Dongle thing

[Frinton]

At the moment I have wireless broadband from orange through bt telephone line I keep losing internet conection like 5/6 times an hour then comes back on again. the conection from laptop to hub is ok so would it be advisable to dump the bt line ( I never use the phone ) cancell orange BB and get a dongle for the same money £15 a month. any ideas experience of dongles or info would help me a great deal
thanks
Chris

 

[shugie]

At the moment I have wireless broadband from orange through bt telephone line I keep losing internet conection like 5/6 times an hour then comes back on again. the conection from laptop to hub is ok so would it be advisable to dump the bt line ( I never use the phone ) cancell orange BB and get a dongle for the same money £15 a month. any ideas experience of dongles or info would help me a great deal
thanks
Chris

Dongles work, but are a lot slower than all but the worst landline connection, if you only loose the connection 5/6 times an hour you are doing very well indeed.

It seems as if you have normal broadband, the wireless bit is the link from the hub to the laptop. Firstly I'd try to connect the laptop direct to the hub, in case wireless interference is the cause, then I'd check that the hub and its microfilter are directly connected to the first (main) telephone socket. If you can get some error information from your hub that would help diagnose the problem.

If having done all that problems remain, I'd get on to Orange technical wallahs to chase BT, or if they don't want to know, change the broadband to BT direct then chase BT.

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

Dongle might be £15 a month but for how much bandwidth? Its probably something like 512MB a month (under fare use policy) which isnt very much for a PC. Its okish on a phone and occasional use while out on the road but for a main house connection pretty limited. Microsoft updates can sink that in one go if there are a lot of updated or a service pack. Course it might be fine for you if you only do the odd email and regular web pages but any kind of video or music streaming or downloading will eat bandwidth. Also check that you have a good strong 3G or HSDPA signal at your house or it will be next to useless and really slow.

 

[GunZenBomZ]

I use a 3g dongle for internet/uploading youtube stuff. Mine £21 p/m 15gb per month.

Add a external antenna from;... www.mobilefun.co.uk

Enjoy

(Anyone using a dongle with ability to add antenna will not regret buying one!)

 

[Frinton]

Dongle

Thanks for the replies chaps I will prob go to BT/ orange and try to get a fix after checking hub and wireless and maybe treat myself to a dongle as an extra

Chris