Re: [Hampshire] Home 3g Broadband

Damn - forgot about my signature on here - whoops. No telemarketing-sales
calls please :) lol

On 15 August 2010 17:08, Keir Whitlock <keir@???> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a three mobile 3G dongle - 5GB for 15.00 no contract. Think you can
> get it cheaper with a contract to. I have been really quite impressed with
> it actually. Not sure if it what your after, but I thought I would throw in
> my 2 cents worth anyway :)
>
> Keir Whitlock
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> On 15 August 2010 17:04, Rob Malpass <linux@???> wrote:
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>> Hi all
>>
>> [Slightly OT – but whenever I try and google this I just get sent to
>> Mobile
>> ISPs’ websites]
>>
>> We’re going to be moving shortly and are highly dependent on the internet.
>> So much so in fact that we have both ADSL and cable – one acting as a
>> backup
>> for the other. Costly I know but for reasons I won’t bore you with – we
>> need certainty in our connection – or rather having a connection.
>>
>> The place we move to might well not have cable. As such, ADSL seems our
>> “only” option. This got me thinking about mobile broadband... Suppose
>> I
>> took up a mobile contract that included 3g web access and stuck that sim
>> card into a 3g router. That would then (admittedly at reduced bandwidth)
>> do the trick wouldn’t it? I’ve seen this for £80 on Amazon.
>>
>> Are there any other considerations (beyond the presumably extortionate
>> tariff I’d need to be on – I currently have 2Gb which is not much for
>> desktop but would be considered huge for “mobile”.
>>
>> Is there another option? I know I could have 2 BT lines into the new
>> house
>> but if there was a BT fault both lines would go down (wouldn’t they?)
>>
>> Cheers
>> Rob
>>
>>
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