I'm using an extension lead and the dongle is in a water proof box weighted down, I have had T-Mobile check the dongle but they said it was ok, by the way I'm moored in Rickmansworth and have a very very slow signal im on G2 GPRS
--- In [email protected], Steve Wood <st...@...> wrote: > > Dave wrote: > > First thing to try is a USB extension lead, to get the dongle away > > from interference caused by the laptop, and to be able to put the > > dongle in a window away from the steel hull. A 5m buffered extension > > lead may enable you to put the dongle in a plastic bag above the roof. > > I'd done this pretty successfully for a number of years, until one very > windy evening in February when the bag and dongle separated from the > cable, followed by a plop sound... ;) > > As for the original question on coverage, I've recently swapped from > Vodafone to Orange, but there is little between them (other than > Vodafone's customer service being worse than useless.) There are not > many places where you can't get coverage for an extended distance. Towns > and villages are usually OK on all networks, as are stretches by major > roads, as that's where they put the masts. Railways don't seem to have > associated masts in my experience, so I'm not sure what technology is > being used for on-board wi-fi from the likes of Virgin Trains. > > All the networks publish coverage maps on-line, which I've found to be > pretty accurate. > > Steve > NB Bream >
