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Payg Gprs?

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Jeff - 04 Nov 2006 15:23 GMT
Hi

I need occasional access to the internet whilst caravanning. At present I
achieve this via a gprs card for my laptop and an O2 data5 contract. This
works well from a technical point of view, I can almost always get a signal,
the speed is reasonable and I can access my company's VPN. The drawback is
cost - I need to pay around £10 per month for a service I use 2 or 3 times a
year - plus when I do use it I always end up paying for extra MBytes.

Does anyone have a view on what would be a better option? Ideally I'd like a
payg gprs service, but I haven't managed to find one so far. 3G doesn't have
the coverage and seems too expensive, and gsm is too slow (and expensive).

Any thoughts?

Thanks
Jeff
BORG - 04 Nov 2006 16:26 GMT
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>Thanks
>Jeff

Orange

£1 a day when you need it
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section.xiv@ntlworld.com - 04 Nov 2006 19:27 GMT
Hello,

I'm looking for PAYG GPRS as well, currently using O2, Web & Walk
option, which does not allow POP3 access.

I can't see any mention of the £1 access on the Orange site:
http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/payasyougo/plans?WT.svl=407

What's the tariff / option called?

David
Dave C - 04 Nov 2006 20:04 GMT
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> David

Mentioned here:-
http://www1.orange.co.uk/service_plans/payasyougo/extra_overview.html

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Phil - 06 Nov 2006 09:03 GMT
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> What's the tariff / option called?

Its a bolt on to PAYG, you buy it when you need it.
Paul G - 08 Nov 2006 21:44 GMT
> Its a bolt on to PAYG, you buy it when you need it.

T-Mobile also have a similar offering sold as capped at £1.00 web n walk See
http://tinyurl.com/6dby5
for details

Paul
Soruk - 08 Nov 2006 23:22 GMT
>> Its a bolt on to PAYG, you buy it when you need it.
>
>T-Mobile also have a similar offering sold as capped at £1.00 web n walk See
>http://tinyurl.com/6dby5
>for details

IIRC the T-Mobile offering specifically excludes use as a modem from a
computer, the Orange offering has no such limitation.

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Peter - 09 Nov 2006 18:32 GMT
>Orange
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>£1 a day when you need it

OK only I believe?
 
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