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From: Trent SC on 19 Jan 2010 06:22
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.


From: Tim on 19 Jan 2010 06:53
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). At �15 a Gb it's certainly
not the cheapest data around but if you don't need much and intend to use
it only occasionally it might make sense for you.

You might want to consider a Mifi unit (a mini mobile wireless router modem)
which is more flexible in that you can use it with many different wifi
enabled devices. More expesive of course and I don't think that there's an
option that avoids either a contract or PAYG credit expiring after 30 days.

Tim

From: Trent SC on 19 Jan 2010 07:46
>> 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). At �15 a Gb it's certainly
> not the cheapest data around but if you don't need much and intend to use
> it only occasionally it might make sense for you.
>
> You might want to consider a Mifi unit (a mini mobile wireless router
> modem) which is more flexible in that you can use it with many different
> wifi enabled devices. More expesive of course and I don't think that
> there's an option that avoids either a contract or PAYG credit expiring
> after 30 days.

Thanks for the suggestion, but as this is probably a one-off requirement,
the Mifi unit is likely to be overkill for my needs.


From: anthony.j.cunningham on 19 Jan 2010 08:11
On Jan 19, 11:22 am, "Trent SC" <Tre...(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.

Our local Tesco has 3 Dongles in stock.
From: Roger Mills on 19 Jan 2010 08:34
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!
--
Cheers,
Roger
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