3 Mobile broadband review. Part 1
So I drove into Newcastle this morning and decided to call into Starbucks to test out the new Three USB mobile broadband modem. I plugged it in and have to say I was impressed, the drivers and launcher software are already stored within the modem and installed themselves without any need for me to do anything.
I clicked on connect and under 10 seconds I was connected and had what three call a Turbo connection which is actually an HSDPA 3.6mb/s connection.
The next part unfortunately is where it all goes downhill for me. As this is a brand new pay as you go modem I had to go to three’s website and buy a prepaid credit, if you don’t do this you can only access threes site and go no further than that.
Great I thought so credit card at the ready I clicked buy now and waited, and waited, oh and waited and bit more and nothing happened, after a while, I get “this web page cannot be displayed”, so I repeated the process three times and each time the same outcome. So there you have it, part one and its not too good so far. I will be calling Three tonight to find out why it didn’t work and hopefully soon I can give you some information on speeds and reliability of the service.
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