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Old 02-06-08, 12:18 PM
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Mobile Broadband?
Anyone use mobile broadband? Any recomendations or providers to stay away from?
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I've just recently (last couple of months) started using broadband on my phone... I'm with Vodafone and I pay about £7 (I think!?!?!) per month and they've just upgraded it to unlimited usage. Very handy!

I'm going to be playing with it to use the phone as a modem so I just plug the laptop into it and off I go. Very useful when out and about!
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I use it at work out on site and it works well for me. Mine`s from o2 and to be honest it`s as quick as the bt broadband at home.
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I got the Vodafone USB one for my daughter, its £15 per month for an 18month contract, fee USB dongle with a maximum download of 3G per month, fast connection, easy to use. I have used it on my laptop in London and got a 7MB connection. Very good
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Using Vodafone USB Mobile Broadband to post this. It's a company one, but I'm told it's £18 per month for unlimited UK use, and costs £8 for a 24hr session whilst abroad. It's just as fast as my BT connection at home.
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have been using 3's mobile broadband - it's rubbish! Much slower than dial up, and don't even think about uploading with it. Have used it in various locations so don't think it's coverage problem.

In pricess of trying to get out of contract - not easy.
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I've got an unlimited data package from T-Mobile which costs around £8. I'm led to believe I can connect a laptop up to my HTC Kaiser using internet sharing and browse from there using HSDPA, which is nice and quick and no need for Mobile Broadband at twice the price
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I use T-Mobile Web'n Walk for £15 per month 'unlimited' with free USB dongle thingy. In reality it is subject to a 3Gb fair usage policy and Skype calls are barred so very much limited.

Speed wise it is usable when you have 3G coverage but quite a lot of the time it falls back to 2G or 2.5G so effectively dial up speeds. Forums and basic email are *just* about usable but at those speeds you'll struggle to download 3Gb in a month....

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I have 2 t-mobile usb's {with sim cards} they cost just £4.23 each per month
that's for 3gig per month {unlimited usage}
Ive had the 2 sim cards over 2 years now and the is no way i will be getting home broadband as the sim cards are just as good {as long as you have a good mobile signal}


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