acting as a checkpoint for the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race over
Easter.
I have a Nokia 6610i phone (Which I bought from Orange for £40 last October)
I'm on Orange Pay-as-you-go.
To set up the unlimited internet access, just dial 450, listen to the voice
prompts and key in 3 1 1 1 1 then hang up. You'll get a text to confirm
that you've just had £1 deducted from your credit, and that you now have
unlimited internet access until midnight.
I used an infra-red connection, though I've since ordered a USB cable from
www.4mobiles.co.uk for £8.69.
I was emailing the boat numbers and times to our control centre, and looking
at our race website www.drwace.org.uk which has large tables of boat times
that update automatically every few minutes.
On Friday evening we listened to 3 episodes of the Archers on the BBC Listen
Again website via the phone and computer. Good sound quality after the
streaming data had taken about 40 seconds to settle. Total download that
evening was over 11MB, which is pretty good for £1.
Beware, though. Don't connect to the internet before you've paid for the £1
Orange Extra. You get charged £4 immediately, to cover the first 1MB. If
you then buy the £1 "Extra" your £4 will be wasted - it will not exist after
midnight.
Dave Wedd.
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:15 PM
Subject: [canals-list] moblie phone internet
> With respect to my forthcoming visit to the UK, I'm wondering how I'm
> going to get internet access, both on boat and off.
>
> From my research, it appears that using "wireless hotspots" is a bit
> costly, so never mind that.
>
> Mobile phone internet is slow, and also appears costly, at least for
> the Pay As You Go (non-contract) plan I'll need to use. I did, though,
> find reference to an Orange feature that purports to be 1 GBP/day for
> unlimited usage. This would least allow some (murderously slow) web
> surfing in addition to email.
>
> However, details of that on the Orange website are hard to find and
> sketchy. Is anyone using this? (I initially saw it mentioned on a
> uk telecom newsgroup).
>
> Other suggestions welcomed.
>
> - george
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