384kbps data plan

[Cs342]

Is 384kbps generally enough for most mobile needs such as Dropbox, Skype etc.? Just need a quick answer, thank you!

[helping]

Where are you that they even sell a data plan that slow?

It would probably work for basic documents and call only over skype.

[Cs342]

Where are you that they even sell a data plan that slow?

My mom wants to know, she lives in Hong Kong (a very high tech city )

[Sarcasm]

My mom wants to know, she lives in Hong Kong (a very high tech city )

There's no way Hong Kong is selling a plan that slow. They'd be out of business by now.

[mucitel1]

That is only 46.9 KBps! That is extremely slow... With that speed you could only use DropBox with tiny files such as text documents. Skype would drop a lot and the audio would be robotic.
 

[Titanicium]

That is at the level of 2G... 10 times slower then 3G... 100 times slower then 4G...

 

If you are okay with 2G then go ahead

[supaginge]

you could get like 100Mb/s for like 20$ which id recomend anyway

[Guest]

I get a average of pretty much 0.1 megabits where I live or no service at all

[Cs342]

I meant KBps not kbps sorry

[mc141]

That is only 46.9 KBps! That is extremely slow... With that speed you could only use DropBox with tiny files such as text documents. Skype would drop a lot and the audio would be robotic.

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[BigMic]

that speed would be best for browsing right? for smaller dropbox files and voice/text with Skype should be great. and 386kbps was faster than my first broadband which I used for downloads gaming, Skype etc...

[mucitel1]

I would recommend getting at least 2mbps for decent experience.

[AndrewReaganM]

I would say set a budget and see what she can get within that budget. There's no point in getting a magnificently slow connection when one 10 times faster is basically the same price.