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Group Test - Mobile Broadband

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The overall winner is Vodafone, with speeds that were appreciably higher than the competition. If time is money, that’s what counts.

Though the modem is free with the 24 month package we wouldn't be tempted to go for it over the 18 month. Technology moves at such as pace that 18 months is easily long enough to be locked into a deal, and that extra six months could prove frustrating down the line.

Though it wins the group test, the overall experience wasn’t quite good enough to get it a full marks. Even though it was the fastest, the gap between the fabled 7.2Mb/sec maximum speed and the actual speed put paid to that, as did the image compression issues.

However, of the group, if you want to web pages to open reliably and downloads to complete quickly, in our tests your best bet is with Vodafone.

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What no Macs?

This is a good article, BUT WITH ONE GLARING OMISSION!

I can see several comments about use and installation with Windows laptops. NOWHERE can I see any mention of installation or use with Mac OS X.

I find this surprising as the use of Mac laptops has increased dramatically over that last couple of years, especially with professional people, as the tests were done in an airport, just look around you.

So how do these dongles perform with Mac OS X?

By magnumuk on Sunday Sep 14