mobile broadband (dongle)

l77 tuf

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my t mobile dongle was up for renewal today so called t mobile they say they wont move on £15 a month so i ended my contract with them

my parents/daughter have the 3 mobile 12gb package pay up front £79.99

i went on a site and got the same deal for £52.95 for same thing delivered to me

so they are coming right down in price at the moment
 
Hi, iv'e got a Vodafone dongle and found it very slow. When I ordered it the rep said being as I was a long standing customer, he would do the contract over 18months, not the usual two years. I thought it was strange at the time, and low and behold it's too slow. A better move would have been to go pay as you go as I dont use it only when out wild camping. Upon asking around they all seem slow, and Voda seems one of the better ones. Still worth it when out in the van when its raining with nothing to do.
Yes I know I'm leaving myself open to that one, but we are in our sixties.
Rgd's Graham.
 
tiderus said:
Hi, iv'e got a Vodafone dongle and found it very slow. When I ordered it the rep said being as I was a long standing customer, he would do the contract over 18months, not the usual two years. I thought it was strange at the time, and low and behold it's too slow. A better move would have been to go pay as you go as I dont use it only when out wild camping. Upon asking around they all seem slow, and Voda seems one of the better ones. Still worth it when out in the van when its raining with nothing to do.
Yes I know I'm leaving myself open to that one, but we are in our sixties.
Rgd's Graham.
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i'm sayin nuffin.:rolleyes:

.. the only word that springs to mind begins with a wubbleue and ends with ahahhhhhh :p


yer 3G numpty :D

regards :D
aj
 
Problem with 3

I have had a 3 dongle for over a year found it totally useless wildcamping, much like our contract 3 phones!

Will be dumping on renewel date to look at others with better coverage!
 
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hi folks... :cool:


so far I’ve been into 4 mobile company shops and asked the same question about dongles...:confused:
telling them that i want to use it on top of mountains, in the wilderness, away from town etc etc :p

and they all said the same.... forget it... don't bother..:eek:



so i havn't :rolleyes:


regards :D

aj
 
3 fairly useless in Scotland except in central belt, where it is mainly good. However if you do pay as you go ( and go for topping up as online credit - not getting top up card or number) the cash credit does not expire, and it works abroad. It is probably very expensive compared with packages (haven't needed them as we use it so little) but at least you only pay for what you use, and if there is no reception you do not pay:D
 
We find the 3 dongle works very well in the Western Highlands, no problems at all. However we live in Kent and that's a different story altogether. We have been with 3 mobile almost since they started. At that time they were connected to O2 and used their masts but a couple of years ago they transferred to Orange and as a result in the house we don't get any signal at all despite them promising that within a few months ( that was almost two years ago) the signal would improve. Its been ridiculous using the landline to call mobile numbers so we are ditching 3 when our contract ends in a couple of months. Meanwhile we have discovered that Tesco pay as you go is excellent value and as they are linked to O2 ( who tend to be very expensive ) the signal is great. You can get a free simcard online, then if you top up with £10 they give you a free £10 as a welcome gift. But that's not the end of it - any time you top up they triple the credit!
 
I'm parked in Kircaldy at the moment and I'm using my Vodafone dongle.

3G+ = 7.2 Mbs. Quite fast and I always get a signal of some sort, even at Abbey Saint Bathans,:eek: although that was about as slow as a slow thing can be.;):rolleyes:
 
I got a 2 year contract in 2008 with Vodafone for a 3G dongle. The service was better then than it is now. You nearly always get a connection but more often than not its 2G not 3G so very slow.

I have a theory about this degrade of service. Everyone is getting 3G phones such as the iPhone and all these phones now connect to the net. So they now have a bandwidth problem on the mobile networks. Over usage is causing a bottle neck hence the slow down of our dongles! Its just a theory though.

Im going to get a big directional wifi antenna and start experimenting with that once I have got over the shock of shelling out £2200 for a new rear axle.

BD
 
Dongle

My Vodaphone contract is up next month.
What a waste of money that has been, so slow even if you are able to connect.
Will be changing to pay as you go until I find something better.
No more restrictive contracts for me.
 
Tesco

I got my daughter a Tesco contract sim cancel anytime for her 3G Iphone clone and it won't do any downloading unless she additionally tops it up. So now we have another contract we pay £10, gets £30 of calls which she don't use so the computer side is unusable.

I would be very careful and ensure whatever phone company you use, make sure it does exactly what it says on the packet!
 
we use the " 3" mobile network dongles for the web but to keep cost as low as possible it is better to purchace and use one in each country you visit and intend to use the net
 
derekfaeberwick said:
I'm parked in Kircaldy at the moment and I'm using my Vodafone dongle.

3G+ = 7.2 Mbs. Quite fast and I always get a signal of some sort, even at Abbey Saint Bathans,:eek: although that was about as slow as a slow thing can be.;):rolleyes:
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Come on Derek from Berwic your in Kirkcaldy.

Use my T-Mobile Nokia N73 as a modem and get quite a good service including 3G
 
I had my 3dongle for 2 years now and its ok if near towns or at least on the outskirts but as soon as going into the countryside especially norfolk=no signal..Now my orange dongle wont work at my storage unit but the 3mobile one will explain that then...And I was told when i got my orange dongle it would work ok as long as theres a orange signal but yet at my storage place i get mobile phone signal but no dongle signal
 
im on 02 and at home i get a full signal 3g on my moblie yet on my dongle i geat a GPRS signal whitch you all know is slooooooow


dunk
 
n8rbos said:
:rolleyes:whatever did we do before mobile phones/computers etc ?
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We used to talk to people rather than text/email them, had real friends instead of virtual/E-friends, had more free time, took more exercise and spent more time with family and friends.

Having said that I have made (and met) many new friends online from all over the world, found my Kangoo-Roo online and would never wish to turn back the clock to the pre-'puter age.

Internet-addict KangooRoo
 
l77 tuf said:
my t mobile dongle was up for renewal today so called t mobile they say they wont move on £15 a month so i ended my contract with them

my parents/daughter have the 3 mobile 12gb package pay up front £79.99

i went on a site and got the same deal for £52.95 for same thing delivered to me

so they are coming right down in price at the moment
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what site is this on? not been able to find same 12gb package for £52.95
 
When my 3 mobile broadband contract was up for renewal I spoke to retentions and got:

MiFi mobile broadband router.
15Gb monthly transfer.

For £17 per month. I was paying £25.00 for 7GB
 
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