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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / February 20083G-USB Broadband Dongles
I notice an increasing range of these. Are there any short term (1 or 3 month ) contracts available, they all seem to be on 18/24 month contracts ? I'm thinking in terms of using one to 'bridge the gap' while moving house etc.  SignatureMark Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply. Mark Carver brought next idea : > I notice an increasing range of these. Are there any short term (1 or 3 month > ) contracts available, they all seem to be on 18/24 month contracts ? > > I'm thinking in terms of using one to 'bridge the gap' while moving house > etc. Buy one SIM free and use an existing Voice SIM with a data bundle on it that you can drop off when not needed? <http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141528> They're not terribly cheap, hence the 12/18/24 month terms. For that matter, do you have a 3G phone you can hook up with a USB cable? >I notice an increasing range of these. Are there any short term (1 or 3 month >) contracts available, they all seem to be on 18/24 month contracts ? > >I'm thinking in terms of using one to 'bridge the gap' while moving house etc. I saw an advert in Metro that implied 3 were now doing them on PAYG. 10 quid for 1GB (IIRC), then an eye-watering £1/Mbyte after that. Signature-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell Eridani Star System MailStripper - http://www.MailStripper.eu/ - SMTP spam filter Second Number - http://secondnumber.matrixnetwork.co.uk/ On 17 Feb 2008, Soruk wrote >> I notice an increasing range of these. Are there any short term >> (1 or 3 month ) contracts available, they all seem to be on [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > PAYG. 10 quid for 1GB (IIRC), then an eye-watering £1/Mbyte > after that. I think there's a fairly substantial up-front purchase cost in addition to that, though. (Like phones, the price of the hardware depends on the contract term.) SignatureCheers, Harvey In uk.telecom.mobile HVS <usenet@removethiswhhvs.co.uk> wrote: > I think there's a fairly substantial up-front purchase cost in > addition to that, though. (Like phones, the price of the hardware > depends on the contract term.) 100 quid for the HSDPA USB modem on PAYG: http://threestore.three.co.uk/payg/default.aspx (click on 'USB modem') Or you can use a 3G phone as a modem for no extra cost. If it's not an HSDPA phone it'll be 384Kbps rather than 1.8/3.6/7.2Mbps. (But think it's only Vodafone with 7.2Mbps). 50 quid for the USB modem on PAYG if you're a student or know one, buy before the end of the month: http://www.three.co.uk/personal/products_services_/mobile_broadband_/students.omp Theo > In uk.telecom.mobile HVS <usenet@removethiswhhvs.co.uk> wrote: >> I think there's a fairly substantial up-front purchase cost in [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > If it's not an HSDPA phone it'll be 384Kbps rather than 1.8/3.6/7.2Mbps. > (But think it's only Vodafone with 7.2Mbps). Nokia 6120 is HSDPA and £99.99 on 3 PAYT Steve Terry >50 quid for the USB modem on PAYG if you're a student or know one, buy >before the end of the month: >http://www.three.co.uk/personal/products_services_/mobile_broadband_/students.omp This can be bought online if one has an ac.uk email address and a promotional code. Anyone know what the code is? Mike. >>I notice an increasing range of these. Are there any short term (1 or 3 >>month [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I saw an advert in Metro that implied 3 were now doing them on PAYG. 10 > quid for 1GB (IIRC), then an eye-watering £1/Mbyte after that. I'm using 3's 3G to surf the net now with my old mobile (C975), £5 per month with a 2 GB limit. download speed is a respectable 50+ kb/s. You should look on eBay for some old 3G phones that have the software and USB cable. >>> I notice an increasing range of these. Are there any short term (1 or 3 >>> month [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > You should look on eBay for some old 3G phones that have the software and > USB cable. Can someone tell me what te current speeds actually are? I have to write a page of a website for someone to sell off a stall and do credit card validation over a link like this: I would want to know how fast a data rate we can expect. > Can someone tell me what te current speeds actually are? I have to write > a page of a website for someone to sell off a stall and do credit card > validation over a link like this: I would want to know how fast a data > rate we can expect. With the 3 Huawei E220 modem, and in an area showing 3.5G, I got a maximum of 400kbps and an average of 300kbps. In a 3G / 3 bar area I got about 40kbps. Ian >> Can someone tell me what te current speeds actually are? I have to write >> a page of a website for someone to sell off a stall and do credit card [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Ian Right so no worse than a modem at least..and possibly ten times better. 400kbps would be utter luxury. >>> Can someone tell me what te current speeds actually are? I have to write >>> a page of a website for someone to sell off a stall and do credit card [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Right so no worse than a modem at least..and possibly ten times better. > 400kbps would be utter luxury. Just timed my Nokia 6630 via DKU2 USB datalead using 3 PAYT on their 5quid a month packet internet deal.: 350kb/s down 55kb/s up I would expect maybe double that with the 10qud a month broadband deal. Sending this using it, on my laptop using aioe.cjb.net free Newsserver Steve Terry > Just timed my Nokia 6630 via DKU2 USB datalead using 3 PAYT > on their 5quid a month packet internet deal.: > 350kb/s down > 55kb/s up > > I would expect maybe double that with the 10qud a month broadband deal. Why would you expect it to be faster? That's pretty close to what I got with the dongle. Ian >>>> Can someone tell me what te current speeds actually are? I have to write >>>> a page of a website for someone to sell off a stall and do credit card [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > I would expect maybe double that with the 10qud a month broadband deal. About 1Mbps down and 50k up using the Huawei E220 dongle (from a B&B farmhouse near Ross-on-Wye at the weekend). Be careful if you get the ZTE dongle - it can be dog to install. My local 3 store has a pile returned that they've had to swap for the Huawei. regards, Ian S > Can someone tell me what te current speeds actually are? I have to write > a page of a website for someone to sell off a stall and do credit card > validation over a link like this: I would want to know how fast a data > rate we can expect. Got 1.6Mbps from thinkbroadband.com and 1.8Mbps from speedtest.net on Vodafone HSDPA dongle in laptop last week. Signature<http://ale.cx/> (AIM:troffasky) (UnSoEsNpEaTm@ale.cx) 11:16:10 up 9 days, 14:18, 2 users, load average: 1.19, 1.13, 1.09 Convergence, n: The act of using separate DSL circuits for voice and data >> Can someone tell me what te current speeds actually are? I have to write >> a page of a website for someone to sell off a stall and do credit card [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Got 1.6Mbps from thinkbroadband.com and 1.8Mbps from speedtest.net on > Vodafone HSDPA dongle in laptop last week. Ok..the issue here is that the portable will be operating in very uncertain areas of reception - outdoors at shows and the like. It looks like if it works at all, it will be around 40k-50k minimum. So pages will have to be a few K at most. Think that is do-able. Many thanks.. > Can someone tell me what te current speeds actually are? I have to write > a page of a website for someone to sell off a stall and do credit card > validation over a link like this: I would want to know how fast a data > rate we can expect. Might be worth looking at http://www.mobilepos.co.uk before spending a lot of time on this. >> Can someone tell me what te current speeds actually are? I have to >> write a page of a website for someone to sell off a stall and do [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Might be worth looking at http://www.mobilepos.co.uk before spending a > lot of time on this. MMm. Thats not half a bad idea.. > I notice an increasing range of these. Are there any short term (1 or 3 month > ) contracts available, they all seem to be on 18/24 month contracts ? > > I'm thinking in terms of using one to 'bridge the gap' while moving house etc. 3 do a PAYG, buy the dongle for a onner (that's a hundred quid to you) and pay ten quid for a gig's worth of data which lasts a month. That's all I know. |
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