If you are coming to London (or the UK) for business or pleasure anytime soon, you may want to look at a new deal from Vodafone that provides 1GB of pre-paid mobile broadband AND a USB modem all for £39.
What makes this deal different is that the included 1GB of data has a long expiry [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted December 29, 2008
in mobile broadband
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Tagged best tourist broadband deal london, Hotel WiFi alternative, hsdpa, london visitor tips, pre-pay mobile internet, prepay broadband, prepay mobile broadband, Starbucks WiFi alternative, topup and go, vist london, vodafone, vodafone 3G, WiFi hotspot
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This is being blogged on an HSDPA laptop – a Sony TZ31WN to be precise.
Ever since Sony added HSDPA modems to their über lightweight laptop range I just had to have one. Not just because of the small size, meaning that in an aeroplane when the fat guy in front of you leans riiiight back in [...]
Speaking from personal experience, I can say that flat rate data plans DO drive consumer behaviour. For some time I have been on a Vodafone UK business plan, that gives me a gazillion minutes, free landline calls in the UK BUT only 20MB of data included with a £15/month add-on plan. This severe limitation made me [...]
The picture on the left (taken late December 2007) shows a more common sight than a few years ago. I have been using WiFi in Starbucks and other coffee shops for nearly 8 years now, and for I think the last 6 years I was predictably the only person on a laptop (connected to WiFi) [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 9, 2008
in mobile broadband
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Tagged 3, 3G, 3G broadband, bbc, bill thompson, coffee shop, dongle, high speed packet access, hsdpa, london, mobile, starbucks, vodafone, WiFi, WiFi hotspots, WiFi vs 3G
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