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Nice v3g!
I just wish I had this kind of support from my ISP /service provider.
 
HSDPA Q&A - please read the sticky HSDPA FAQ thread first

With the introduction of mobile phones like the Nokia N91, which includes 3G capabilities, Wi-Fi, a 2 Megapixel Camera, a 4GB Hard Drive, Hi-Fi / Headphone Output and a USB2 PC Interface, it is easy to envisage the potential of this new service.
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This is a quote from the artical about the new HSDPA service.

Its just a thought but with this 4gb hdd and ultra fast 3g capability, wouldn't it be possible to download a linux distro/movie/other large download using your phone, and only your phone while on the move. Then when you get back to the office(or home) your cd image/movie/whatever, which has finnished downloading with the help of the nice 2Mbit connection, can be transferred off the phone onto your computer to be used there???...
 
Don't see why not. Probably kill the battery before the download of a linux distro is finished though :p
 
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Don't see why not. Probably kill the battery before the download of a linux distro is finished though :p
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Buy a car charger at the traffic light on the corner wof William Nicoll and the highway. Don't even have to switch off the engine. :cool:
 
Well for a 700MB iso, +-716800KB downloading at 2Mbit(+-240kb/s) it should take 2987 seconds to complete, or just under 50min to complete a full 700MB iso download...Now thats IMPRESSIVE, now if it took you a long time to get to work in the mornings you could d/load a whole copy of ubuntu linux onto ur cell phone while stuck in traffic:D ready to install when u get in...
 
i wounder if the N91 will support this sort of functionality... the battery should last the length of the download if its only 50min of hard work....
 
The day i download a Linux Distro on my cellphone will probably the same day Telkom stops charging for leasing their ADSL lines....at R0.60 p/MB i seriously doubt i'll ever consider using the 4GB for anything other than transfering data from my PC.

Sorry for sounding negative, but somewhere the price outweighs the speed.
 
Indeed, as i've mentioned elsewhere relating to the whole Streaming of TV channels on 3G, the only thing i will go for is a Blackberry type of 'flatrate' subscription. I would expect if such a thing as streaming TV became reality, Vodacom/MTN/Sentech will be required to set up dedicated networks/bandwidth/towers -just- for that [thus as user if you want TV you actually log onto a different network sort of].

Essentially Vodacom will probably have to be broadcasting content to the entire 'streaming' network, whether there are recipients or not, thus making it viable not to charge p/MB but a simple monthly fee [like MNet or DSTV].

As for high speed large downloads, no idea how they can get around that, other than dropping prices. I don't expect that to happen though, instead i do expect for video/streaming services via mentioned 'dedicated' network at a monthly subscription will be a more practical direction to go for [but still won't be downloading ISOs from there though].
 
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costly yes:(, but still worth a try, just for curiosity's sake:D

The whole t.v thing could also be interesting, does anyone know when it will all be possible???
 
umm, this brings possibility of VoIP on cellphone so vodacom wont make data cheaper than phone calls in the long run
 
Upload will be 384Kb/s, so Harley79 can start drooling.

I suspect the cards will be same price or at least will be supplied under same contracts as the current cards.

The Siemens card does not come with WiFi, but there might be other cards by the end of the year with WiFi.
 
HSDPA info?

Anyone know which areas it will be rolled out first?
Will it work with existing 3g equipment?
 
The rollout plan is still being finalised but all 3G sites will be upgraded to HSDPA.

The HSDPA network is a simple, software upgrade. No new towers / base-stations need to be build, so the roll-out will be much more rapid than the initial 3G roll-out.

You will need new HSDPA equipment (data card / handset) on your side.
 
Nothing's been finalised, but I suspect that's how it will work, i.e. you pay for the data, irrespective of the access speed, just like you do today for GPRS/3G, it'll just become GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA.

See attached data sheet on the Siemens Data Card. This is the one we used to do the demos with.

PS. Cannot upload the file, too large (80K). Will beg RPM for bigger attachments :)
 
What is wrong with soldering? Some good flux, magnum soldering iron and 3 brandy and cokes to stabilize the hand and you are ready to solder a 50 ohm link. I am actually going to desolder a 240 pin FPGA and resolder another with 0.5 mm pitch in about 30 minutes (with a 50 watt iron and a big tip). Maybe I should post pictures of that?

Seriously I agree with the photos. The connector on the Novatel card is a beauty. Easy to insert and remove. But the little rascal on the Option card has given me endless trouble removing on other systems.

The people at the Vodashop gave me the wrong antenna because to them an antenna was just an antenna. Maybe they should get a few pictures.

VMS
 
It seems a little concerning that the software and firmware upgrades only refer to Novatel. Why cant I find the same for my option card. It seems that the option card is not that well supported.
 
Could have sworn I put the link in the FAQ. It's there now.

Most of the software is available via ftp from omnisol.co.za. Note there is no HTTP support. This is a temp place I'm using to make the software available to the forum while the Vodacom FTP servers come online.

FTP as anonymous and cd to pub/download.
 
I just had the same issue with the antennas from Vodashop - they gave me a Novatel one instead of the Option one. I think those pictures of each antenna would be v useful. Perhaps they could be on the FAQ and sent to the shoppes :)
 
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