Going by the speed you've reported, I would suggest taking this back to the store to have it checked, especially if you just bought it within the last few weeks, as it seems like a faulty card. Usually when I hear complaints about the mobile broadband services, it is about them being slower than ISDN or 56k dial-up, but certainly not below 1kb. If you have bought this within the last 30 days and still have speed problems after having the card checked, it would be worth taking it back for a refund and consider another broadband provider.
In my opinion, the outgoing e-mail issue may be related to your connection. However, if you would like a few suggestions to try, for the outgoing SMTP, ensure it is configured to use authentication with the same login details as your incoming server. If this fails, try changing the outgoing server to smtp.o2.ie (without authentication) to see if this works when you are sending e-mail while connected to O2. |