Am I the only mug? I've bought a Centennial 3G 'phone because they promised a "free" (monthly subscription obviously) broadband connection if I plug it into my laptop. I have three problems:
How can they tell me it's broadband? The only broadbandy thing about it is when it connects it says it has connected at 115.2K. Wow! you think - thats cooool but wait a minute! Why do the pages load so slow and why when I download anything does it run at around 5K - this is not broadband. It's worse thean a standard modem! Has anyone managed to get it to go faster?
Despite trying for over a month to get them to give me a promised email account I am still none the wiser. They have recently taken to putting the 'phone down when I call. All I need is the name of the SMTP server. I know a bit about these new fangled 'pooters and I can get the rest to work with my UK email accounts by myself but without the SMTP address - no can do!
Finally - Kazaa. Now I've heard about a few people who choose to download DVD's via Kazaa. Obviously I would never do anything of the sort, but when I go on-line to kazaa my login just hangs and fails to connect. Anyone else had these problems?
Thanks
Simon
How can they tell me it's broadband? The only broadbandy thing about it is when it connects it says it has connected at 115.2K. Wow! you think - thats cooool but wait a minute! Why do the pages load so slow and why when I download anything does it run at around 5K - this is not broadband. It's worse thean a standard modem! Has anyone managed to get it to go faster?
Despite trying for over a month to get them to give me a promised email account I am still none the wiser. They have recently taken to putting the 'phone down when I call. All I need is the name of the SMTP server. I know a bit about these new fangled 'pooters and I can get the rest to work with my UK email accounts by myself but without the SMTP address - no can do!
Finally - Kazaa. Now I've heard about a few people who choose to download DVD's via Kazaa. Obviously I would never do anything of the sort, but when I go on-line to kazaa my login just hangs and fails to connect. Anyone else had these problems?
Thanks
Simon