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Mike Rofone wrote
> Rod Speed wrote

>> Like I keep saying, Speedtest is a lousy way of measuring thruput.

> Yes, we know. Thing is, it's the closest way of measuring oranges with oranges.

Like hell it is compared with moving a substantial file and timing that.

> Both my phone (connected as a modem) and the mate's
> Telstra USB modem are connected to the same cell and
> are seen by Speedtest as being in the same locale.

Pity about the pathetic result it gets compared with doing the test the right way.

> Short of downloading say, a file from a download site and timing it,
> it'll do for the comparo.

No it wont.

>>> Now, I'm looking at getting one of these USB modems.
>>> Do any of them offer wifi hotspot functionality?

>> Not clear what you mean by that last para.

>> There are quite a few broadband wireless modems
>> that allow the PCs and laptops to connect using wifi.

> Yep, that's what I was saying.

> Ended up getting the $75 "Turbo" USB modem from Officeworks today.

Yeah, installed a couple of those for some who dont have phone lines.

> Came with 2 gigs of data, although it wasn't applied to the account
> when it was registered. Had to call back. Luckily the Asian call
> centres work late into the night on weekends. S'pose that's something
> that the Aussie ones may not do.

They do actually on that stuff.

> Whatever, the modem's working fine.

> I was going to get the modem which also acts as a wifi hotspot.
> It was $99 and came with 3 or 5 gigs of data.

Just installed one of those for someone who only has the pensioner's phone line that cant be used for DSL.

It works a hell of a lot better/faster than the first one you did buy.

> Decided that I wouldn't use that feature so I stuck with the cheaper one.

So why did you ask about the wifi hotspot capability above ?