Mobile Internet fantastic

[biggirafe]

Hi
I'm an IT Manager for a large corporation. We have several users that use Vodaphone dongles in europe. The one thing to be careful about is that you connect to an approved network. If you acidently connect to an unapproved one Vodaphone will charge you an arm and a leg. The same applys to all providers. Go to their websites and check which network they want you to use in each country.

Whenever possible use a hotspot or similar. If you need to spend a couple of hours on line it can even be cheaper to spend 1 night on a campsite and use their wireless connection.

Me I also ensure I can connect my mobile phone to my laptop. It might be a slow connection but it will allow me to do the basics like email.

 

[carol25singer]

I only use mobile broadband when we are away, which is quite a lot really! Originally bought 3 dongle and kept on 'loosing credit' because of the 30 day expiry. Signal was very iffy, unless I was 8' tall and stood with it above my head in the middle of a field!
Then 'treated' myself to Vodaphone from the retail outlet in Castleford - cost about £27 including a £15 top-up and find the dongle picks up quite a bit better (more often) and I've still only used £3 of the £15 so far. Bought it in August I think. My conclusion is that if you're only using it now and again Vodaphone seems best.

 

[PaulC]

Three dongles are starting traffic shaping today to improve the service. Things like P2P are been throttled. As I have one, it will be interesting and on first impressions the speed has increased, but only time will tell!

 

[GillRuss]

We have 3G VODAPHONE,just bought it,it's a dongle thingy that plugs into back of laptop,i think £20 and then 'top ups' like paying for your mobile phone...easy.
Working on my laptop a treat,seems fast although it said signal poor.......
In S.Wales at the moment but 'they' assured me that we can use this through EUROPE and we know it will work in Bulgaria as we had similar last year.

Just git a new Vodaphone dongle - works fine, but beware £9.99 per day if used in Europe - no part days !! Voda shop told us to try and use internet cafes or Wifi on sites !!