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These actually are DUN error numbers: 619 means : "Port disconnected"

Although the description is correct, it's not very helpful, as a fair number of problems could have caused the disconnect, so we need to debug all the steps along the path to a successful connect.
 
Speeds up and down

Hey folks ... whats our upload and download speeds? i cant find it on vodacoms site , and i dunno the exact figures.
 
Thanks IC - so if I understand you correctly, I must put my 3G simcard into my cell phone and then the cell phone will display the 2G or 3G siggnal :)
 
ic said:
Your 2G cell phone might be set to not display the cellid, if you have a Nokia cell phone, look for a setting similar to:
"Cell Info Display"
and make sure it is enabled.
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Both Motorola hides their Cell Broadcast under Messages | Info Services. Jbad, if you need info on setting up a Motorola phone to display Cell Broadcast, let me know and I will post info here.
 
HSDPA Progress

Hi V3G and others

After testing V3G for a while at my work and home I am thinking of getting it for personal use, but am hesitant to purchase it now since the new HSDPA cards are due soon. To the best of my knowledge these cards will also be EDGE enabled.

Any feedback on this? Should I wait?

Regards,

RPM
 
Hi V3G and IC

Thanks for the feedback.

I don't like to use mobile phones for connectivity :( I will wait for the HSDPA card...worth the wait I hope.

Regards,

RPM
 
Think you guys are advocating different scenarios here.

Scrnscrm (and ic) advocates using a phone as a modem while rpm (and myself) prefer a dedicated datacard. Each to his own. :)

I don't think we'll see HSDPA handsets soon, or at least we'll see HSDPA cards first.
 
This is probably a very dumb questions but am I correct in assuming that the HSPA cards will support 3G?
 
ic said:
HSDPA is actually 3G, it's just "3G on steroids", so yes an HSDPA data card or phone should be backwards compatible with a 3G tower that has not been upgraded to HSDPA.
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Thanks, exactly what I wanted to know
 
one other question ... will we have to get new datacards that do the hsdpa thingy or will our current ones (like the novatel for eg.) just use new software or firmware or something?
 
How do I unlock 910 Sony Ericsson to read the Cellids. If I know how it will be like a puzzle opening :confused:
 
damn .. so that will mean we have to splash out a ton o cash for new cards , with the old ones becomming useless... that kinda sucks
 
While we're doing the question thing and have some experts on hook, what's the best phone to use for mobile connectivity (unofficially - wouldn't want you busted for punting a certain brand) and is there any point to any of the new fangled technolog in somewhere like East London? (read technological backwater) :D
 
Hsdpa?

Will u have get a new connect card? Or will your old card be software upgradeable?
 
ic said:
Yeah, I think ScrnScrm has won me over to the dark side of the connectivity matrix - using a super-dooper cellery phone for mobile connectivity will be worth waiting for IMO :).
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hehehehehe. Yip, and I still standby by my convictions on this one. I loaded the Nokia PC Suite 6.6 last week and it has improved the phone connectivity even more. The bluetooth connection is now totally seemless - you just click the Nokia internet icon on the task bar and voila you are connected, as long as your phone is in the vicinity of your (bluetooth enabled) notebook. No card to plug in, no extra weight to carry around, no funny red thing sticking out the side of my notebook that i have to pack away when i put my notebook away :)

As a matter of interest, I spent the last week travelling with a colleague who uses his data card as primary connection method. We kept hitting areas where there was no 3G coverage, and the phone just kills the datacards in this case scenario (EDGE). Mid week he configured his 6630 same as me and dumped his data card... Oh, and I got consistently better throughput on 3G than he was getting on his card sitting next to me... I am convinced that the power moulation on cell phones is much much better...

I will consider a datacard when : they support all 4 technologies (GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and HSDPA/HSUPA), when the software on them is sorted out, and when they are less bulky (and I dont want to have to ever remove it from my notebook). Until then...
Cheers ~
 
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