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[Tricky Skills]

Mmm - 3 truly is shite

If it's any consolation, my speed picks up when I'm outdoors in central London. Seeing as though I bought it mainly to live blog when I'm out and about, I can just about live with the shiteness.

The Carphone Warehouse knobber *really* did suggest to me that I get a USB extension and hang the dongle out of the window

 

[Rollem]

well its not too bad, actually. perhaps it just need to warm up a bit. we are in central london pretty much so it will do for now....

 

[Piers Gibbon]

and I would just like to add that 3 usb broadband modems officially suck on being sold as Mac compatible as well (me and Indian Guy spent one whole HOUR getting it to work on OSX 10.5....his info bore no relation to the reality on my screen)..and even then you cannot read the texts sent to you by the mothership...so you cannot join My 3 online so all PAYG payments have to be done manually and generally you don't exist

ffs 3!..just sort it out now you bunch of slack jawed money grabbing dongle faced know nothings

 

[Rollem]

and even then you cannot read the texts sent to you by the mothership...

let me guess, do they arrive in chinese?

 

[Piers Gibbon]

well you cannot tell if they have arrived..nor can you see them at all...so they might as well be in Venusian

I hate being a Mac user at times like these!

 

[tarannau]

You sound a bit unlucky there Piers. I've got a 3 dongle and a macbook pro on 10.5- I made it work by the simple process of plugging it in and no more. It's probably a later model - more like a usb key than the more traditional modem shape.

The only frustration is that you have to rerun the connect script every time you plug it in and the software can interfere with your airport settings if you're unlucky. You also can't find out usage easily, which sucks a little.

 

[Rollem]

oh, can i ask another lacking-in-techical-know how question? when you are on pay as you go intenet usage, i am assuming that when you have used up your quota, it just wont connect to the internet like a payg phone would - is this right?

 

[Piers Gibbon]

mine is a HUAWEI 2 usb dangley dongle modem

am jealous of the ease with which yours worked..and can you get sms messages? how can you read them?

 

[tarannau]

I don't know, I've never breached it. I would assume that it'll only allow you to access that My 3 page when it runs out.

 

[tarannau]

mine is a HUAWEI 2 usb dangley dongle modem

am jealous of the ease with which yours worked..and can you get sms messages? how can you read them?

Nah, I don't receive SMS messages, but I've never been inclined to try and use that feature. How do you go about it?

 

[Piers Gibbon]

I don't know, I've never breached it. I would assume that it'll only allow you to access that My 3 page when it runs out.

and here is the issue if you cannot get sms messages on the mac dongle modem...to join My 3 you have to get your password via sms!!!

and I also cannot tell how my usage is going on the Mac

double whammy...so all money you add has to be done by phone, which is a bit retro

 

[Piers Gibbon]

please tell me I am wrong!

 

[tarannau]

and here is the issue if you cannot get sms messages on the mac dongle modem...to join My 3 you have to get your password via sms!!!

and I also cannot tell how my usage is going on the Mac

double whammy...so all money you add has to be done by phone, which is a bit retro

FWIW I was always led to believe that you had to ring in if you have a mac. Pish. I've also got a 3 phone, so I can plug the sim into that to check usage if I'm bothered.

How do you about this texting business then. Let us know so I can wind you up by getting it to work easily.

 

[Piers Gibbon]

well check your menu options in the modem software I guess!

I was not warned about Macapartheid...was told it was "compatible" grrr

I do not have a 3 phone so am cast in the outer darkness

have found that there is software called Cheetah which may help me...but am tired and bored right now

 

[han]

why have you been editing my posts? i can see no obvious change, but its says yo have been fiddling! have you been fiddling with our mast?!

Sorry - I hit 'edit' instead of 'reply' by mistake. Soz! No mast-groping going on here, honest....