Is this HSDPA?

The 24 one;

http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/index.cf...nDuration=30&INT-PSHOP-211107-USBModem-BuyNow

and would the express card version be faster? It says ... per MB, what does that mean? I would only want to go on the internet, and would this product work abroad (outside UK)?

Thanks...

J

 

These require service contract to use, and can be quite expensive. Some charge by the min, some have unlimited. As far as working abroad it depends on the company.

As far as speed goes that is unknown, again related to the service. Some users in the US say their fast other say it slow, all depends on loacation. Those devices work off of cel towers.

 

HSDPA is a 3G phone standard for new mobile phones. It's basically the INTERNET PROTOCOL that cell phones use to access the internet and email and other data. When you get HSDPA put into a laptop, it means you basically get wireless internet wherever you are. Other variants include EV-DO (2G CDMA) and EDGE (2G GSM). Both of which are much slower than 3G (HSDPA).

Keep in mind though, there are WAAAY MORE than just those three!

 

Yes it is HSDPA. If you use it outside UK (or is it outside England), you'll be charged per MB. If you use it inside UK, you'll be charged 9.99 per day you use it.

It doesn't matter USB or express card, both have bandwith larger than HSDPA 3.6Mbit/s.

 

Thanks, but when it says per MB, what is the MB used for? Loading web pages or actually downloading things.

 

The total data you download + upload. They'll charge you 4.99 for every MB.

If you watch YouTube, you'll easily download 5MB of data.

 

So loading web pages is a expense as well? Would one YouTube video be 5MB? How much would a Facebook profile take up for example?

Thanks...

 

Depends, if the page contains a lot of photos, you can easily get up to 500kB to 1MB. If you have audio file on it like those on MySpace, you can easily have 1MB of files downloaded each time you load the page.

For comparisons, loading one page on NBR might require downloading around 50kB of data. Maybe less. Usually images use a lot of bandwidth, the same can be said for flash contents, and even more bandwidth is used for audio or video.

 

So could it get quite expensive for a few hours browsing?

 

Oh yea! So be careful with what you download when you use it.