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Max <max@val.morgan> wrote:
> "Frank Slootweg" <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:defpd2F29bdU1@mid.individual.net...
> > Max <max@val.morgan> wrote:
> >> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:deeitmFnc7pU1@mid.individual.net...
> > [...]
> >> The idea would be to use a mobile wifi modem which you insert a SIM
> >> into, so you end up with a mobile phone account and a mobile
> >> broadband account, and they can be with two separate providers.
> >>
> >> <snip>
> >> >Depending on what mobile plan you are already on, amaysim may
> >> >be better value with say their $40/month mobile plan with $100 10GB
> >> >data packs as required. You're paying $480 a year with the slut so if
> >> >you don't use more than say 40GB a year, 3.5GB a month, amaysim
> >> >would be cheaper.
> >>
> >> 3.5GB per month is not enough.  What about all the Windows updates?
> >> Plus my TV can stream HD movies which would be about 2GB each.
> >
> >  HDTV streaming, heh? You'd better check if your intended choice of
> > mobile broadband can actually *do* that, before commiting yourself to a
> > 'plan'.
> >
> >  HDTV needs some 8 to 15 Mbps [1]. So you need at least '4G', and even
> > that may/will be too slow some/most of the time.
> 
> I have been able to stream HD movies on 5-7Mbps ADSL.

  That probably wasn't 'Full HD',i.e. 1920x1080, but only semi-HD, ie.
1280x720.

> I am hoping that 3G or 4G will be good enough.

  No chance with 3G, unless you have some provider with some niche kind
of '3G++'. As I said, you need 4G. 'hoping' will get you nowhere.
 
> What I am worried about is the mobile device overheating for being used for 
> so long.

  That shouldn't be a problem with a mobile WiFi 'dongle'/box. If it
*is* a problem, then just return the device, get your money back and buy
a better one.

> >  So I fully agree with Rod's advice (<audience drops yaws, gets fits,
> > etc.>):
> >
> >  Get yourself a *real* *fixed* broadband connection.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > [1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_rate#Video>

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cheapest mobile broadband? "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-12-28 09:40 +0800
  Re: cheapest mobile broadband? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-12-28 02:12 +0000
    Re: cheapest mobile broadband? "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-12-28 10:25 +0800
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    Re: cheapest mobile broadband? Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-12-28 07:16 +0000
  Re: cheapest mobile broadband? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-12-28 16:50 +1100
    Re: cheapest mobile broadband? "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-12-28 14:17 +0800
      Re: cheapest mobile broadband? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-12-29 06:17 +1100
        Re: cheapest mobile broadband? "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-12-29 12:03 +0800
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            Re: cheapest mobile broadband? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-12-29 16:10 +1100
              Re: cheapest mobile broadband? "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-12-29 14:39 +0800
                Re: cheapest mobile broadband? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-12-29 20:17 +1100
                Re: cheapest mobile broadband? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-12-29 16:06 +0000
                Re: cheapest mobile broadband? "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-12-30 07:15 +0800
                Re: cheapest mobile broadband? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-12-30 16:52 +0000
                Re: cheapest mobile broadband? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-12-30 22:42 +0000
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