Today I got yet another GSM modem, this time around from TDC/Vodafone. I thought that I'd just to the same test like I did the with Telia and 3.

wget http://ftp.ing.umu.se/linux/gentoo/releases/x86/2008.0_beta2/installcd/install-x86-minimal-2008.0_beta2.iso -O /dev/null
--2008-06-24 23:02:29-- http://ftp.ing.umu.se/linux/gentoo/releases/x86/2008.0_beta2/installcd/install-x86-minimal-2008.0_beta2.iso
Resolving ftp.ing.umu.se... 130.239.117.84
Connecting to ftp.ing.umu.se|130.239.117.84|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 62447616 (60M) [application/x-iso9660-image]
Saving to: `/dev/null'

100%[====================================================================>] 62,447,616 228K/s in 5m 59s

2008-06-24 23:08:30 (170 KB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [62447616/62447616]

What a coincidence, the download time is same as I got with Telia even down to the second. It's still almost three times slower than 3, but it should be fast enough for causual email checking while on the road.