Anyone here rely solely on mobile broadband for their internet needs?
Sep 7th 2015, 2:14 am
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Re: Anyone here rely solely on mobile broadband for their internet needs?
You should try the UK. Broadband is the same. What is worse is mobile internet speed. When you do find 4G which is rare its not like 4G as we know it in Australia. I can't believe a city like London can be so bad for mobile internet speeds. Come out of London and its not even worth it.
Singapore. on the other hand, is very average when it comes to mobile data, but at least they have fibre-to-the-home internet rolled out to practically everyone. So once they sort out the international connectivity bottleneck they will be set for decades.
Sep 7th 2015, 3:29 am
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Re: Anyone here rely solely on mobile broadband for their internet needs?
The plural of anecdote is not data
As I said, the UK has been moving forward significantly over recent times as they finally get moving with 4G deployment. In fact, when you look at real data you find the average 4G speeds in the UK are doing well. The peak speeds in Australia are higher, but most don't get them.
UK shames rivals with fastest 3G and 4G speeds in the world- The Inquirer (nice fat report there to read)
You might have hit congested UK areas, and uncongested Aus ones - and the situation may/will change over time - but it's evidentially wrong to be saying Aus is doing markedly better than the UK now.
As I said, the UK has been moving forward significantly over recent times as they finally get moving with 4G deployment. In fact, when you look at real data you find the average 4G speeds in the UK are doing well. The peak speeds in Australia are higher, but most don't get them.
UK shames rivals with fastest 3G and 4G speeds in the world- The Inquirer (nice fat report there to read)
You might have hit congested UK areas, and uncongested Aus ones - and the situation may/will change over time - but it's evidentially wrong to be saying Aus is doing markedly better than the UK now.
Sep 11th 2015, 4:19 am
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Re: Anyone here rely solely on mobile broadband for their internet needs?
If anyone is on the Telstra prepaid Freedom plan with the 'free all-day-long calls to Telstra' option selected, I strongly recommend upgrading to the new Freedom Plus plan that just came out - especially if you're topping up $40 or $50 every month.
Those on the old plan will continue to receive a lot less data, whereas those switching over will get roughly the same on the $30 topup (1.3GB), but much more on the $40 (3GB) and $50 (4GB) plans. Data (and call credit) will also roll over to the next month, something which was previously not the case.
Those on the old plan will continue to receive a lot less data, whereas those switching over will get roughly the same on the $30 topup (1.3GB), but much more on the $40 (3GB) and $50 (4GB) plans. Data (and call credit) will also roll over to the next month, something which was previously not the case.
