Mobile broadband overtaking fixed line access

[rpm]

Mobile broadband overtaking fixed line

More people are using portable devices for high-speed Web access than are signing up for fixed line subscriptions

 

[blaaislaai]

yeah well, portable broadband is more expensive and not great for downloading large files.

I guess most people only use it for mail and general browsing, which is ideal.

 

[Slayeruser]

Well locally it is almoust a must, as Telscum will not provide lines to everyone

 

[Madhawk]

Cut the voice line rental and I'll sign up for ADSL.

Until then, forget it.

 

[Drake2007]

Cut the voice line rental and I'll sign up for ADSL.

Until then, forget it.

Cut the voice line rental, cut the bull**** that telkom calls "broadband" and just maybe I'll consider ADSL.

 

[Antonf]

More people are using portable devices for high-speed Web access than are signing up for fixed line subscriptions

Is this sentence impliying that portable devices can do the same thing as devices connected to fixed lines, at the same speed?

 

[drukkie]

Cut the voice line rental and I'll sign up for ADSL.

Until then, forget it.

Geez if that's what keeping you then you dont really need it
keep paying premium for your gigs

off the subject, i'm going to stay off MB for a while, maybe when i get back we can complain about something new?

 

[Drake2007]

Is this sentence impliying that portable devices can do the same thing as devices connected to fixed lines, at the same speed?

3.5G or HSDPA deployments support down-link speeds of 1.8, 3.6, 7.2, 14.0 Mb/s. Further speed increases are available with HSPA+, which provides speeds of up to 42 Mbit/s downlink. Compare that to the various ADSL standards currently max 24Mb/s

 

[Antonf]

3.5G or HSDPA deployments support down-link speeds of 1.8, 3.6, 7.2, 14.0 Mb/s. Further speed increases are available with HSPA+, which provides speeds of up to 42 Mbit/s downlink. Compare that to the various ADSL standards currently max 24Mb/s

Where do you live? I would love to see you beat ADSL on any portable device... I've got a 3G phone, and it is slower downloading the same file from the same server at the same time as downloading it on my notebook on 3G. And that sucks compared to ADSL...