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Topic # 142647 19-Mar-2014 17:26
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Has anyone had any experience with Vodafone 4G in Tauranga?

Would the service be suitable for sustained uploading (streaming HD video) - and if so - what bit-rates do you think could be sustainable without drop-outs for long periods of time (hours) ?

We're looking at our options for uplinking HD which are presently:

- HSNS @ approx $1k / month
- Satellite @ approx $150 / event

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  Reply # 1009151 19-Mar-2014 17:26
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  Reply # 1009164 19-Mar-2014 17:26
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If someone can delete PR's response and this reply as well....

 
 
 
 


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  Reply # 1009308 19-Mar-2014 19:59
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It's still got a way to go coverage wise, but changing all the time. Speeds are good, it think I got over 50Mbps on tests I did couple months ago & that's just on CAT3 device.
How much data do you need to stream? Bandwidth/amount?
Obviously it will get expensive if you need many Gigabytes.




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  Reply # 1009361 19-Mar-2014 21:08
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4G even at quite big events like Bruce Springsteen was still doing over 30Mbps uplink

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