JoelP
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| posted on 6/8/10 at 07:15 PM |
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mobile broadbeans
im really quite impressed! I bought a vodaphone usb modem today for £5 at CPW, and its actually faster than my sky broadband! And also cheaper, since
i can now cancel both the sky and the bleeding talk talk phone line. 
Technology, here i come!
Another amusing thing i noticed; i was umm-ing and ah-ing about getting a netbook, but was wondering about performance - did a check and the cheap
ones are the same spec as my 4 year old desktop! Ie roughly 1.8Ghz and 1gb or ram. Now i think about it, the harddisk is bigger too!
If only everything else fell together so well...
On a down note, i just melted my thermos lid trying to boil some mould out of it 
[Edited on 6/8/10 by JoelP]
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Benzine
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| posted on 6/8/10 at 07:51 PM |
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i've had a vodafone dongle for nearly two years now, I've never been anywhere it's not had signal. Even in the middle of nowhere in
Wales and Scotland, can't fault it
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 6/8/10 at 08:24 PM |
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I have one from T-mobile and it's very useful.
One thing to watch - they often have quite a low "fair use" limit.
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JoelP
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| posted on 6/8/10 at 10:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I have one from T-mobile and it's very useful.
One thing to watch - they often have quite a low "fair use" limit.
I think this polava with limited unlimited downloads is outrageous to be honest, some of the unlimited ones are 500mb a month. How on earth is that
unlimited?!
I got the pay as you go ones, so its £15 for 3gb, which should last about a month judging by todays use. No contract too so i could just throw it out
if i didnt get reception. Might get a contract one on 3 though, which gives 5gb a month for the same wonga.
Could the 'fair use' clause not fall foul of the unfair terms in consumer contracts legislation? Since having a limit directly contradicts
what the product claims to offer, it could be deemed unfair and unenforceable.
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BenB
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| posted on 7/8/10 at 12:40 AM |
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I agree re the "fair use" policy blowing chunks. The orange broadband one is the worst. They don't tell you what it is (they decide
once you've signed) and some people have been cut-off for downloading less than the capped tarriffs. Not sure how that works......
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 7/8/10 at 01:58 AM |
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We live in the middle of nowhere and can't get ADSL over the phone line.
We got a Vodafone one but could only ever get 2G/2.5G where we live even though the guy in the shop looked on his database and said we should be
fine!
Had loads of 'discussions' via email and eventually they agreed it was not my computer that was at fault and let me cancel.
So we got an orange dongle, 3GB/month for £15 and the coverage is excellent, regularly getting 1.5Mb Downlink.
Don't use it as much now though because we use a local wireless provider. Get around 4Mb Downlink and 1Mb Uplink.
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/8/10 at 07:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
Might get a contract one on 3 though, which gives 5gb a month for the same wonga.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Got billed £80 one month, somehow managed to download an EXTRA 3gb in 45 min/3 hr/ the day before they said when I never even used it.
Was actually scared to use it after that, and all these governing bodies did F all... Even now they're chasing us for money and we're
demanding proof there was a contract (that we've been asking for for over a year).
Seriously I'd rather drive my moped to Google in Switzerland (I think they're there) and use their machines
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 7/8/10 at 08:14 AM |
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Sounds like my contract with T-Mobile is a bit more civilised than some - there is a fair use limit, but you don't get penalised immediately if
you exceed it.
First you get a letter, message or similar to say you've gone over the limit, but they don't limit your connection unless you've
gone seriously over the top. They don't charge extra either (I'm on a fixed sum monthly payment of £10 - special rate for people with a
T-mobile phone with internet access).
You only get line restrictions if you've been warned 2 or 3 times in successive months.
The one downside is that transmission speed can be severely compromised mid-evening - I guess that their max data capacity is not too good. This
doesn't really bother me as I mostly use it during the day.
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Marcus
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| posted on 7/8/10 at 09:21 AM |
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I bought a Mifi from 3. Awesome bit of kit, 1Gb limit for £10. Allows anything with a wifi connection to access t'internet (and I got a few of
them, PSP, PDA, netbook, Laptop, and main PC if I can't be arsed to switch router on) It's ideal for Ipod / Ipad etc
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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