I want to ditch my phone line but stay connected to the internet with a USB wifi connection (about 40 euros) - looks good on paper but does anyone have experience of these wireless devices? And any thoughts about the best coverage or deals (telefonica/Vodafone/Orange…)?

This should be cheaper than a fixed monthly line rental as well as being able to take it with you.

Thanks

I live in a remote valley with very poor internet availability and several people I know have internet with a usb mobile ‘dongle’. It seems to work fine for them. The ones I know use vodafone.  It obviously depends on the network coverage in your area, and whether there is 3G coverage.

I tried the same system earlier this year when I was in the UK for about 6 weeks. I bought a pay as you go dongle from the 3 network. It worked fine, and was surprisingly quick. the main problem I found was that it gobbled up the bandwidth I had paid for - until I turned off images in firefox - from that moment onwards it was incredibly cheap. some sites don’t work well - I turned the images back on, used that site and then turned them back off. Skype worked a treat - and didn’t use much bandwidth either.

On balance - I would say it depends on the coverage you have, your usage, if the deal is for unlimited bandwidth or not - and whether you can cope turning images off if not.

jmthomas - 13 June 2010 06:00 AM

I want to ditch my phone line but stay connected to the internet with a USB wifi connection (about 40 euros) - looks good on paper but does anyone have experience of these wireless devices? And any thoughts about the best coverage or deals (telefonica/Vodafone/Orange…)?

This should be cheaper than a fixed monthly line rental as well as being able to take it with you.

Thanks

I found a cool product i bought one of these gobabymobile Mini WiFi ?dongle dock? works with ?ANY DONGLE ON ANY NETWORK?

ed 😊

when you buy a DONGLE from any phone company and you can change the setting to new company with have two buy again ANY DONGLE ON ANY NETWORK

and you like was removed aswell please no links read the rules

Jurdy

jurdyr - 26 November 2011 08:55 PM

when you buy a DONGLE from any phone company and you can change the setting to new company with have two buy again ANY DONGLE ON ANY NETWORK

Jurdy

Humm yes but this is open to any network >

ed 😊 

if you had read the rules befor post up links that you could got in touch with one Moderators and ask about postting link two website ,
jurdy

You can use a mobile wifi hotspot with the sim from any dongle but it will probably have to be unlocked like a mobile phone. What I will say is if you intend to check emails or read the papers a dongle will be fine.
HOWEVER
if you want to download films, music etc or “stream” T.V fB’s downloaded and it’s not a lot. Also at full speed they are not upto the standard of a fixed isp(which in most of Spain is P*** Poor compared to the U.K Grrrr)
HTH

CalpeVillas - 01 December 2011 04:02 AM

You can use a mobile wifi hotspot with the sim from any dongle but it will probably have to be unlocked like a mobile phone. What I will say is if you intend to check emails or read the papers a dongle will be fine.
HOWEVER
if you want to download films, music etc or “stream” T.V fB’s downloaded and it’s not a lot. Also at full speed they are not upto the standard of a fixed isp(which in most of Spain is P*** Poor compared to the U.K Grrrr)
HTH

This mini dongle dock is not locked to a network , it will work with any dongle you put in it

ed 😊

Philip_Gilmore - 28 June 2010 05:33 PM

I live in a remote valley with very poor internet availability and several people I know have internet with a usb mobile ‘dongle’. It seems to work fine for them. The ones I know use vodafone.  It obviously depends on the network coverage in your area, and whether there is 3G coverage.

I tried the same system earlier this year when I was in the UK for about 6 weeks. I bought a pay as you go dongle from the 3 network. It worked fine, and was surprisingly quick. the main problem I found was that it gobbled up the bandwidth I had paid for - until I turned off images in firefox - from that moment onwards it was incredibly cheap. some sites don’t work well - I turned the images back on, used that site and then turned them back off. Skype worked a treat - and didn’t use much bandwidth either.

On balance - I would say it depends on the coverage you have, your usage, if the deal is for unlimited bandwidth or not - and whether you can cope turning images off if not.

Thanks for the tip about turning of the images! Never occurred to me!

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