Mobile Broadband working on MTR

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  1. #1

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    Mobile Broadband working on MTR

    I am planning to buy a smart phone with a broadband plan (quite sure it will be the Peoples plan for 98HKD). Is the signal strong enough in the MTR? I would like to use my time travelling on the MTR for answering emails and browsing websites.
    I heard some people saying that there is no Internet on the MTR available yet?


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    Peoples' GRPS/EDGE ain't exactly 'broadband' - but it does work pretty much flawlessly on the MTR. I've been using it underground for years now...


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    I agree with the above - it's slow (more like dialup speed most of the time) but works fine everywhere. My husband has that plan and we've used it all over the place for a year.


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    Yup theres definately internet available however there are a couple of blackspots where connection drops.

    Going from TST to Admiralty that section drops for a while on 3 and on Smartone and sometimes from Wanchai to Admiralty that drops too.


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    thanks guys