I only bought my Vodafone dongle a few weeks ago but I'm over the moon with it. It's very reliable and fast, and on the train journey from Salisbury to Exeter it only lost the signal (obviously) in tunnels. I have also used it successfully in Blackpool and Oxfordshire.
As a tip to Mac users, (I'm using a MacBook), be sure to download the free software from Cheetah Watch for realtime info on signal-type, strength and download allowance used.
I travelled to Exeter on the train with somebody using a 3G dongle who was very pleased that he'd got an excellent deal of 5 GB download allowance for the same price as my 3GB allowance with Vodafone (£15) until we found that it hardly worked on the route!
Only disappointment is Vodafone's inertia selling of insurance for the dongle which you have to accept and then cancel later.
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Well I used the Vodafone driver on my Linux acer one and tried both the e169 and e160 modems. both worked fine the e160 had 5.4mb dl speed the e160 3.6mb using 3. No hsdpa reception at my home that is a notorious mobile-phone black spot. I did get the fall back coverage but that was less than dial up. I also tried the O2Novatel MC930D modem in the store it was recognised by the kernel, and the Vodafone driver but had no sim to try.
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Please - has anyone tried using any of these (especially T-mobile or Vodafone) with a Linux machine e.g. Acer Aspire 1 or EEE PC? Are Linux drivers readily available and where? I am not having much luck searching the web on the subject.
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Best for 3G coverage in Plymouth. Dont waste your money on 3. Its cheap for a reason. It does not work ! - You pay for what you get.
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To be honest my connection is very good, refresh rate is excellent too, , BUT, I do live in a large city so you'd expect a clear signal would'nt you. I have'nt tried it anywhere remote yet, , so, WHO KNOWS!
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Report abuseI have used the Vodafone dongle for over 12 months now and I am not impressed. The only time you can connect at the speeds they suggest are possible is in big towns and cities. Try stopping on the M5 services or the M3 256kbps is the fastest you can achieve. My contract is up now and I shall be using another supplier who I know gives better copverage nationwide.
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out of the 6 reviews, only 2 are genuine. can u separate the fakes (Vodafone propaganda) and the genuine user (real customers)?
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Must be the worst service.It should be a 3G connection but I very seldom achieve this, most times 2G and at the moment as 75% of the time only 53.6Kbps. As a business user this is a scam and total waste of time and money.
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Just what i needed to help with my researches online without the fuss of a telephone line. The Vodafone mobile broadband came to my rescue and network reception is excellent. I picked it up easily where other mobile broadband providers fail to reach. Speed is excellent and good customer support from Vodafone too.
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Very good. Connection speed really impressed me, agree with San that the speed is consistently good for at least 90% of the time.
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I used to spend time trying to find wireless hotspots around town which took a lot of effort, before taking the plunge and trying vodafone mobile broadband. Really impressed - connects first time, I get decent speeds 95% of the time, and can work from anywhere now.
Good thing is that even the battery life is better than using wireless. I pay for the 5gb limit, 7.2mb speed one - fine for the 5-6 times I use it each month.
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Have to say I read the review about Vodafone being one of the fastest Broadband mobile providers...NOT.
At home my broadband is approx 1.4 mbs.
At work and at the moment my connection is sitting on 274k ps.
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We've used Vodafone dongles for our small business for the past few months, and our overall experience has definitely been positive. We tend to use the service mainly on train journeys, when the speed varies between really fast (like being in an office) to annoyingly slow, and of course you get cut off in the odd tunnel. That all seems fair enough, though, and much better than before mobile broadband! It's also worth saying that the best thing about mobile broadband is it just works when you plug the dongle into your laptop - there's no messing around with installation disks and the like. No probs with Vodafone customer service, so all fine so far (fingers crossed).
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