smearious asked:

A mobile broadband speed test using the Option 225 GlobeSurfer ICON modem, inserted into the DOVADO USB Mobile Broadband Router (UMR).

TrA6Up7d asked:

Built-in Mobile Broadband - Simple, Secure, Superior

Matt Sharp asked:


Of the 5 major mobile phone networks in the UK, up until recently only one of them wasn’t offering mobile broadband. That was O2, but now they HAVE started to sell it. But… why have they dropped the ball with it?

Mobile Broadband - why is it really that important?

To understand why their business decision (which we’ll come to in a bit) is, I feel, not a great one, you need to understand, first of all, exactly what mobile broadband is, and why it’s a good thing. Put simply, mobile broadband is broadband while you’re mobile, broadband while you’re on the move, out and about. You’re not tied to your desk, you’re free to use it wherever and whenever you find yourself. It’s a case of fire it up and off you go! Just like mobile phones, mobile broadband will become a portable, mobile solution you take everywhere with you.

But it’s not just about how portable it is, because it’s not going to sell well unless it has 3 other very important factors: it needs to be easy, cheap and fast. Well, there are no worries with the speed, since mobile broadband can run anywhere up to 7.2Mbps, currently (and up to 14Mbps in future), depending on which network you’re with. And as for being easy… well, consider that the setup time for a USB Modem, whoever you’re with, is measured in minutes, and involves nothing more complicated than plugging it in and clicking yes, and you can see it really is a doddle to set up!

O2 Mobile Broadband - why it falls down

And then, there’s value for money. A decent mobile broadband package needs to give you good value, too, and it’s here where the O2 package falls down. £20 per month, minimum. In a world where the networks’ cheapest mobile broadband offerings range from £10-15, O2’s already priced themselves out of that fight.

Ah, but… there’s a bigger reason why it’s not going to take off and sell well. Their mobile broadband offering is only available to existing customers. In other words, you can only join up with O2 mobile broadband, if you’re already on O2. That’s a little bit of a letdown, to say the least, and it shows a bit of short-sightedness on O2’s part. Which is a shame, when you consider what a god track record they have with mobile phones. On the strength of current evidence, though, it’s probably best if they stick to them…

Hannibal asked:


I have a pc running XP and a mobile broadband USB dongle. I want the xbox 360 to connect to the internet using the PCs internet connection.

Do I need anymore hardware to make this work?

Many thanks for your answers in advance

smearious asked:

The DOVADO Wireless Residential Gateway is connected to the 3G network and sharing out the internet connection by WiFi to laptops streaming Video on Demand content from Joost

Lumiere asked:


I want to be able to connect to the internet on my ipod touch whilst i’m out and away from wifi. I have a broadband contract with the mobile provider 3 that provides a usb broadband dongle. Can I use this via some adapter and software to connect to the internet on my ipod touch (2nd gen)?

Thanks in advance for any help.

MoreMobile asked:

How to connect a mobile broadband antenna using a broadband card and antenna adapter.

Matt Sharp asked:


You can probably tell from the title what I’m getting at. In the fashion world, when someone says something is the new black, it’s taken to mean ‘it’s the next, new in-thing.’ The same can be said of mobile broadband, with one notable difference. Mobile broadband isn’t just a fad, and really IS changing the world!

Just like a natural, ecological system, the internet evolves, and crucially, how we access it evolves as well. Cast your mind back to the early days, when we were all connected to the net with dialup (and if you can’t remember dialup, I envy you!). Believe me, it was no fun trying to use an internet connection that was slow enough to be overtaken by an asthmatic snail. Images would take ages to load, and as for watching Youtube videos… forget about it!

Oh what a breath of fresh air it was when broadband was unleashed on the world! At last there was a system that gave us decent speeds to view the web at. Broadband itself evolved, and WiFi came on the scene, using wireless routers and WiFi hot spots to make the internet ‘kind of mobile, as long as you didn’t wander off too far from the wireless router’.

The next big advance, surprisingly enough, came from the world of mobile phones, with the technology known as 3G, a much faster, higher bandwidth way of accessing data on the move. That, too, evolved into what’s known as HSDPA (that’s High Speed Downlink Packet Access, for the techno-lovers out there). And that, right there, is where we start our story of mobile broadband, because it’s HSDPA that makes it all possible.

You see, mobile broadband is one of those technologies that does exactly what it says on the tin. It’s broadband internet access, and you can use it while you’re on the move, while you’re mobile. There are several things that make it a winning technology, but they can be boiled down to a couple of key facts. First, it’s proper broadband, giving you speeds up to, currently, 7.2Mbps, and in future, up to 14.4Mbps. Secondly, it’s truly mobile, as it uses cell towers used by mobile phones. Which means no more hunting around to find a WiFi hot spot! And finally, it’s easy to set up, because the setup procedure just involves plugging the USB Modem in. And that’s it. Basically, think of it this way: when you compare mobile phones to broadband, then they’ll always come out second fiddle, next to a dedicated computer. But compare mobile broadband to your home connection, and it’s just possible it might even be better what you have at home!

Joey M asked:


I need mobile broadband all along the east coast for this summer. I need it to be 3G speeds, and I need the total cost to be less than $200.

I’m an AT&T customer with a tether-able 2.75G phone (the Sony Ericsson W580i), and my contract will not be up for a new phone until November.

What can I do?

cdcsub asked:


I bought the card from dell to work on my dell computer. I am thinking of getting a new toshiba laptop. Will the mobile broadband card work with the toshiba since I will be keeping the service provider or will I need a new card?
It is a slide in card for the PCMCI slot.