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Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G HSDPA Card

By David Flynn on 14 November 2006

Vodafone's enhanced notebook PC Card delivers what the mobile telco calls 'business class 3G broadband' — but until more of the 3G network is upgraded with HSDPA, most users will remain stuck in economy seats.

Editor's rating:7.5 User rating:4.1

Comments (14)

  • macdaddy gave 1/10 on 25/09/2008 13:14

    rubbish product, drops out all the time, three and telstra heaps better.

  • mferrare gave 3/10 on 11/08/2008 00:37

    • Good: Ummm. The software does track your bandwidth usage.
    • Bad: Too many dropouts. Never going back to this technology just coz of that
      Bandwidth not high - maybe 125kbps where I live

    Sllllooooowww. And very unreliable. Multiple dropouts. And the Mac OS management software is crap

  • Hester gave 2/10 on 01/07/2008 20:11

    • Good: Mobile
    • Bad: Drops out at least 6 times an afternoon.

    Spends most of logged on time dropping out. Hopeless for banking and chats.

  • ATT wireless gave 8/10 on 11/05/2008 16:33

    • Good: Very effective and efficient

    Great card, i am using since Jan 2007. I did not get any problem in it, and i recommend it for the internet lovers to use it on the way.

  • timmyoz gave 2/10 on 28/03/2008 14:19

    • Good: Nothing
    • Bad: Very very poor - service is terrible

    I've been with Vodafone since the first card came out. This latest card and firmware is useless - don't buy it.

  • M6C67 gave 2/10 on 24/03/2008 22:59

    Terrible - feels like gone back to dial up. Should have kept existing connection.

  • tcp123 gave 2/10 on 09/02/2008 14:06

    • Good: nothing good about coverage or rating in westside
    • Bad: Very Cheap and Very very slow

    Vodafone Australia - West Zone / St Albans.

  • atomicsushi gave 2/10 on 11/01/2008 10:58

    • Good: Cheap. Easy install.
    • Bad: Very SLOW... not enough coverage.

    I bought the modem last month (DEC '07) and only had a chance to use it now.. Overall, I don't think theres enough 3G coverage. I live in Sydney and it connection keeps switching from 3g to HSDPA constantly. The usage is not accurate either. You will need to call up vodafone to find out exactly what your usage is. When I asked Vodafone about this, they mentioned that this is a software fault and they are working to get this fixed.

  • MVDP gave 3/10 on 26/06/2007 23:38

    • Good: Not much besides portability
    • Bad: Feels like I am using dail up in 1998...

    SO SLOW! Worst decision yet

  • cybergenic gave 9/10 on 08/03/2007 10:39

    • Good: Fast start up, nice GUI
    • Bad: Expensive to run if not capped correctly

    so far so good, even worked in the burbs of Byron Bay

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