3 for four: Wi-Fi internet sharing

By Joseph Hanlon on 29 October 2008

(Credit: 3 Mobile/CNET Australia)

To date 3G mobile broadband solutions have been the TV dinners of household internet: reserved for students and singles.

3 Mobile has launched a new Wi-Fi router to share your 3G broadband connection with several users at once, making the use of a USB internet dongle more valuable to families and some (very) small businesses — 3 recommends use by up to four people at a time only.

The 3 Wi-Fi Router (D100) doesn't actually replace your existing USB internet stick, but instead attaches to it and propagates the incoming signal. The D100 supports the WPA security protocol, though not the more secure WPA2 protocol.

Mobile carriers Telstra, Optus and Virgin offer similar Wi-Fi modems for use with 3G broadband services; however, at the price of AU$129 the 3 Wi-Fi Router is cheapest to date. This cost is separate from the monthly connection fee which starts at AU$15 per month. Complete pricing is available on the 3 Mobile website.

Topics: 3 mobile, 3g, mobile phone, router, web, wireless, wi fi, route, mobile, internet

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Comments (9)

  • Ryan commented on 02/08/2009 18:37 Report abuse

    WILL THIS WORK WITH XBOX 360?????? SOMEONE PLZ ANSWER!!

  • jimmyjimmy commented on 16/04/2009 20:31 Report abuse

    CNET you might want to update the pricing, I went to my closest official Three store only to be told the price is $169 and that it was always that price. I find it hard to believe they increased the price but the attendee checked with his manager. I guess they could both be morons. :P

  • atjandra86 commented on 03/03/2009 23:20 Report abuse

    can i use my printer(it have wireless printing capability) wirelessly with this wifi router?

  • rodo commented on 18/01/2009 18:43 Report abuse

    This router works great. Straight out of the box. very rare indeed! Speed is good - can watch youtube fine, downloads are very reasonable speed.

  • G commented on 03/01/2009 13:39 Report abuse

    This works with PS3 fine

  • bushmanbob commented on 02/12/2008 17:01 Report abuse

    Answering my own question, I bought the router and it works no problems (although a bit slow in my area at night).

  • bushmanbob commented on 06/11/2008 15:28 Report abuse

    Does anyone know if this new wi-fi will work with the PS3?

  • gav commented on 30/10/2008 08:20 Report abuse

    Wow, the only thing good about this may be the price point. Some of the big players have had adsl 2 modems with USB wireless dongle support for over 12 months.
    Or if you are that cheap, why dont you just use a switch and setup ICS.
    At least with an ADSL2 modem with usb 3g support, you get some redundancy and hardware that has other features....all for an extra $50bucks.

  • chris manuel commented on 29/10/2008 22:10 Report abuse

    Didnt Telstra just release something similar like this?

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