order):
    1) Move house to get real fixed broadband.
    2) Retry all the Wireless fixed Broadband providers
    3) Get a GSM/EDGE/3G/HSDPA modem (PCMCIA, Express, USB or Router based) that has a real aerial socket.
    4) Try O2 (They have fall back to 240k EDGE on GSM, thus more capacity and range)
    5) Two way Satellite is about 100 Eur a month but works better than HSDPA. Not very portable or Mobile :(

    It's time the Consumer protection agencies and Comreg forbid calling EDGE/3G/HSDPA/HSUPA broadband. It isn't. It's flat rate fast dialup connection Mobile Internet.


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    thanks watty for the advice

    but i find it difficult to understand that i have a full 3G signal but still wont open the pages until i get a hsdpa signal

    very strange

    ill have to sit down with myself and see is it worth it

    about ure options

    what do you mean by a GSM/EDGE/3G/HSDPA modem (PCMCIA, Express, USB or Router based) that has a real aerial socket.

    and about Wireless fixed Broadband providers

    there is a mast where i live but its been blocked by trees:mad:

    is 02 edge better than 3G and hsdpa

    and sate is too expensive


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