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From: Steve on 19 Jan 2010 09:28
Trent SC wrote:
> I don't want to faff
> around trying to plug my phone in and get it to work as a modem.

IME you'd be better off doing just that. I've tried Vodafone, O2
and 3 mobile dongles; getting a working connection on any of them
is laborious, I guess that's because the aerials on these devices
are puny. I've had better connections and speeds from using a
Nokia 6120c and even a Nokia 6630.

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From: Robin on 19 Jan 2010 09:50
The message <7rlqnkFam9U1(a)mid.individual.net>
from "Roger Mills" <watt.tyler(a)googlemail.com> contains these words:

> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> Trent SC <TrentC(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:

> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to get hold of a dongle to plug into my Windows 7 laptop to
> > give me fast internet access for the next couple of weeks. the only
> > problem is that I need to get it today for use tomorrow morning. I
> > don't want to faff around trying to plug my phone in and get it to
> > work as a modem.
> > Not particularly high data volumes, so I'm looking for cheap, simple
> > to set up and throwaway. All the major networks have a retail
> > presence in my locality - can anyone recommend a good deal?
> >
> > Cheers.

> If you're near a branch of Maplins, they do the '3' dongle for �20 - and
> you'll then need to buy a �10 top-up and convert it to a month's internet
> access.

> If you're lucky, it will give you internet access - but fast it ain't,
> unless you're within spitting distance of a mast - and in a lot of
> places it
> doesn't work at all. People have also reported some issues with getting
> these things to work on Windows 7 systems - so be warned!
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I recently purchased a Vodafone PAYG dongle from Argos for �29.99 which
included �15 (1GB) of credit with the advantage that it does not run out
after 30 days.
I disable automatic updates when travelling.

Robin
From: Roger Mills on 19 Jan 2010 10:35
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Robin <robin(a)nospam.zetnet.co.uk> wrote:

>
> I recently purchased a Vodafone PAYG dongle from Argos for �29.99
> which included �15 (1GB) of credit with the advantage that it does
> not run out after 30 days.
> I disable automatic updates when travelling.
>
> Robin

How reliable is that, and what sort of dowload speeds do you get? [I
struggle to get 1 Mbps with my '3' dongle, and in many places where I've
been [1] there's barely enough signal for it to work at all.]

What OS is your computer using?

[1] Particularly on caravan sites in the New Forest - and that's with the
dongle on a USB extension lead, passed out through a window and mounted high
up

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From: Ian Smith on 19 Jan 2010 14:52
Tim wrote:
> Trent SC wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to get hold of a dongle to plug into my Windows 7 laptop to
>> give me fast internet access for the next couple of weeks. the only
>> problem is that I need to get it today for use tomorrow morning. I
>> don't want to faff around trying to plug my phone in and get it to
>> work as a modem.
>> Not particularly high data volumes, so I'm looking for cheap, simple
>> to set up and throwaway. All the major networks have a retail
>> presence in my locality - can anyone recommend a good deal?
>
> The Vodafone one has the advantage of being truely PAYG and it doesn't
> expire after 30 days (unlike all the others).

I think that it does expire now, just like all the others.

regards, Ian
From: Mike White on 19 Jan 2010 16:01

>> The Vodafone one has the advantage of being truely PAYG and it doesn't
>> expire after 30 days (unlike all the others).
>
> I think that it does expire now, just like all the others.
>
> regards, Ian

Why do you think that? Argos still say this in their listing:

a.. The only pay as you surf mobile broadband with no 30-day expiry.

I appreciate they could be wrong, but if they are I can see a lot of
returns!

and the one I have from them is now 4 months old and on the original 15 that
it came with?

Mike


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