3G internet connection

rsalih


Joined: 01/11/2008
Posts: 306

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 20:22

hi. Does anyone have 3G internet. İ am thinking of getting 3G 1Gigabite, do you know if that is enough for me, İ only read the Daily Mail ,look at this forum and want to use skype once a week for phoning England. Or do you think i need 3Gigabites.

Mindy



Joined: 27/10/2008
Posts: 1210

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 20:31

I have 3G and use mainly to skype and email and browsing, I buy unlimited at 70 tl but would probably be fine with limited for 60 tl

suntanman



Joined: 18/04/2007
Posts: 721

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 22:09

rslalih,

Where abouts in TRNC are you?

My wife is over there now and bought an unlimited use 3g dongle, but skype is impossible, and she has 14 emails in the outbox which will not send, although she can read the email I send her. She is in Bacheli. She has tried it in Esentepe and the signal is no better.

rsalih


Joined: 01/11/2008
Posts: 306

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 22:58

in lefkosa. i have been told that there is good reception here.

suntanman



Joined: 18/04/2007
Posts: 721

Message Posted:
16/04/2009 23:42

Hopefully someone from that area will be able to give you a better idea if it works or not.

Good luck, it's been a waste of money for us!

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 08:22

RE msg 3, suntanman > she has 14 emails in the outbox which will not send <



=> Which email software does your wife use? Or is it webmail? Have you checked she has chosen the right SMTP server (for sending emails)?

Vanilla


Joined: 02/02/2009
Posts: 122

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 08:26

Ive been using 3G since it came here and ive even use it in the car, oviously not when driving myself...

Really pleased with it, the signal seems fine in most areas, unless your using to download a lot of stuff the 60lire should be suffient.

elkiton



Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 514

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 09:07

suntanman, - this might help you.....

I live near bahcelli and have a 3G dongle unlimited at 70 ytl / month.



From my house I have no line of sight to a 3g uprated mast, so my dongle connects to the older gprs signal from the mast on the coast side of the road. Having checked upload / download rates, this runs at about half UK dial-up speed.



Knowing this, we do not send attachments larger than about 50k,which would often time out before finished, or try to download pictures which take 1/4 hour to arrive. - U-Tube and skype is also a non starter.



Knowing this limitation we satisfactorily work email, and a couple of tabs like this forum and the bbc news etc, and we can just get the Paul Jones show on radio 2 if we close all other windows !



We use Mozilla (instead of Explorer) which is several seconds faster per opening tab.



Taking the dongle 100 met down the road I can see the Esentepe mast and that is about 20 - 30 x faster, where I download big attachments



best reg

Geoff1131MK11


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 396

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 09:12

I am on the same site as suntanman and i have no problem at all sending or receiving e mails. The 3G network is slow at the moment because Turkcell have not yet upgraded the Bahcelli area, but its more reliable than my previous server, which used to go down for days on end at times.

ricky


Joined: 26/01/2009
Posts: 294

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 15:30

Hi elkiton,

Do you think I can put wireless 3G camera's on it, so I can have pictures from inside my villa in trnc when I'm at home in europe? Tx

suntanman



Joined: 18/04/2007
Posts: 721

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 22:08

re message 6: Dutch Crusader

=> Which email software does your wife use? Or is it webmail? Have you checked she has chosen the right SMTP server (for sending emails)?



I think she will be using webmail. How do you explain to someone who knows nothing about computers to check which outgoing server she is connected to for outgoing mail???? She also has 'window live' but I didn't get round to showing her how to use that before she left.

suntanman



Joined: 18/04/2007
Posts: 721

Message Posted:
17/04/2009 22:14

elkiton:

We've got one up on you..........she managed to skype from the laptop to my skype mobile phone this morning, the sound quality was fantastic, I tried to skype back from my pc, but once the picture 'clicked in' lost contact cpmpletely.

caulkhead


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 149

Message Posted:
18/04/2009 10:54

I am up in Bellapais ans am told the service will be fine up there. I was therefore thinking of buying a 70ytl one month connection when I am out in May. Has anyone any experience of using it in Bellapais please? Also do you have to buy consecutive months, as after May I would then not need it until July and then next in October?

Thanks

moonrakers


Joined: 17/02/2009
Posts: 55

Message Posted:
18/04/2009 14:42

Hi,

Do any of you computer buffs know if it is possible to run a dreambox on 3G ?

Any help appreciated.

Moonrakers

suntanman



Joined: 18/04/2007
Posts: 721

Message Posted:
26/04/2009 17:32

I've downloaded the latest version of skype, sorted out the internet connection and am up and running. With reference to previous posts, the 3g dongle works fine in Bacheli area (although very slow) I have found out why my 'other half' couldn't send emails.

It's great to be back in TRNC.

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
26/04/2009 20:05

Caulkhead, I do know of someone who can only use their 3g outside of their house in Bellapais.



I am only in Catalkoy and can bring my laptop over to your house to try 3g, unless someone in Bellapais can give you more info or help.



When are you over?