How much bandwidth do I need?

[bertietheblue]

Can anyone give me a ballpark bandwidth figure for this scenario? Vodafone provide a maximum 1GB usage and I'm wondering if this is enough:

I will be working from a mobile van/office in France for a month at a time. Clients will be uploading Word/pdf files to my website. I will connect to the website on my laptop via a tethered mobile phone (still to buy as part of the package but probably a BlackBerry), navigate to the download page, download the documents, proofread them and return them either as scanned documents (if pdf) or tracked updates (if Word). On average I will check 100 pages a day, 5 days a week so approx 2,000 pages a month. A 100 page Word document is approx 1MB, a 100 text pdf approx 5MB so 2,000 pages half/half is approx 60MB. I will be uploading and downloading documents from my laptop (via the phone/modem) but otherwise I will use my phone, and not the laptop, to connect to the internet directly (as I understand I will use more bandwidth connecting to the internet on my laptop via tethering than on the phone directly). I will only view videos at WiFi hotspots so not through my phone.

Does tethering and navigating the pages on my website use up so much bandwidth that 1GB might not be sufficient? I need to know because I don't want to commit to a 2 year contract only to find the bandwidth inadequate but no further upgrade possible.

Thanks for any advice

Bertie

[DaveCD]

Hi bertietheblue

Thank you for your post and it is great to see you.:smileyhappy:

Unfortunately I am unable to tell you the required amount of bandwidth required as this would depend entirely on the content of the emails and any attachments.

You mention that you will view video files using Wi-Fi, would this not be possible for all internet and email usage?

There are different packages you can use for internet, email and tethering whilst roaming on your phone which are EuroTraveller or by using the standard roaming costs, if you use a mobile dongle you can see the roaming costs here.

Many Thanks

DaveCD

eForum Team