It would be interesting to see what routes the packets take when using a phone or Modem,
a trace route anyone :) Cheers On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Jake Markhus <[email protected]> wrote: > I actually have a data sim that I use in my android phone. It is true it is > faster when I do wireless tethering from phone than when I use > the modem though. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > Hari Kurup > Sent: 08 May 2012 15:54 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LUG] Mobile broadband speeds > > It sounds like your modem is dodgy. > As for advantages of a buying a modem, the catch is that you cannot buy an > orange data bundle bigger than 1GB (or is that 1.25GB lately) with an > ordinary sim card. > Purchasing bigger bundles require you to have an "Internet Everywhere" > subscription which you can only activate with a "data line" that is only > sold with modems. > > -- > Hari > > > On 08/05/2012 15:33, Benjamin Tayehanpour wrote: > > If that is true, it's a bit cheap of Orange to do so I must say. But > > hey, as long as power users can legally bypass it I'm okay with it :) > > > > There seems to be no real advantage to having a separate mobile > > broadband modem instead of using your cell phone. The rates are the > > same, mobile phone is faster, the Huawei E173 modem supplied by Orange > > draws 5V / 500mA == 2.5W of energy whereas the mobile phone draws > > negligible current when fully charged... And the modem tends to slow > > down further when it gets warm, and it gets warm quite fast. > > > > Oh, and you could use the mobile phone over Bluetooth if you don't > > have the USB cable with you, which is nice. Or if you are several > > people and your phone is decent enough it could act as a portable Wi-Fi > hotspot. > > The more I think about it, the more I regret my buying a modem in the > > first place :D > > > > On 8 May 2012 15:20, John Kibuuka <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Could be that the modems are probably "restricted" in speeds because > > they customized according to orange's wishes, imho. > > > > We used to achieve greater speeds with utl using a nokia and wrote > > this article about it: > > > > http://www.ruralict.com/2011/04/utl-kwiktok-internet-is-cheapest-in.ht > > ml > > > > John > > > > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Benjamin Tayehanpour > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > wrote: > > > > I just tested and discovered something. I get much greater top > > speeds from the same SIM card when it is in a mobile phone and > > connected to the computer via USB cable than if it is inserted > > into the modem Orange sold me. ~1.5M/s compared to ~40k/s. This > > was tested against the same server, from the same physical > > location, and the modem did not have a problem with signal > strength. > > > > Why is this? Could the modem be faulty? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Mailing list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > (including attachments if any). 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