I picked up a new Telstra Pre-Paid Wi-Fi Next G Modem last week as unfortunately, even though Vodafone has full 3G reception in Kempsey, data services are practically non-existent, so I couldn’t use the internet with my laptop tethered to my Blackberry as I normally would (I might get data services on for long enough [...]
I’ve had my new Sony Ericsson K850i which I bought on the $49 Maxi Cap account with Vodafone for a bit over a month, so I think now is the time to write up how I have found the phone, and how I have found the transition to Vodafone from Optus pre-paid. I’ll break this [...]
Since upgrading to Windows Vista, I have found more problems with the Vodafone software for the 3G broadband modems. On Windows XP or Mac OS X, when you unplug the modem without disconnecting the connection first, it will act the same way as if you unplug an ethernet cable and unplug a USB device. On [...]
I finally got fed up enough with my phone that I went and got a new one on Sunday when I ran out of credit instead of getting more credit. I have been looking into a new phone for a while now as my old Panaxonic X700 has been playing up, switching itself off for [...]
For those who read my thoughts on the four main wireless broadband providers in Australia, you would have noticed I hadn’t commented on a couple of things relating to 3, including their customer service since I have not had to deal with them more than to ask if they had a certain phone in stock [...]
As you may recall from my blog last month about the new Skype phone on 3′s mobile network, I was quite excited about it and looking forward to it’s being available in Australia. However, it seems my excitement was somewhat misplaced. As great as the idea is and while it would no doubt save a [...]
As you may recall from my earlier blog about my recently acquired <a href=”http://blog.stillaslife.com/hardware/3g-wireless-broadband-vodafone-usb-modem/”>Vodafone 3G USB Modem</a> on the 4th of December, I was having trouble getting the modem to work correctly on my MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.5.1, or Leopard. I was following the provided instructions to the letter but it simply [...]
My sub-standard internet connection provided by my lazy landlord has finally ticked me off enough that I went out and bought a wireless modem. I’ve been looking into this possibility for a while now and have looked at the offerings from 4 of the major providers in Australia, Telstra, Optus, Vodafone and Three. None of [...]