of the places we'll be going won't
have Internet access and I think I'll need it to work, (anyone know of
any telecommute Perl contracts then, please let me know...) so I'm
thinking about getting a mobile broadband thingy, partially for working
on the move and partially to avoid starting and stopping
On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 22:36 +, James Laver wrote:
I *have* had a call been unable to connect because O2's network was at full
capacity, but it only happened once and it was christmas...
I'd never had a mobile call drop until I moved onto O2 a few months ago,
now I've had it happen dozens of
contracts then, please let me know...) so I'm
thinking about getting a mobile broadband thingy, partially for working
on the move and partially to avoid starting and stopping lots of DSL
contracts. Does this make sense?
Anyone got any experience of mobile broadband providers? Any good ones
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 07:40:26PM +0900, Simon Cozens wrote:
Another question: Bloody hell, people, what have your mobile phone
providers been doing for past five years?
Crying themselves to sleep, only to have their dreams filled with images
of the mountains of money they blew in the 3G
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:57:06PM +, Jonathan Stowe wrote:
2008/12/19 Martin Robertson mansionhouseproje...@googlemail.com:
any views on when 'wireless interwebs' will become considered
'core' infrastructure alongside refuse/roads/libraries?
Never. There are too many tinfoil-hat
On 19 Dec 2008, at 05:57, Simon Cozens wrote:
Anyone got any experience of mobile broadband providers? Any good
ones,
good deals, horror stories, don't-use-this-if-you-have-a-Mac stories,
etc.?
I have the Huwawei E220 dongle on Vodafone on a Mac. It works. I pay
*mumble* a month for 5G
On 19/12/2008, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 Dec 2008, at 05:57, Simon Cozens wrote:
Anyone got any experience of mobile broadband providers? Any good ones,
good deals, horror stories,
don't-use-this-if-you-have-a-Mac stories,
etc.?
I have the Huwawei E220 dongle
On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 14:57 +0900, Simon Cozens wrote:
Anyone got any experience of mobile broadband providers? Any good ones,
good deals, horror stories, don't-use-this-if-you-have-a-Mac stories,
etc.?
My girlfriend has a Vodafone contract, with a 5GB cap (I think the only
people who offer
Sam Smith wrote:
Or use a different one so you have different
coverage chances; depending on how far into the middle of
nowhere you'll be.
Another question: Bloody hell, people, what have your mobile phone
providers been doing for past five years? I'm used to getting 3G
coverage on top of
2008/12/19 Simon Cozens si...@simon-cozens.org:
Sam Smith wrote:
Or use a different one so you have different
coverage chances; depending on how far into the middle of
nowhere you'll be.
Another question: Bloody hell, people, what have your mobile phone
providers been doing for past five
Simon Cozens wrote:
Anyone got any experience of mobile broadband providers? Any good ones,
good deals, horror stories, don't-use-this-if-you-have-a-Mac stories,
etc.?
I have a t-mobile dongle thing which is OK but they have a trans-proxy
on the web interface which compresses images
2008/12/19 Simon Wilcox es...@ourshack.com:
Simon Cozens wrote:
Anyone got any experience of mobile broadband providers? Any good ones,
good deals, horror stories, don't-use-this-if-you-have-a-Mac stories,
etc.?
I have a t-mobile dongle thing which is OK but they have a trans-proxy
wouldn't normally be using a mobile broadband dongle to access
mobile websites. They're generally aimed at people browsing directly
from mobile devices, rather than people using a mobile connection with a
full-fat device.
(Yes, I'm sure people can think of a half a dozen edge cases where this
isn't
Jonathan Stowe wrote:
I seem to recall it fucks up a whole bunch of other things that makes
mobile content providers very unhappy. Like device detection and GeoIP
and stuff ...
Don't get me started on mobile transcoders. Bane of my f'ing life they are.
Bastards the lot of 'em.
S.
detection and GeoIP
and stuff ...
You wouldn't normally be using a mobile broadband dongle to access
mobile websites. They're generally aimed at people browsing directly
from mobile devices, rather than people using a mobile connection with a
full-fat device.
Yeah but t-mobile use the same
for the full resolution.
You wouldn't normally be using a mobile broadband dongle to access
mobile websites. They're generally aimed at people browsing directly
from mobile devices, rather than people using a mobile connection with a
full-fat device.
I'm probably going to have to do some
javascript into
the
page to allow you to click them for the full resolution.
You wouldn't normally be using a mobile broadband dongle to access
mobile websites. They're generally aimed at people browsing directly
from mobile devices, rather than people using a mobile connection with a
full-fat
2008/12/19 Martin Robertson mansionhouseproje...@googlemail.com:
any views on when 'wireless interwebs' will become considered
'core' infrastructure alongside refuse/roads/libraries?
Never. There are too many tinfoil-hat wearing nut jobs and too many
politicians concerned about the Daily
javascript
into the
page to allow you to click them for the full resolution.
You wouldn't normally be using a mobile broadband dongle to access
mobile websites. They're generally aimed at people browsing directly
from mobile devices, rather than people using a mobile connection
with a
full
Denny wrote:
You wouldn't normally be using a mobile broadband dongle to access
mobile websites.
If they're going to meter my connection per byte, I want the most
bang-per-byte I can get.
--
The elder gods went to Suggoth and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008, Simon Cozens wrote:
Denny wrote:
You wouldn't normally be using a mobile broadband dongle to access
mobile websites.
If they're going to meter my connection per byte, I want the most
bang-per-byte I can get.
t-mobile are pretty good at not caring unless you do insane
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 07:40:26PM +0900, Simon Cozens said:
Another question: Bloody hell, people, what have your mobile phone
providers been doing for past five years? I'm used to getting 3G
coverage on top of mountains, on the underground, and on an uninhabited
island in the middle of a
On 19 Dec 2008, at 17:49, Simon Wistow wrote:
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 07:40:26PM +0900, Simon Cozens said:
Another question: Bloody hell, people, what have your mobile phone
providers been doing for past five years? I'm used to getting 3G
coverage on top of mountains, on the underground, and
On 2008-12-19 20:29, Dave Hodgkinson daveh...@gmail.com wrote:
*fewest*!
Least dropped means they don't drop them very far?
Or somehow they're dropped and then temporarily reconnected, with this
network dropping it the fewest times per call?
I *have* had a call been unable to connect
getting a mobile broadband thingy, partially for working
on the move and partially to avoid starting and stopping lots of DSL
contracts. Does this make sense?
Anyone got any experience of mobile broadband providers? Any good ones,
good deals, horror stories, don't-use-this-if-you-have-a-Mac stories,
etc
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