Mobile Broadband – 7.2Mbps
The Vodafone Mobile Broadband network supports download speeds up to 7.2Mbps – offering typical speeds of 1.7 - 5.5Mbps. This will allow you to download a 5MB file in 7 seconds – 14 times faster than using 3G. Upload speeds are now up to 1.44Mbps (HSUPA) – 10 times faster than 3G.
The 7.2Mbps service is be available in the following locations:
London districts:
- E1, E1W, E14
- EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4
- NW1, SW1
- W1, W2, W8, W9, W10, W11, W14
- WC1, WC2
Airports:
- Heathrow
- Gatwick
- Luton
- Stansted
- London City
- Southampton
- Bristol
- Birmingham
- East Midlands
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Belfast City
- Belfast Int.
- Cardiff
- Norwich
Mobile Broadband – 1.8Mbps
In June 2006, Vodafone was the first UK operator to launch a HSDPA service, which provides data rates of up to 1.8Mbps – offering typical speeds of 0.8 – 1.3Mbps. This allows you to download at speeds up to 4 times faster than 3G.