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Wi-Fi, HSDPA, 3G and GPRS explained
The table below summarises the speed and availability of
the connection methods available.
Wi-Fi HSDPA 3G GPRS
Speed Fixed Broadband Speeds
(Up to 8 Mbps – dependent
on line and location
1
)
up to 7.2
Mbps
2
up to 1.8
Mbps
up to
64Kbps
Availability Your BT Home Hub/router,
plus tens of thousands of BT FON
and BT Openzone hotspots
Selected
areas
2
80% UK
coverage
99.7% UK
coverage
1. Other factors include site’s distance from exchange and contention sharing (the number of active users nearby).
2. Up to 7.2Mbps download speeds are subject to contention sharing, user’s computer equipment and HSDPA
connection. Current HSDPA areas: 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, and Norwich.
BT Connection Manager network icons explained
Indicator is… this means…
Connection unavailable
Connection initialising or nding connection
Connection available
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