on 12/01/2009, Nick supposed :
> Adrian Stott wrote:
>> Steve Wood <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> No dial-up on the Staffs & Worcs as far as I know ;-)
>>
>> T-Mobile still provides it. But I think you are actually using it,
>> and calling it "GPRS".
>>
>>> I'm on an unlimited data contract with Vodafone which is better than ADSL
>>> in some locations and worse than dial-up in others. At my present mooring
>>> (Tixall) I'm getting around 3kbps via GPRS, which is not much use for
>>> anything except email.
>>
>> Mobile broadband might well prove less expensive for you. I think the
>> cheapest packages are about a tenner a month, with unlimited
>> downloading including Skype for about £25 which would cover most of
>> the cost of your outgoing phone calls. It would also often be 1,000
>> times as fast! (i.e. 3 Meg instead of 3 kilo)!
>
> I might be missing something - I'm not an expert in mobile comms - but
> aren't you recommending what Steve already has.
>
> AIUI, Steve's on a system which gives him 3G where it's available but
> falls back to GPRS where it isn't - like on the S&W. What does mobile
> broadband give you that's any different?
I don't think he can make Skype calls on that, he could on 3 and save
mobile call rates
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