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Luke-the-magic-man Posts: > 500

yeh, well that would be good, but I have no idea where I will be going or if anyone will have wi-fi... if so I would be sorted lol as all my lappys have wi-fi built in
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Posted: 2006-05-09 21:35:34
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scotsboyuk Posts: > 500

@Luke

I think the 3G option is really going to be the frontrunner here if you can't use a fixed line and if Wi-Fi is going to be an issue.
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Posted: 2006-05-09 22:09:14
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masseur Posts: > 500

I've used that vodafone 3g/gprs data card on the no limit plan and its rubbish.

actually its fine if you are always stationary and in good 3g coverage but I was travelling mostly on a train and while switching from 3g to gprs was fairly quick as we went out of 3g coverage, switching back to 3g when coverage returned was painfully slow and sometime the whole card and pc software that vodafone supply for the card had to be stopped and restarted

this was late last year so they may have improved things but thats just my experience
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Posted: 2006-05-09 22:16:14
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carkitter Posts: > 500

@luke

Had a similar conumdrum Dec last year when I attempted to
live 'Unplugged', that is, without landline.

I connected my laptop using

mobiles via GPRS but network provider was unable to bill the Data properly. In fact, my account still says I owe $66.36 (approx 23 pounds) from last month due to thier most recent error... They've promised me a credit twice but it's still owing.

3G Data Card was next step but I was not convinced that the billing issues would go away and so decided not to buy the card and find out.

Anyway... now I'm back on 3.5Mbps ADSL via landline and Wifi.
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Posted: 2006-05-10 11:00:23
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dave_uk Posts: > 500

Hey Luke,

You may be interested to know that T-Mobile also offer a 3G/GPRS data card, which also has built-in Wi-Fi capability.

The speed is upto 384Kbps, but the card should be compatible with HSDPA speeds of up to 1.8Mbps, due to be released later this year.

The best part is that the line rental is £19.99 per month for unlimited usage (although their fair use policy limits this to 2Gb/month) and the card is free on an 18-month contract and about £60 on a 12-month deal.

Can't vouch for the coverage, although T-Mobile have invested heavily in this area, and have the largest global GPRS footprint of any UK network, if that is any indication of their commitment to data.

Also, comes with 12-months free access to their HotSpot network, so if you do happen to have Wi-Fi access, you can use that for free as well.

Check it out here if it sounds interesting.

Dave
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Posted: 2006-05-10 14:05:37
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Luke-the-magic-man Posts: > 500

now thats what im talking about. I can probally get a card on ebay or something, but as long as I dont download a load of crap I recon that would be ok. Shame its a 12 month contract as I will only need it for a few months, but the novelty will be cool for like a 8months lol.

So asuming I bought a card off ebay could I transfere this plan over do u recon?
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Posted: 2006-05-10 14:21:42
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