Help with internet access via mobile phones?

Question

We are thinking of doing away with our landline at home and accessing the internet via our mobiles through a PC/laptop. Does anyone do this and what do you think? Is it worth it and is it a reliable connection? Any comments would be appreciated!

Answer 1

You can get a 3G card for your laptop but you can also transfer your BT landline to the Vodafone At Home service (http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=template11&pageID=VA_0012). £25 a month for up to 8mb broadband connection and that INCLUDES your line rental. You wouldn't be able to get much better than that deal using the mobile phone network over a GPRS/3G connection. With the Vodafone At Home deal you can get a wireless netgear router thrown in for a one off £25 (about £40 cheaper than going to buy one from a shop).

Check it out, if you are still convinced about access the web via the mobile network look into this item -

http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=template09&pageID=VA_0018

If you need any help or have any questions give me a shout.

Answer 2

Well if you want internet access through your laptop then it would be really expensive. You will need a wireless PC Card for you laptop then you have to sign a 1 year or 2 year contract through your cell phone provider and pay approximately $59.99 a month. The good thing is you will be able to get internet access anywhere anytime even when you are outside because you are using your cell phone carrier. Internet speed is about 400 to 700 kps (about DSL speed).

The best route is to get cable internet and have it in your house through your desktop computer. Then you can create a home wireless network from your router and use your laptop anywhere inside the house to browse the internet. This is more cheaper and will save you money and speed is much faster than DSL.

Answer 3

wap(wireless application protocol) Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an open international standard for applications that use wireless communication, for example Internet access from a mobile phone. WAP was designed to provide services equivalent to a Web browser with some mobile-specific additions, being specifically designed to address the limitations of very small portable devices. It is now the protocol used for the majority of the world's mobile internet sites, otherwise known as wap-sites. The Japanese i-mode system is the other major competing wireless data protocol. or General Packet Radio Service General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a mobile data service available to users of GSM mobile phones. It is often described as "2.5G", that is, a technology between the second (2G) and third (3G) generations of mobile telephony. It provides moderate speed data transfer, by using unused TDMA channels in the GSM network. Originally there was some thought to extend GPRS to cover other standards, but instead those networks are being converted to use the GSM standard, so that is the only kind of network where GPRS is in use. GPRS is integrated into GSM standards releases starting with Release 97 and onwards. First it was standardised by ETSI but now that effort has been handed onto the 3GPP.