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3G Experience with Mobitel M3: Huawei E 160

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After relocating ourselves back to the village, I missed the luxury of Sri Lanka Telecom's (SLT) ADSL broadband connection. CDMA was the saviour till yesterday. Suntel, thogh charge a little bit than other providers, gave a fairly good connection (note: fairly good is w.r.t. the available connection speeds in Sri Lanka). 

Anyway, the need for a high speed connection grew pretty quickly. I tried Dialog, but it seems they do not have the 3G coverage out here. Taking bit of a risk, I decided to purchase a Mobitel connection. Honestly, their customer service was great. The only thing I did not like is the vendor locking of the 3G modem. I mean, the modem is from Huawei, so why do they want it to be locked only for Mobitel SIMs?

Regardless, of the vendor locking the connection was satisfactory with 3.6Mbps. I had to purchase a separate antenna for better reception, yet it is worth the price.

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  1. They are locking the modems as they are providing it for somewhat cheaper to the normal price.

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  2. Hi... Is there any way to unlock the Huawei E 160 HSDPA modem ?

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  3. Hi Guys, I am to using a M3 connection and was truly surprised of the speed and the coverage.

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  4. You ve talked about an antenna to boost reception. I m looking for one. Pl infm where it can be purchased and the one you would recommend.

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  5. Hi.
    Any recommendation for an antenna to improve stability and signal and where to buy etc. Thanks would be a great help.

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