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Mobile Broadband - USB ModemMOBILE COMPUTING ... combining your laptop with mobile internet access

Access the internet on your laptop anywhere you have Mobile Broadband coverage via Pay Monthly or Pay-As-You-Go plans.

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Mobile clients can now make free Skype Contacts Calls & Chats worldwide plus Mobile Phone Calls & access the Internet at broadband speeds when travelling.

MiFi Router

Nov 2009: 3 releases first 3G Mobile Rechargable WiFi Router capable of sharing up to 2.8Mbps Mobile Broadband connection with 2 or more WiFi enabled devices.

Log in to My3 account

May 2008: Following WinXP Service Pack 3 installation, plugging in the Dongle may create a pop-up message "A USB device has exceeded the hub power limits ..."  Ignore this message and the Dongle works normally!

 

 
MOBILE & WIRELESS ... Mobile Phones & Laptops are about making Technology & the Internet work for you!

Laptop computers are replacing bulky desktop machines allowing Telecottage clients to create documents, hold meetings away from the office, access email & browse the Internet wherever they want.

Personal Data Assistants provide up-to-date Contact & Calendar information for mobile clients. Blackberry PDAs can also provide up-to-date email access using 'push technology'.

Mobile Phones have gone from being an executive toy to a necessity used by three quarters of the population for voice, text & image communication. Modern mobile phones can provide broadband speed internet connectivity for users.

Wireless Technology enables clients to access the Internet & Network over a shared broadband connection whether working from a traditional office, relaxing Home Office or away from base on business trips.

Mobile working enables clients to spend travel time more productively ... more

For mobile working possibilities and checklist ... click here

Access Your PC from Anywhere

WiFi BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS ... internet access when away from home or office

Hotspot-Locations - the Wi-Fi Location FinderFree internet access via WiFi is still a new concept in the UK where WiFi is seen as a 'money maker' rather than an add-on service to draw in new customers.

Laptop users choose establishments that offer free WiFi Broadband internet access. Those that do not, are seeing their prospective customers taking their laptops and business elsewhere!

BT Openzone - Wireless broadbandWith BT Openzone and BT FON Hotspots springing up everywhere, BT Broadband customers are offered free internet access via private WiFi networks from nearby homes & businesses.

All WiFi signals should be protected by a network keycode before allowing you to connect, but many still do not. Inadequately protected WiFi networks allow access to the internet for free, which is can lead to a conviction of dishonestly obtaining an electronic communications service plus confiscation of your laptop.

BT OPENZONE is an easy-to-use broadband internet access service for a Monthly Subscription or Pay-As-You-Use Charge.

Using WiFi wireless technology, you can access the internet - with no download limits - at any access point in cafés, camp sites, hotels & airports in the UK.

Many locations include free WiFi Broadband within their standard charges - so check before you book & choose one that does!

Skype Zones WiFi internet access

SKYPE ZONES is a little piece of software powered by Boingo that gives you access to Skype through thousands of Skype-friendly hot spots, while you’re on the move.

Accessing Skype Zones and enjoying Skype from hotspots is not free, but it is very reasonably priced!

Visit Skype via the icon link (see left) for more information.

MOBILE INTERNET ACCESS ... email & internet access when mobile

WiFi communication is just one option, the other is 3G broadband data services provided by mobile phone operators offering convenience over speed. WiFi Hotspots should provide faster data transfer speeds, but you will have to go looking for a WiFi signal.

Mobile phone 3G services offer wider coverage, but not yet available from all mobile phone masts. New technological advances are occurring all the time: a new wireless format promises to more than quadruple download speeds. OFCOM may also allow service providers to strengthen their signals to improve coverage.

GSM Association

When travelling, mobile broadband connects your laptop to the Internet using your built-in WiFi, USB Adapter or slot in PCMCIA card.

Your Built-in WiFi Interface (USB Dongle or PCMCIA card) uses power continuously, so switch it off (or remove it) when not in use to conserve your battery.

3G USB Modem

3G PCMCIA Data Card

Notebook PC with built-in Vodafone 3G

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HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access

Using high-capacity 3.5G technology, HSDPA is a software enhancement to an existing 3G W-CDMA network infrastructure & allows mobile clients access to the Internet at broadband speeds up to 3.6Mbps now being installed. Further improvements could offer up to 10Mbps broadband connection speeds over 3G.

Contact The TelecottageWhen travelling, leave those larger email messages & attachments on your Internet Service Provider's Mail Server for when back on broadband. You can check your Mail Server's Inbox via your ISP's webmail if a large email is expected.

It takes just a few minutes to change the settings in your e-mail program -  additional information for PC-Support subscribers

3G - 3rd Generation

3G is the generic term used for the third generation of mobile communications systems created to deliver up to 384Kbps connections - using the W-CDMA air interface, such networks are labelled 3GSM.

Vodaphone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS Data Card purchased separately is about the size of a credit card. It slots into a spare PCMCIA Slot leaving the red end with indicator lights and aerial protruding.

Where a 3G Signal is not available, connections fall back to EDGE as default - see below.

Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS Data Card

         
EDGE - Enhanced Data rates for Gsm Evolution

When you talk on a mobile phone, a continuous connection to a channel is reserved for you on the GSM network, which means nobody else can use that channel. With EDGE, you can still have a continuous connection, but you only use the channel when you're sending or receiving data. So one data channel can be shared by three users.
So you are only billed for actual data transferred, not for the time connected.

EDGE is significantly faster than GSM Data but transfers are slower during peak hours in busy cell networks or when the signal is weak; and for safety reasons voice connections take precedence.

Where an EDGE network is not available, connections will fall back on GPRS as default - see below.

Orange 3G Mobile Office Card

         
GPRS - General Packet Radio Service

A GPRS Data Card offers wireless internet access on your laptop for online working wherever you want, whenever you want via local mobile phone mast network. You get an always-on internet connection which lets you send and receive email, browse the web and download files at anytime.

With a Data Card (or 3G/GPRS compatible mobile phone), you can do pretty much do everything you'd do at your desk.

O2 3G/GPRS Data Card

         
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications: is the wireless technology that underpins most of the world's mobile phone networks & has created a global mobile phone standard. 14Kbps Data connection speed is now well below 3G, but it was an improvement on 9.6Kbps Dial-Up.

Bluetooth LogoBLUETOOTH is a low-power, short-range wireless connectivity that allows devices (phones, printers, keyboards & headphones) to communicate with one another. Bluetooth Security - learn moreWhile not inherently unsafe, it needs to be properly used to avoid risks - additional information for PC-Support subscribers

Bluetooth users should be aware of the three main vulnerabilities:

BLUESTUMBLING: discovering other people's Bluetooth devices within range.
 
BLUESNARFING: obtaining information from a 'bluestumbled' device.
 
BLUEJACKING: sending spam to a Bluetooth device.
 

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