[Ubuntu-be] Meeting report 2011-09-08

[Steven Leeman]

I believed the eventbox for Dipro Kortrijk had a "fonera 2.0g" wifi/lan
router with a 3G usb stick and mobile vikings sim last year.... thnx to Yanu
so to have internet at the booth

2011/9/9 Ward De Ridder <ubuntu-be at warddr.eu>

> In antwerp I've got 3g speeds of 250KiB (bytes, not bits) / sec. That's not
> a lot, but enough for some users to use the internet simultaniously.
> The internet at my school is capped to 60KiB, so a lot better.
> I'll send them a mail, it can always be usefull to google something at the
> boot if there are any questions we don't know the answer to.
>
> Ward
>
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2011 11:11:58 +0200, Steven Leeman wrote:
>
>> * 3G
>>>
>>>
>>> * Warddr is going to ask Mobile Vikings if they can secure us a
>>> 3G connection on Dipro fairs etc..
>>>
>>
>> 3G is a "best effort"... only there when available.... I have one in
>> Ostend... but not in Iseghem...
>> also speed is "locked" to 512kbit by Base.... Mobile Vikings can't
>> give you more speed...
>>
>> Don't  expect to download an 1 gigabyte ISO within 8 hours with that
>> speed...
>> You could check 1 gmail session in "basic html" ... or in special
>> "mobile version" found on smartphones...
>>
>> Basicly the 3G offered by Proximus & Mobistar is still better in
>> "availability" AND "speed"...
>> but not necessarlly in price (they still think 50mbyte is enough?)
>>
>> Other solution:
>> Belgacom Internet users get a free sim card to have "3G Weekend"
>> offering... it's only limited in time (weekend) and size
>> (512mbyte).... but you get a lot of speed...
>> http://www.bizztime.be/mobiel_**internet_weekend<http://www.bizztime.be/mobiel_internet_weekend>[1]
>>
>>
>> no idea when you pass the 512mbyte marker...
>>
>>
>>
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1] http://www.bizztime.be/mobiel_**internet_weekend<http://www.bizztime.be/mobiel_internet_weekend>
>>
>
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