Mobile Broadband

Faster Internet access on the move

3G/HSPA

3G/HSPA provides higher speed mobile Internet access than the existing 2G (GSM) or 2.5G (GPRS) mobile network as well as video calling and delivers the same services, phone calls text and multimedia messages.

Note though, that video calls can only be made between two Manx Telecom 3G handsets.

3G/HSPA Coverage

We've increased the number of our 3G sites providing Island-wide coverage with indoor reception. What's more our network has been improved to support the new High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) speeds of up to 7.2Mbps downstream and up to 1.4Mbps upstream.

A 3G handset will display a 3G icon indicating when you are connected. If you are out of 3G coverage you will automatically be transferred to the 2G or 2.5G networks so you will still be able to make calls, send messages and access the Internet.

As long as you have a 3G/HSPA device you will achieve the higher speeds automatically. If you are using a Pay As You Go mobile you will be restricted to ordinary http web browsing at the moment.

Accessing the internet is easy and a lot of popular websites now have sites geared to mobile users.

A few favourites

If you want to surf the internet on your mobile then go to m.manx.net in your mobile phone browser to see a list of our favourite mobile internet sites.

Google

http://mobile.google.com ... Access your email plus check out a few other handy links including YouTube and Google Maps.

Facebook

http://m.facebook.com ... Your favourite social networking site works just as well on a mobile, keep up to date with your friends and post pictures and stories on the move.

Bebo

http://m.bebo.com ... Another popular social networking site which works well on a mobile is Bebo. This site allows you to keep up to date with your friends even when you can’t get time on the family computer.

BBC News

www.bbc.co.uk/mobile ... Great for mobiles, so small (doesn’t cost much) and easy to use/read, keep up to date with what is going on in the world, catch up on weather reports, football scores and so much more.

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