Monday, September 03, 2007

Speed bumps on the road to hi-tech heaven

The card uses High Speed Download Packet Access (HSDPA) an upgrade for third-generation mobile networks.

Its theoretical maximum speed is 14.4 mbps - much faster than most fixed line broadband connections.

The highest speed currently available in the UK is 3.6mbps - offered by several networks including T-Mobile and Vodafone.

In practice I've yet to achieve half of that.