![]() A typical family probably has one or two laptops, two or more smartphones and perhaps one tablet. Why would you want a hotspot at home or in the office you could ask? The answer lies in the fact that today a typical home setting has more than one device. In other words, the modem also doubles as wireless router than can serve a single internet connection with up to 30 devices for this particular model. The gateway, not only has a 3G radio, but is also WLAN 802.11b/g/n. ![]() If you’re downloading a heavy file such a movie, an image file, then you’re in for a long wait! However, the speeds depend on your location and time. When we plugged into Orange’s 3G+ network, we got speeds of up to 4.45 Mpbs downstream and 0.8Mbps enough to stream a Youtube video without much buffering, a clear Skype call and download an email attachment in seconds. The device can handle speeds upto 28Mbps. ![]() ![]() So all you do is slide a data SIM card which connects to the Telecom network. Users access the internet through their 3G enabled phones, 3G modems and now 3G routers/gateways as opposed to Dial-up, ADSL, Fibre as it is in other countries. There’s no doubt that the way that users access internet in Africa is now through wireless technologies like 3G unlike in the west.
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