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Stupid 3 modem question...

  • 08-12-2008 6:55pm
    #1
    strecker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭


    Ok,
    Considering buying a 3 prepay modem.
    Will it also work when out of 3g range?
    googling this and asking in 3 stores I got mixed replies.
    Thanks for any replies
    :)


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  • #2
    mk6705
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭mk6705


    Won't work at all, not one bit. Dead as a...very dead thing.


  • #3
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,252 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    you have to be in a 3G area, that christmas box offer they have is very good €99 for a phone and modem....


  • #4
    strecker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭strecker


    Thanks for the replies :)

    Guess I better stick with phone and joiku then? ;)

    This can be locked, I suppose...


  • #5
    Rsaeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Rsaeire


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    you have to be in a 3G area, that christmas box offer they have is very good €99 for a phone and modem....

    What happened to 3 defaulting back to Vodafone's 2.5G/GPRS network?


  • #6
    drunkmonkey
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    Rsaeire wrote: »
    What happened to 3 defaulting back to Vodafone's 2.5G/GPRS network?

    that's only for voice and text, not data...


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  • #7
    Rsaeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Rsaeire


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    that's only for voice and text, not data...

    Oh right. I always thought they did.


  • #8
    culabula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,213 ✭✭✭culabula


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    that's only for voice and text, not data...

    I regularly use data on Voodoo between Dublin and Dundalk when forced to....it's dead slow, but it IS available to me.


  • #9
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,252 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Rsaeire wrote: »
    Oh right. I always thought they did.

    Nope, time for a call to mumbay me thinks, wish me luck:)


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