I'm accessing work email on the mobile phone and will need to turn on laptop occasionally to process some work.

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perthbased

Member since 13 Nov 2012

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I'm accessing work email on the mobile phone and will need to turn on laptop occasionally to process some work. If I use the mobile phone as portable wifi or tether as mobile broadband, will the speed be as good or poorer than a dongle? just weary of having to plug in dongle each time I need to use the laptop. any input appreciated.

moa999

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Member since 02 Jul 2011

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So long as both are the same type (eg 3G) it should be similar. 4G versus 3G should make a difference.

That said there are better chipsets than others and some work/better worse with various telcos equipment, or you might have a dongle with an external aerial. 

So should be the same but YMMV.

AlG

Member since 04 Nov 2010

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In my experience a tethered smartphone (iPhone 4, on 3G network) is slower than a USB dongle, especially when you are looking at dual-channel speeds which Telstra offers around the CBD. But maybe the very latest smartphones support dual-channel and definitely if they use 4G then you should be good with either a phone or a USB modem.

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