"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Steve Terry wrote:

"Graham." wrote in message
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"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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Go to a speed-test web-site and check your real-world up/down speed.
You might be surprised
at the result.
Graham.

Indeed i use www.speedtest.net to test my S2, and as you say the USB
speed settings makes no difference.
For some reason my defaults to 480kbps
Steve Terry

I *have* done a speed test - please see my other post. When it says it's
115k, it *means* it! This is verified by trying to watch streaming
graphics on the BBC News website - where I keep getting pregnant pauses
while it refills its buffer!

As reported in the other post, I've now dragged it up to 900+k, and it's
useable - but I can't get anywhere near the dongle's 3.6M synch speed.

Oh, and another interesting discovery. My dongle works with a 3 metre USB
extension lead, so I can put it up high or out of a window. The S2
*doesn't* - at least partially cancelling out the fact that it's supposed
to be a more sensitive modem.
Cheers,
Roger


It seems for some reason your S2 isn't forcing it's own default network
settings?

My S2 works on a 3 meter USB lead whereas my ZTE dongle doesn't!

Anyway, you can bluetooth the S2 and put it up high, but then you'd
be limited to around 1mbps d/l

Steve Terry
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