Mobile interwebs.
Posted: July 8th, 2010, 18:53
Anything useful to know?
I need about 10 days of them.
I need about 10 days of them.
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Posted: July 8th, 2010, 19:05
I use a 3 pay as you go package. At the time it was £50 for the dongle, £10 for 1Gb which lasts until it runs out or a month. You don't have to pay anything monthly, which was the draw for me. I also didn't have to provide any card details, so they can't charge you extortionate amounts for exceeding your limits.
Re: Mobile interwebs.
Posted: July 8th, 2010, 19:10
Burn monies on a usb dongle package or suck it up.Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Anything useful to know?
I need about 10 days of them.
And also accept 'I told you so' because I mentioned sorting it out ages ago.
Posted: July 8th, 2010, 19:16
If it makes you feel any better, the Virgin robot I was talking to on their website (which kept pausing to get a human because of my elaborately worded questions) says they could get me live in 72 hours. The conversation ended with:
Robot: "So, shall we move to adding this to your checkout then?"
Me: "Lets not be too hasty there."
*You have disconnected*
Robot: "So, shall we move to adding this to your checkout then?"
Me: "Lets not be too hasty there."
*You have disconnected*
Posted: July 8th, 2010, 19:28
3 dongle here did me well for the few weeks I needed it. Not really online gaming material, but enough to keep the whoring addiction at bay.
Posted: July 8th, 2010, 20:30
Have you checked that there is no handy wifi about? Both times i've moved i have managed to make do for the few days on ether-web.
Failing that, i plug my blackberry in and use as a tethered modem. Do you have a phone/network that won't rape you on data usage?
Failing that, i plug my blackberry in and use as a tethered modem. Do you have a phone/network that won't rape you on data usage?
Posted: July 8th, 2010, 20:47
not checked yet, though I reckon there'll be a few around, depends if they're open or not though.
and nope, phone won't work, and will rape.
and nope, phone won't work, and will rape.
Posted: July 8th, 2010, 21:39
You can get various data packages on deals with just buying SIM cards without having to buy a phone or use your current SIM, the best deals are based around contracts, but there's a top-up option that sits kind of between pre-pay and contract.
The dongles have SIMs inside them, so if you can get one in a deal without paying for it, or your phone won't take a different SIM or connect to the PC, they may be a better option.
I have an O2 SIM with £10 on it they forced me to buy when I bought my phone, which I'll probably never use, given the short time involved, a pre-pay solution will probably end up being cheaper if you can keep the bandwidth down.
The dongles have SIMs inside them, so if you can get one in a deal without paying for it, or your phone won't take a different SIM or connect to the PC, they may be a better option.
I have an O2 SIM with £10 on it they forced me to buy when I bought my phone, which I'll probably never use, given the short time involved, a pre-pay solution will probably end up being cheaper if you can keep the bandwidth down.