Best mobile network for mobile gambling?

Don't do this but you should probably specify if you want 3G or GPRS.

3G (I think)

I've considered asking along these lines myself as I've thought about getting a 3G dongle for backup and the odd use with a netbook at some point. (Or a 3g phone that's good as a modem). There are LOADS of comparison sites out there on this subject.

Could always try unlocked phone / a couple PAYG sims? Problem is on a quiet day coverage might be good at a racecourse but overloaded when there are 10000s around, it's a bit of a niche 'test'. You should maybe ask on the horse racing forum?

the three network now has the best coverage as they work in partnership with orange so they fixed there coverage problem, also they have the best and biggest 3g and h service in the uk and are the biggest players in the 3g and h market so will have an edge with the service that provides!

would like to know what mobile you are using because different models of mobile and smart phone have different reception qualities and reliability, your best bet is to ask other mobile users at the areas you use your device what service they use and there phone model or hopefully someone on here will already know what works best for them, good luck

bf_fanatic I seem to remember reading three were good but I thought orange were in partnership with t-mobile, not three?

(I personally was narrowing it down by best PAYG deal for occassional use, they vary in pricing structure a LOT for PAYG)

iphone 3,4 and ipad owners are snapping up the mifi device that creates a wifi hotspot for you were ever you are, i use one and its bullet proof as it lasts around 6 hours continually working and if ever it does drop which it never seems to at all being h device it recovers the signal and all connected services quickly. voted best buy by mac users

its available on three with an unlimited allowance on contract

I also looked into the mifi. Ther'es a third party equivalent isn't there? It's not just for iPads, it's just a tiny wifi router so can be used with laptops etc, or anything that does wifi.

Thanks for the replies.

I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc (Android).  My O2 problems are shared by other O2 users who have a variety of phones (HTC, iPhone, etc) so I am sure that O2 is at fault. 

I am on a 30-day rolling sim only contract as bought my phone outright.  I guess it can do no harm to move to 3 and see how I get on.  Could always movbe on again I suppose, although it is a hassle.

I am being thick - but I don't really understand what MiFi is?  Looked at the 3 website and what I have (possibly incorrectly) worked out is that it's a little receiver of the 3 signal which converts it into a wifi signal so that you can hook up that way.  Wouldn't there still be a proble if 3 coverage is no good?

Mifi: It's as I say, a tiny wifi router, run on a battery.
Basically in your house you might have laptop->wifi router->adsl or cable, this is just same idea but laptop(iPad)->wifi router->3g. Whether or not it's badged or locked to a network is similar idea to a phone.

It's like a battery operated wifi router with a 3g modem hanging off the back, but in one little box.

Three mobile dongles are a nightmare. A connection quite soon becomes a disconnection, for no apparent reason. I've lost count of the number of different Error messages I've received as an explanation for my disconnection.

Please avoid them like the plague. My 18-month contract expires this November, and it won't be rolling a day beyond it.

The only good thing about it, is that when I AM connected, the speed is good. The download speed has scarcely dropped below 2.4mbps.

Youur dongle might be sh*t but they have different models? That's certainly something I was looking into.

If I got a dongle I might get a good third party one and stick the sim in.

Assuming the network isn't overloaded, if anything perhaps the dongle and the phone is the most important thing. I know trying a couple wifi adaptors on an old laptop, they varied a lot in signal quality from same location. The best can take separate antennae, don't know about 3g.