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You two are like twins, easy mistake ;)
The battery was the biggest selling point, what the fuck happened?!
Although I can still see the device being useful with a mains power connection for many scenarios, I'm not sure I'm impressed with 3UK's handling of this.
The search for a really good portable 3G<>WiFi AP continues.....
Plus if you are using a laptop, it's reeeally easy to charge your mobile running Joikuspot off the laptop's USB port. end result = WiFi lasts as long as laptop does, when laptop dies phone is fully charged to boot.
Whilst I must admint I was slightly narked the battery wasn't part of it, I'm still happy.
Faulty unit perhaps?
K
Obviously the numbers are meaningless if it works for you, but Flickr pages crawled down via the router... painful. Via the dongle they flew down.
mac
i love the angry post - you are acutaly ewan - i claim my £5.
No - it's definitely me... I was channeling Dan Lane though :-)
Only one other network visible during testing, but even so... if other networks cause such a problem it's still a fail. Distance between laptop and router was about 10cm - so it was definitely the strongest signal. At home I have >10 WiFi networks visible and the speed drop from a wired connection to a normal access point is minimal. This is supposed to be a device I can setup anywhere quickly and just use.
So I've never seen a speed limitation in Joikuspot. The processor load is minimal as JS works as an internal router. If you run a CPU monitor you'll be hard pressed to even tell JS is running.
/m
A trick is to set your WiFi power to the minimum using the phone's WiFi settings - you can go down to 4mW instead of 100. Does make a bit of difference, but not much as again, it's the 3G radio that's the power hog.
/m
K
What do they call the lead that connects from a power socket in the wall into the back to power it when there is no battery like they said it had?
http://kayceejayh.blogspot.com/2008/10/unboxing...
K
Is anyone else still waiting for their router to arrive? I ordered mine online and the usb modem arrived on Friday 17th but still no Router. Every time I call them they say they have none in stock ready for distribution, only shop stock around the UK????
Has anyone got their router delivered that was ordered online?
VERY FRUSTRATING !!!!!!!!!!
PS - they were quick enough to take the money from my card.
Trevor.
When I last spoke to them Saturday (25th Oct) they said I should get it Monday. ''It's been sent packet post.''
I haven't, so Ive just called their web sales shop on 0870 333 1829 (option 2) cos 333 couldn't connect me and they are chasing it up and will call me later or tomorrow, 'cos ''I have been waiting a long time.'' Too right!
And reading the above Im also a little dissapointed to read its not rechargeable battery powered.
Oh well. At least I only forked out £34.99 for mine. :(
Today I finally lost my temper with 3 sales. I too was told almost every day that it would be despacthed that day, only for it never to appear. Well today I spoke to someone who told me that she would call me back by 5pm with a straight answer. At 5.10pm I phoned back as no phone call was forthcoming, only to be told I was a liar! The lady changed her story to say she only said she would call back if there was any news to impart! What shit customer service.
Needless to say I have asked for a cancellation of this modem/router contract within my 14 days allowance. They will also refund the £35 for the router that never appeared.
This is a very sad day indeed as I have 4 current contracts with three, one laptop one, a mobile, a usb modem one and a skypephone S2 - all on contract. (Used for work)
So as a customer with 4 contracts trying to enter his 5th, what a shit way of treating me - I wont be leaving 3 as they are still the best for data based products, but what a sour ending to my router story.
By the way - they have no routers currently sat here in the UK, thats the reason none of us got ours. Why oh why did they keep telling me that they were sending me one out every day?
Answer - just bullshit the customer to get them off the phone.
If I want any extra contracts, in future I will use a three shop.
Trev.
As I keep telling people, mobile operator staff should be forced to "buy" their company handsets and contracts via the normal channels so they can see first-hand how crap their customer service experience can be. I don't actually know of any UK operators that do this :(
I spoke with Mike today on the 0870 270 0060 web sales shop number. I spoke with him last Friday on that number. (The other number I called yesterday has too many options.... and the woman didn't call me back. No surprise there!)
He told me that the routers were now back in stock and they were emailing the 'department' dealing with it to despatch to customers who hadn't received theirs.
They haven't a system in place to notify them and are relying on customers to call them or else they are assuming that people have received them!
I don't know what to believe, but I am now expecting delivery of mine this Thursday.
None of the people at Three seem to have any knowledge on their products either which concerns me; especially as I have spent a small fortune on calling 0870 numbers the past week to find out.
But the reason I have switched to 3 (from Orange) is like you stated, that they are more competitive with their data plans and products. Time will tell if I make any savings!
Jim
I'm hopeful that your router will arrive for you on Thursday, however the comment "They haven't a system in place to notify them and are relying on customers to call them or else they are assuming that people have received them!" worries me greatly.
What sort of shit way to run a company is that?
Despite claiming my cancellation under the 14 day policy I'm sure that something else will go wrong for me, how about not refunding the £35 router cost without a fight???
Best of luck again Jim,
Trev.
I would be happy to buy it from you.
my Brazilian friends all just love it!
Greetings from Switzerland
andreas
Have a look: http://www.dovado.com
Price-tag is like €99
Regards
Mark
http://www.portablepowersolutions.com/routers.htm
Mark