Il giorno 25/giu/2012, alle ore 15:59, Erik Allik ha scritto: > Does anybody know how fast is the 3G provided by the 20€ local SIM cards that > we've been offered to purchase? And what is the data usage limit on them? In > general, are they an OK substitute for wifi? At least for non-bandwidth > intensive stuff (i.e. no torrent and no Skype video calls).
Hi Erik, the 3G SIM is nominally UMTS 7.2Mbps. Actual speed is usually around 1 Mbit/s. It should work OK for mail, mobile web browsing, etc. It feels obviously slow on a computer. The conference center has thick walls, so within the rooms you don't always get 3G signal; in that case, your phone will fallback to 2G EDGE which is obviously much slower. I live in Italy and use 3G all the times; it's an OK substitute for wifi to me, eg: I never pay for wifi in hotels when I travel around Italy. Obviously your mileage may vary. -- Giovanni Bajo EuroPython 2012 https://ep2012.europython.eu Python Italia APS Non-profit association Registered in Italy _______________________________________________ EuroPython 2011 - Florence June 20-26 http://ep2011.europython.eu/ EuroPython mailing list EuroPython@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
