While most geeks just use the portable hotspot element of their phone to share an internet connection, sometimes a dedicated device is the better option. Telstra has just announced its new player, an HSPA+ device capable of delivering up to 20Mbps theoretical download speeds to up to five devices.
Uniquely, the device features a 3.5 x 3cm LED display showing battery life, security, devices connected and signal strength. Telstra reckons the device offers up to 3.5 hours of continual use, and 100 hours standby.
The device is available for $0 up front on a $49 plan over 24 months, including 7GB of data, from today.
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Mike
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 9:53 AMI’ll be interested to see what real world speeds are, guaranteed it’ll be nowhere NEAR the 20Mbps they’re got in their specially constructed signal boosting room. My guess is ~10Mbps or less average.
wsDK_II
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 9:56 AMNICE!
Gabriel
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 9:59 AMVery nice! I’ve been in plenty of situations where this would have been extremely useful
Glenn
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 10:06 AMAnyone notice that Telstra jacked up the cost of their iPhone repayments by $5/month for a iPhone 4 16gb on a $59 plan?
Was $10/month over 24 months two weeks ago, is now $15. Similar changes to other iPhone models.
Ollie
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 3:30 PM*Shrugs* what’s the difference between that and their blue one?
mogwai
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 8:16 PMi bought the previous one and for the life of me i cant understand why would they not include how much data you have downloaded on the screen. Who the hell gives a shit about the rest of the info but given we pay for data and not speed why not show how much data we’ve used and have left !!!!!!
Looks like this model doesn’t show it either. WTF are these idots thinking.
My previous model specifies upto 8Mbps. Never get over 5Mbps anywhere with a full signal. Why bother with 20Mbps device when they’ll never be able to provide you data at this speed.
simon
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 10:16 PMIf it can’t keep track of quota then its a big fail. Maybe a firmware update needed?
aw123
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 10:20 AMIf i can hook it up to 12V DC and mount it in my glovebox, then amke my car a wifi hotspot i may well get one of these!