Thread: 3G Data stick providers

Another vote for 3 here - although the UI creates a couple of virtual COM ports that had a fight with Bluetooth on the lappy in a not entirely open manner

Never had a problem with my T-Mobile USB modem (not the stick thing). It comes with two USB connections on the lead (one for additional power) and I find it works best with them both plugged in.

I've been a bit of a slave to Voda for 3g, always have been... Had an Orange card at the very beginning, but now the "company issue" card is a Voda "stick". I recently went on a cost cutting mission as I felt we were paying way over the odds for what we had, so going from 3 cards which 250mb, paying about £100/mo, it's now £75/mo for 5 cards, with 3gig..!

We all like them, and most importantly, they're Mac compatible.

I've got a Voda card, and i've been very impressed with it. I've also got an Orange card as well, but have yet to use it

Originally Posted by Cyberprog

I've also got an Orange card as well, but have yet to use it

Don't bother bin it / cancel it. Data is RUBBISH on Orange, and IMO it works very well on Voda.

It's a backup really, I do have free evenings/weekends data on my orange contract though.

My brother has a vodaphone one, he seems happy with it.

Not used one myself though, as I'm in the dark ages (sold my laptop to me mother)

I hope T-Mobile's 3G stuff is better than their 2G/EDGE.
My iPhone 2G on T-Mobile has shite coverage and their DNS servers seem to spend half of the time on fire...

I've had 3 for around two months and I'm over them moon with it. They claim to have the best 3G coverage and unless I'm in the middle of nowhere I can always get 3G or HSDPA.

They're one of the cheapest for data too. I use wvdial on Linux and my Mac detects the modem natively, so no horrible UI

One issue is that they don't run their own ns: they use 4.2.2.3 and 4.2.2.4. Not the fastest of name servers, but it's easy to point elsewhere.

Oh, T-Mobile are moving onto 3's 3G network soon too.