http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/blog For all things mobile broadband (and a few things not) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:15:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For several months 3 (three) have pushed the limits of their network by offering a massive 15GB of monthly data allowance for it's users on certain mobile broadband packages. Yesterday, they dis-continued these deals and, although at first this may seem like a blow for consumers (particularly just before the ... http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/blog/why-have-3-discontinued-their-15gb-mobile-broadband-packages/ Three (3) start to implement traffic shaping with their mobile broadband services today. So, what does this actually mean and is it good or bad for their mobile broadband customers? Why Do We Need Traffic Shaping? As broadband speeds increase, software and website developers create more and more data intensive applications. P2P ... http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/blog/3s-mobile-broadband-traffic-shaping-%e2%80%93-what-why-and-how-will-it-effect-users/ We've all heard the phrase “There's no such thing as a free lunch.” Well, the same goes for laptops. During the last week we've broken down the so called “Free Laptop” mobile broadband offers to reveal the real costs for each laptop. We then compared some of them with the ... http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/blog/do-free-laptop-mobile-broadband-deals-offer-consumers-value-for-money/ The new Apple Mac operating system, Snow Leopard, is causing a big headache for mobile broadband networks and dongle manufacturers alike. We first noticed irritated Tweets through our Twitter monitoring system a couple of weeks ago, with Twitter users complaining that their mobile broadband services were out of action following an ... http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/blog/mobile-broadband-dongles-and-snow-leopard-arent-getting-along/ What would happen if one of the five mobile networks took the decision to quit advertising and invest that cash into better service provision for it's network users? For a start, we might not have to endure the irritating “comedian” who introduces comedy sponsored by 3 on channel 4, but ... http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/blog/what-would-happen-if-advertising-budgets-were-invested-in-service-improvements/ We've now started to monitor Twitter posts to gain information about how mobile broadband users feel about the service that they receive. We thought about adding user reviews to the MobileBroadbandSupermarket.co.uk website to help our visitors make confident decisions, and then realised that people are already talking about their experiences with ... http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/blog/the-tweetometer-you-tweet-we-listen/ We recently added a MiFi (thats's mobile WiFi) section to the Mobile Broadband Supermarket site. Currently, only 3 offer this technology, and we think it'll be a winner. Why? Because it offers the benefits of mobile broadband to users of the iPod touch, WiFi gaming consoles, and any other WiFi enabled ... http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/blog/mifi-%e2%80%93-3-lead-the-way/ We've introduced some new things to Mobile Broadband Supermarket during the last few weeks and we've been so busy getting these things done that we've neglected to write about them here on the blog. To make amends, here are three things we've recently added... 1. The Student Guide To Mobile Broadband We ... http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/blog/3-new-things/ The current 3G mobile networks are feeling the strain. With more and more of us signing up for and using various services such as mobile broadband, video streaming, and mp3 downloads, they are becoming stretched to their limits and, sooner rather than later, something will have to give. The Guardian reported ... http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/blog/how-long-until-we-have-4g-in-the-uk/ Before you get all excited and rush out to buy yourself a new-fangled super-speedy mobile broadband dongle, you should know that this isn't quite a reality yet. EU officials have announced that they intend to invest €18 million into the research and development of advanced 4G technologies. Experts believe that ... http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/blog/mobile-broadband-speeds-up-to-100-times-faster/ 3 are now starting to feature advertising on their mobile broadband dashboard. The ads will appear as users connect to the internet using their 3 USB dongle and the first advertiser to take them up on the new ad space offer is Yell. Will this effect the experience for 3's mobile ... http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/blog/3-advertise-on-their-mobile-broadband-service/