What now for mobile internet?

[Nasty Canasta]

Thanks, a little slow but depends if you can consistently get that speed then it would be ok, having the dropouts doesnt sound great, what location are you in.

I'm just behind the royal palace, so I would have thought it would be okay here.
I will be interested to try it tomorrow during the day and see how it stacks up.
So far this evening very ordinary.
In fact, it has cut out again whilst trying to post this - AAARRGGGHHHHHH!

[andyinasia]

Thanks, a little slow but depends if you can consistently get that speed then it would be ok, having the dropouts doesnt sound great, what location are you in.

I'm just behind the royal palace, so I would have thought it would be okay here.

Is His Majesty an avid surfer?

[vladimir]

Thanks, a little slow but depends if you can consistently get that speed then it would be ok, having the dropouts doesnt sound great, what location are you in.

I'm just behind the royal palace, so I would have thought it would be okay here.

Is His Majesty an avid surfer?

He has bees seen cutting a dash at Pipeline when surf's up

[Nasty Canasta]

From this morning around 11am

Well, it looks like Smart is pretty useless.



Here's part of the log from last night showing how frequently I had to reconnect. The times are 3 hours forward as my laptop is on Adelaide time.

Any helpful suggestions greatly appreciated.

Edit:
As it was continually dropping out today I changed the settings to manual and selected only HSPA. Since then it has run for 50 minutes continually without dropping out - here's hoping!

Speed test still 'F':

[dv8inpp]

What is your signal strength like?

[Nasty Canasta]

What is your signal strength like?

According to Smart's diagnostics, 10. No idea what that means.
On the front page of the interface I'm registering 3 bars at the moment.

[dv8inpp]

Try putting a reflector behind near the dongle, you can just use a flat bit of metal for a test, move it around to find the best location that improves signal strength. Something like a rice steamer works better. A stronger signal might reduce dropouts but it could just be they don't have the capacity to sustain the number of users they have on that tower.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Uni-Directional-WIFI-Range-Extender/

[Oxymoron]

I have been using the Mobitel $50 deal for about 6 months now....been very good. I download a hell of a lot of movies and TV shows and have never had a problem.

[kansaicanuck]

I have been using the Mobitel $50 deal for about 6 months now....been very good. I download a hell of a lot of movies and TV shows and have never had a problem.

Metfone's LTVIP plan has the same 20GB cap but is only 40$ a month. It was actually quite fast and usually a good connection when I was using it. Stupid me went cheapo and got their bullshit unlimited plan... stoneage slow. What are your DL speeds like on Mobitel?

[andyinasia]

I have been using the Mobitel $50 deal for about 6 months now....been very good. I download a hell of a lot of movies and TV shows and have never had a problem.

Metfone's LTVIP plan has the same 20GB cap but is only 40$ a month. It was actually quite fast and usually a good connection when I was using it. Stupid me went cheapo and got their bullshit unlimited plan... stoneage slow. What are your DL speeds like on Mobitel?

Whilst UT20 is painfully slow, like the tortoise it wins the race. I got over 45GB out of it last month.

[Jacked Camry]

The basic business operating procedures of ISPs in Phnom Penh are as follows:

1. Open with great fanfare, promising double the speed of everyone else at half the cost.
2. Deliver on that promise, for the first xxxx users until your initial bandwidth capacity is reached.
3. Continue selling your service as bandwidth is over-subscribed, stuffing the money into the owner's pockets whereupon it is immediately converted into luxury automobiles, high end booze (mixed when drunk with coca cola or soda water), legions of minions and minor wives.
4. Wonder why your customers appear to be complaining vociferously in the brief moments you interact with your company to withdraw more funds.
5. Disgruntled customers leave in droves, returning the network to a less over-subscribed one operating at a level of "mediocre, at best", with around 1.5x what the aging network was designed for.
6. When money gets tight, try cutting costs by economizing on equipment and staff, and focus on screwing whatever customers you have out of as much as you can.
7. Wonder what happened to all the money you used to get and blame underlings.
8. Rinse and repeat.

In my opinion, it follows basic road traffic law. All traffic eventually more-or-less equalizes along the available routes according to travel time. Same with ISPs.

[A Wannted Man]

For 3g, metfone now to a 'new' $70 unlimited, but it's 512k only.

They also do a adsl line at 2mb unlimited d/l , at $78, with a $78 deposit, 3 days till they get around to installing it, contract lasts 6 months.

Not sure about the fixed line thing tho.... or the fact you'll ever get your deposit back lol, some companies are just loathe to give deposits back.. (not specifically metfone)

[kansaicanuck]

I have been using the Mobitel $50 deal for about 6 months now....been very good. I download a hell of a lot of movies and TV shows and have never had a problem.

Metfone's LTVIP plan has the same 20GB cap but is only 40$ a month. It was actually quite fast and usually a good connection when I was using it. Stupid me went cheapo and got their bullshit unlimited plan... stoneage slow. What are your DL speeds like on Mobitel?

Whilst UT20 is painfully slow, like the tortoise it wins the race. I got over 45GB out of it last month.

I am on the same UT20 now and its killing me... So bloody slow. Impossible sometimes. The biggest problem is that the connection while strong, keeps bouncing from EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA ect. From day one its been like this. When I started typing this message its gone from HSPA - EDGE and back agiain... Have not bothered to call as it would probably not get me anywhere. Not to mention, skype, internet videos, youtube are totally hopeless at 25KB's

[A Wannted Man]

I have a prolink phs300 usb 3g dongle, and I have the same problems - bouncing around between edge etc etc, that is if i connect the thing direct to the laptop, but if I use a router that the usb plugs into it connects stays stati, using a tp link TL-MR3420.

Hope that helps.

[Nasty Canasta]

You may want to go into your settings and make them manual so you can select one signal.
I did this with my Smart and it has reduced the number of dropouts but by no means stopped them.
Which one is the best to select is beyond my limited knowledge though. Perhaps DV8 could advise? When I had mobile BB in Oz it just worked and I didn't have to figure all this crap out.