2008/7/12 Rev Simon Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This one time, at band camp, Amos Shapira wrote: > >> I know about unWired and Three's offerings, which sound reasonable for >> a short period, but buying the hardware just for this period looks >> expensive, and I didn't find anywhere which offers it for rent. > > If you have a 3G phone with Bluetooth, you can use it to connect to the > Net with a (cheap) USB Bluetooth dongle on your computer.. Though > you'll want to keep your usage down as the rates are normally punitive.
Three's mobile plans where the first I looked at but (and here I'm open for corrections if I'm wrong): 1. We have two Nokia 6280 (not Three's 6288, which I heard are much faster). They are very slow so I don't think it's a good option to connect a desktop through them, even for a month of GMail/GDocs/Internet Banking. 2. Getting a mobile broadband dongle from Three involves $5 per month for a minimum of 24 months plus the $29 plan for 3Gb). 3. Buying the modem outright would cost $199. (BTW - Internet at home is critical for my wife's business, it's not just a convenience). So it looks like the expenses of getting a modem just for one month would be the equivalent of about 6 months of savings of Telstra ransom (~$34 per month). Same general calculation went with the UnWired option. All this is subject to availability in my area too, on top of that. Someone else on the list has offered to rent me a spare Three modem so I think I'll take it for a test drive. Thanks, --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
