3 Mobile Broadband

Anyone use it in Southampton or surrounding areas? I intend to use it out and about for work primarily as well as the better half using it for college and other things, and will generally be within areas that have good coverage (according to their own maps), but interested to get opinions of those who already use it. 3 have an offer on at the mo for only £5 a month for 1Gb allowance (for existing 3 customers), which I'll never get near as it'll only be light use.

To put it nicely, its gash.

Use it at work and i grimace as i hand it out to people going on courses etc.

Tested it alongside a Globetrotter PCMCIA card on BT on brand new laptops, both told me they were connected at 3.6mbps, but the 3 dongle performed pathetically in comparison. Coverage was fine, speed was horrendous.

Same for a colleague who took it on a course and used it in his hotel room etc, just gave up after a while

It's a bit up and down but my Mum uses it successfully.