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13 years ago @ Ken's Tech Tips - Free Pay As You Go SIM... · 0 replies · +1 points
As far as I know, T-Mobile shouldn't be charging you to be on their network. I suspect you have probably subscribed to something like the £10 Smart Pack? This will automatically charge £10 to your account each month (in return you'll get an allowance of calls, texts and internet). You can disable this on your account by following the instructions here: http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/t-mobile-laun...
Hope this helps,
Ken
13 years ago @ Ken's Tech Tips - Ultrafast Internet: Th... · 0 replies · +1 points
Thanks for the heads up, and great to hear that you've been getting download speeds of 20Mbit/s on HSPA+! I know that Three certainly gets some good reviews for download speeds, and I've seen some really impressive screenshots on Twitter! Though given less-than-ideal factors (e.g. distance to the mast, congestion, etc), I still believe the speeds listed here are more typical of what people can expect. In the long term, 4G is certainly a better technology but I'm not sure the benefits are worth paying any more for. Certainly not the the ~£150 extra given that Ultrafast can already stream HD video.
Ken
13 years ago @ Ken's Tech Tips - What does 500MB or 1GB... · 0 replies · +1 points
Thanks for the comment! According to the IEC definition, a megabyte is 1000 kilobytes whereas a mebibyte is 1024 kilobytes. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebibyte for more information.
Unfortunately, usage of 1000 and 1024 is inconsistent within the industry and many people use a megabyte to mean 1024 kilobytes. For the purposes of mobile data, I use the IEC/ISO definition of 1 megabyte = 1000 kilobytes and 1 gigabyte = 1000 megabytes. The reason being that it's better to err on the side of caution and to choose the smaller definition. This should reduce the probability of exceeding your download limit (however your network operator chooses to define it). In practice though, it's probably an academic argument as the probability of data usage being exactly between 1000MB and 1024MB in a given month is quite small.
Many thanks,
Ken
13 years ago @ Ken's Tech Tips - Tethering: Sharing You... · 0 replies · +1 points
The quality of signal should be just as good on the HTC One, yep! In fact, you might even notice an improvement as the HTC One is an ultrafast enabled. This means it supports DC-HSPA+ download speeds (around 8Mbit/s typically, up to 42Mbit/s). It'll also support 4G download speeds (typically around 15Mbit/s, up to 100Mbit/s) when it launches later this year.
AFAIK the Huawei MiFi supports only supports up to HSPA+ speeds (typically around 4Mbit/s, but up to 21Mbit/s).
Hope this helps,
Ken
13 years ago @ Ken's Tech Tips - Using Your Mobile Phon... · 0 replies · +1 points
Thanks your comment. Assuming you don't have a BlackBerry Z10, you'll need to pick up a specific BlackBerry SIM whilst you're in India. BlackBerry devices won't work with a SIM thats designed for normal smartphones. For more information see this article: http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/blackberry-ta...
Hope this helps,
Ken
13 years ago @ Ken's Tech Tips - Unlocked Phones: Check... · 0 replies · +1 points
Great work! The problem is now probably to do with your APN (Access Point Name) settings. For more information see this article: http://cow.neondragon.net/index.php/how-to-resolv...
Ken
13 years ago @ Ken's Tech Tips - Using Skype on your sm... · 2 replies · +1 points
As far as I'm aware, O2 still allows Skype on their Pay Monthly plans.
Ken
13 years ago @ Ken's Tech Tips - Using Your Mobile Phon... · 0 replies · +1 points
Nope - there is no charge for them to receive your phone call. All of the roaming charges are picked up by the person who is travelling abroad.
Hope this helps!
Ken
13 years ago @ Ken's Tech Tips - Using Skype on your sm... · 3 replies · +1 points
The current policy (AFAIK) is that customers on the Vodafone Red plan and any other plans of £40/month or more can use Skype over 3G. There are many other networks that permit the use of Skype over 3G.
Ken
13 years ago @ Ken's Tech Tips - The One Plan from Thre... · 0 replies · +1 points
Three has had a bit of a negative reputation in the past for coverage, though understandably so as they only launched in 2003. Now that the network has been around for over 10 years, coverage has got much better - there are many people who even prefer Three for their network. Your mileage may vary depending on where you live - I recommend using Three's coverage checker to make sure you can get signal where you live.
Hope this helps!
Ken
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