for Negombo HSDPA users attention!

fdoprashan

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Im a airtel user. i gon online via my 3g phone(N73). bt airtel dont have 3g in negombo. so im having a 2.5G speed.but that speed is less than a dialup. when i called cutomer care they said use a usb dongle. r u a airtel hsdpa user in negombo? if pls add ur comments. is it worth geting a dongle. ThanX in advance.:) :)
 

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    well u can borrow one from a friend ne...
    i think the mobitel dongles are not locked, so try using one of those, or fine a unlocked dialog (Huawei) one.

    and one thing that i wanna clarify also. is dialog providing 3G for all kinds of users. if what i heard was right. dialog has put 3 seperate fiberoptic lines, one for their use and other two they lease to other providers.

    i thought that was a lie, untill couple of weeks ago, when 3G went down all over the island, and mobitel was effected too.

    any suggesions....
     
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    thicps

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    fdoprashan said:
    Im a airtel user. i gon online via my 3g phone(N73). bt airtel dont have 3g in negombo. so im having a 2.5G speed.but that speed is less than a dialup. when i called cutomer care they said use a usb dongle. r u a airtel hsdpa user in negombo? if pls add ur comments. is it worth geting a dongle. ThanX in advance.:) :)


    macho don't use a dongle ...eka unge marketing parak...dongle eka use karath umbat oya speed ekama thamai hambenne...mobitel ganin...best speed that u ever seeen
     

    asachan

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    fdoprashan said:
    Im a airtel user. i gon online via my 3g phone(N73). bt airtel dont have 3g in negombo. so im having a 2.5G speed.but that speed is less than a dialup. when i called cutomer care they said use a usb dongle. r u a airtel hsdpa user in negombo? if pls add ur comments. is it worth geting a dongle. ThanX in advance.:) :)

    They say right machan . 100% right

    Cos Cellphones have the range of 3G via GSM bandwidth
    That means u have to be in GSM bandwith to get FUll 3G coverage

    But a dongle Retrive all the awailable Bandwith including WCDMA and UMTS
    So whe u using a Dongle or HSDPA Routor you will have full power of the signal
    even if the signal has very week

    Look Amount of the Signal strenght is not a mesure of the 3G speed
    It's 3G speed depends on the Power Of the Signal . so in a cell phone that power is lot less than a dongle

    That's why u got 2.5 coverage called UMTS
     

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    asachan said:

    They say right machan . 100% right

    Cos Cellphones have the range of 3G via GSM bandwidth
    That means u have to be in GSM bandwith to get FUll 3G coverage

    But a dongle Retrive all the awailable Bandwith including WCDMA and UMTS
    So whe u using a Dongle or HSDPA Routor you will have full power of the signal
    even if the signal has very week

    Look Amount of the Signal strenght is not a mesure of the 3G speed
    It's 3G speed depends on the Power Of the Signal . so in a cell phone that power is lot less than a dongle

    That's why u got 2.5 coverage called UMTS

    hey, UMTS means 3G
     

    nagaya

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    fdoprashan said:
    Im a airtel user. i gon online via my 3g phone(N73). bt airtel dont have 3g in negombo. so im having a 2.5G speed.but that speed is less than a dialup. when i called cutomer care they said use a usb dongle. r u a airtel hsdpa user in negombo? if pls add ur comments. is it worth geting a dongle. ThanX in advance.:) :)
    n73 eke kohmath HSDPA nene bn..ithn max 384kbps thama
     

    nagaya

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    asachan said:
    Yeah it's 384 Kbps 3G .

    that's what we normaly call 2.5G Old school
    So when Signal power is very low dongles covert their relays from 3.2Mbps to 384 Kbps . in other word 3.5 G to 2.5G
    1G= AMPS ..etc
    2G=D AMPS,GSM ...etc
    GSM (2G)
    GPRS • EDGE (EGPRS) • EDGE Evolution • CSD • HSCSD
    UMTS/FOMA (3G)
    HSPA • HSDPA • HSUPA • HSPA+ • UMTS-TDD • UTRA-TDD HCR • UTRA-TDD LCR • UMTS-FDD • Super-Charged
    3GPP Rel. 8 (Pre-4G)
    E-UTRA
    LTE Advanced (4G)
     
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    asachan

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    nagaya said:
    1G= AMPS
    2G=D AMPS
    2.5G=GPRS
    2.75G=EDGE(as i remeber)
    3G=UTMS
    3.5G=HSPA
    4G=LTE


    Machan Edge and GPRS Protocol 2 k . eken kiyawenne na Data Transmition speed eka gana But when it links to a Data packet transmissions like WCDMA and HSDPA , those 2 use that GPRS , EDGE , 2.5 G 3.5G etc... transmition methods to carry the pay load. so what u put in above list was not currect indeed . cos if it bounds to a Data Packet switching protocols like WCDMA and HSDPA those values are not currect.
     

    nagaya

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    asachan said:
    Machan Edge and GPRS Protocol 2 k . eken kiyawenne na Data Transmition speed eka gana But when it links to a Data packet transmissions like WCDMA and HSDPA , those 2 use that GPRS , EDGE , 2.5 G 3.5G etc... transmition methods to carry the pay load. so what u put in above list was not currect indeed . cos if it bounds to a Data Packet switching protocols like WCDMA and HSDPA those values are not currect.
    sorry bro!! :( my poor knowledge
     

    fdoprashan

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    ThanX every1 for replying.....but the problem is not finished yet.actually i want comments from the airtel hsdpa users in negombo(or near). but Thanx again for every1.
     

    fdoprashan

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    ThanX every1 for replying.....but the problem is not finished yet.
    actually i want comments from the airtel hsdpa users in negombo(or near). but Thanx again for every1.
     

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    Ubata airtel 3G coverage eka nettham WCDMA gena hithannawath epa. Don't buy HSDPA dongle. aparade..wena network ekakata change wenna.Thats the better thing