[ILUG] wireless broadband

[Aine Douglas]

On 8/23/06, FRLinux <frlinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, if you really don't want to be tied down, I'd highly recommend
> > Vodafone 3G broadband, 49euro per month unlimited usage, you get a
> > quad band PCMCIA card, and you can take it on the road and use it when
>
> What kind of speeds did you achieve with that setup ?

3G is comparible with 1Mb wired broadband, and GPRS usage is
comparible with single channel ISDN.

Speeds will be limited by the 3G/UMTS capacity availble, but you
should expect an average of 250Kbps out of the maximum 384Kbps
possible on these connections.

Aine.