Sony Viao SIMM modem and Vodaphone mobile broadband USB stick modem question..
Vodaphone are offering 'up to' .. 7.2 MBps with their USB modem stick question is if I buy this Sony Viao (check the link below) will I only get 3.6MBps i.e. half the bandwidth if I use the Viao's internal SIMM Modem instead of the cumbersome Vodaphone USB Modem stick sticking out of the side of a laptop / notebook ?
to be honest these data transfer rates look to be rather far fetched given that I am getting only 900 Kbps on my land broadband internet connection right now ....
this is the notebook I am thinking of buying:
http://vaio.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProd...y=VN+SZ+Series
This is the notebook's SIMM modem spec:
Built-in WWAN: HSDPA 3.6Mbps with Rx Diversity
Wireless LAN Type: 802.11a/b/g Draft n
Also Vodaphone's mobile broadband option for Roaming abroad, say in Italy seems a bit wooly to me .... read this ... so if you go for the cheapest option of mobile broadband then it's 9.99 quid for 'a days usuage' abroad in Italy ?
Does that mean that if you are in Florence and you open up your Vodaphone mobile broadband and look at a single e-mail during that day then you are charged 9.99 quid ? the same as downloadling 8 movies in Italy within the same day ??
Here are the wierd terms and conditions for Vodaphone mobile broadband roaming:
http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/mobile-br...Mdm-USBStikBuy
http://www.abroad.vodafone.co.uk/index.cfm?do=cost.data
Anyone had experience of any of this ?
Vodaphone are offering 'up to' .. 7.2 MBps with their USB modem stick question is if I buy this Sony Viao (check the link below) will I only get 3.6MBps i.e. half the bandwidth if I use the Viao's internal SIMM Modem instead of the cumbersome Vodaphone USB Modem stick sticking out of the side of a laptop / notebook ?
to be honest these data transfer rates look to be rather far fetched given that I am getting only 900 Kbps on my land broadband internet connection right now ....
this is the notebook I am thinking of buying:
http://vaio.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProd...y=VN+SZ+Series
This is the notebook's SIMM modem spec:
Built-in WWAN: HSDPA 3.6Mbps with Rx Diversity
Wireless LAN Type: 802.11a/b/g Draft n
Also Vodaphone's mobile broadband option for Roaming abroad, say in Italy seems a bit wooly to me .... read this ... so if you go for the cheapest option of mobile broadband then it's 9.99 quid for 'a days usuage' abroad in Italy ?
Does that mean that if you are in Florence and you open up your Vodaphone mobile broadband and look at a single e-mail during that day then you are charged 9.99 quid ? the same as downloadling 8 movies in Italy within the same day ??
Here are the wierd terms and conditions for Vodaphone mobile broadband roaming:
http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/mobile-br...Mdm-USBStikBuy
http://www.abroad.vodafone.co.uk/index.cfm?do=cost.data
Anyone had experience of any of this ?
