On 7/30/08, Dave & Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not sure how many people get updates from Martins money site. > Ive noticed a deal today that ive signed up to via quidco & its a > pretty good deal for people on the move. > It states Get the most of Mobile Broadband. Get 50% off on Broadband > 5GB (now £7.50 per month). > > http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/cheap-mobile-broadband
3 offer some very good mobile internet, and I know a couple of people who use it regularly, but there is one major problem with 3: They don't have any 2.5g services, or any reciprocal data carrier agreements with other companies. What this means is that if you can't get a 3g signal, you can't get any data connection. Other than this caveat I can't see any other problems, but for convenience I want to use a mobile phone with bluetooth to provide wireless within the boat itself - 3g is hard to get inside a boat, so you stuck to a window with a USB lead normally. There is another way that Martin's site doesn't mention for people who only want access occasionally (like when on holiday), and thats via Orange Pay and Go. They have a special addon which allows internet access for £1 all day (around 2Gb download before getting into fair use problems AFAIK), all you need is a 3g mobile (preferably with HSDPA for extra high speed), and a Pay and Go sim (the deal is available for contract customers as well BTW). The phone I was eyeing up has been sold off now, it was £150 and had HSDPA. On the website you can add an extra £50 of calls to the account, and get £30 off the price of the phone, thus making the phone £120, and giving me 50 days of internet access for a total of £170 - obviously if you already have a 3g phone... Anyway thats my 0.002p's worth. Mike -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/
