Finally a rural broadband solution?

3 January, 2007

Vodafone has introduced some new data plans, and it seems they can be used without a Vodem or 3G broadband device. I am writing this entry on a connection using GPRS from a vodafone phone, connected to my laptop via a data cable. The plan I’m on is $60/month for 1GB. That seems a lot, and it is, but when your other option is 14kbs dialup ( due to poor quality phone lines ) it’s not that bad of a deal. For a start to get that 14kbs dialup you have to pay telecom $45 a month for a phone line, plus $10 or so for a dialup plan.

The 1GB for $60 can be reduced to $50 if you sign up on a 24 month plan. And it’s a saving of $950/month compared to vodafone’s casual plan. On GPRS the speed is around dialup speed, but when/if vodafone upgrades all the towers to be 3G that speed will increase to broadband speed.

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