Vodafone Mobile Connect - 3G Broadband data card
Posted on April 14, 2007 in
Having spent the day attending a business meeting in London, I had the opportunity to test out a recent purchase, namely a Vodaphone 3G Broadband Data Card. I have to say I’m really impressed with the speeds one can attain using this card - I wish I had bought it sooner! I managed to access the internet at a speed of 1.8mbps from London Victoria Train station and was able to happily surf all the way on the train home. Now I should be able to blog, check e-mails or surf from anywhere in the country. I’m off to France on holiday in a months time so will be interested to see how it works from there.
According to the Vodafone site you can achieve the following with 3G broadband:
- Work faster, be more productive, with broadband speeds of up to 1.4Mbps
- Rely on seamless coverage with access to Vodafone’s 3G broadband, 3G and GPRS networks
- Work abroad as you do at home, with coverage in over 100 countries
- Work safer with security options including our simple, highly-secure SSL VPN
The 3g card I’m using is the Huawei E620, according to their site:
Speed is the passport when entering into the 3G magic world. Brand-new HUAWEI E620 data card, not only supports HSDPA packet data service with a maximum transmission rate of 1.8MBPS, but also supports EDGE packet data service with a maximum transmission rate of 236.8kbps. The functions of wireless surfing, SMS, Voice service and Email can be instantly achieved as you wish. Meanwhile, supporting multi-band with HSDPA/WCDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM, HUAWEI E620 bridges the communications and enables the share of enjoyment
Vodafone offers three Pricing Plans as mentioned below. I’ve opted for the Data 250 plan at this stage and will obviously upgrade if I find that it doesn’t meet my requirements. Fortunately the local Vodafone dealer in Maidstone didn’t charge me anything for the card.
- Vodafone Data 250
Card Cost - £84.26
Usage limit (UK) - 250MB
Usage limit (Abroad) - N/A
Additional charge per MB (UK) - £1.00
Monthly cost - £25.00 - Vodafone Data Unlimited
Card cost - £41.70
Usage limit (UK) - None
Usage limit (Abroad) - N/A
Additional charge per MB (UK) - N/A
Monthly cost - £45.00 - Vodafone Data Travel
Card cost - £41.70
Usage limit (UK) - None
Usage limit (Abroad) - 100MB
Additional charge per MB (UK) - N/A
Monthly cost - £95.00
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