annharvey_tipton wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Andrew Dyke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Sorry if I am being thick here but can you explain HST please?. I am >> interested in this thread as I am considering getting the 3 dongle >> at 50 UKP and use it PAYG. I know Martin Phillips is pleased with >> his. The only down side I can see is the 10 UKP, 1gb top up PAYG >> must be used with 30 days, so not true PAYG. Was it easy to set up? >> >> Regards, >> >> Andrew >> Web Site www.andrewdyke.co.uk >> Web Site www.mayorofevesham.co.uk >> > Hi Andrew I'll jump in here. I have a 3 dongle (on loan from my son > in law) and I use it while I'm on the boat for a while. It was easy > to set up and I didn't use all the 1gig available. I will be getting > another today as we're off to KB tomorrow to take boat to Stafford > for blacking. > > It's easy to use, but for the usual problems with using a mobile > connection on a boat, no signal in out of the way places being the > main one. Ken not letting me use the 240v for my laptop for too long > being another, but that's my only problems. When we increase the > number of batteries and the size of the inverter one of these > problems will disappear.
You can get a dc/dc convertor that will drive your laptop directly from 12V Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
