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3G Data Card for Notebook
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| RICHARD 2006-03-30, 5:49 pm |
| I want a 3G data card for my Notebook PC, one with a PCMCIA slot. I
don't want a mobile phone just the card so I can surf/respond to and
read long emails in the UK. Preliminary research suggest that there
are only two choices Orange and Vodaphone, but the pricing seems
inextricably linked with possession of a 3G phone which I don't want.
Can anyone help.
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RICHARD wrote:
> I want a 3G data card for my Notebook PC, one with a PCMCIA slot. I
> don't want a mobile phone just the card so I can surf/respond to and
> read long emails in the UK. Preliminary research suggest that there
> are only two choices Orange and Vodaphone, but the pricing seems
> inextricably linked with possession of a 3G phone which I don't want.
O2 and T-Mobile also offer 3G data card products. Having used both of
the Orange and Vodafone products, I have to say that they are both
utterly useless (IME) - even in Central London where coverage and speed
should theoretically be good. The Vodafone card has the slight
advantage in that it is not utter garbage unlike the Orange product
(although it's still not great TBH).
Both Orange and Vodafone have similar pricing on the 3G data card
prices, with Vodafone slightly undercutting Orange. I used the 65MB and
75MB monthly subscription tariffs respectively - both priced at
=A323.50/month - no 3G voice phone required...?
Tariq
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| RICHARD 2006-03-30, 5:49 pm |
| Thanks Tariq, I'm trying to avoid paying the excessive
Starbucks-T-Mobile rate, assuming coverage is poor and/or speed slow,
does 3G default to GPRS?
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| Craig Rider 2006-03-30, 5:49 pm |
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"RICHARD" <richard.hyett@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1143743388.611492.185940@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks Tariq, I'm trying to avoid paying the excessive
> Starbucks-T-Mobile rate, assuming coverage is poor and/or speed slow,
> does 3G default to GPRS?
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Short answer: yes
A bit longeranswer: depends on how you set them up. Most software will
default to "3G preferred" and fail over to GPRS as coverage/lack of allows.
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| Steve Dulieu 2006-03-30, 5:49 pm |
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"RICHARD" <richard.hyett@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1143743388.611492.185940@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks Tariq, I'm trying to avoid paying the excessive
> Starbucks-T-Mobile rate, assuming coverage is poor and/or speed slow,
> does 3G default to GPRS?
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Errr, what's excessive about £23.50 per month for unlimited wi-fi? (provided
you can stomach the coffee..;))
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Cheers, Steve.
Change from jealous to sad to reply.
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| Steve Dulieu 2006-03-30, 5:49 pm |
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"RICHARD" <richard.hyett@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1143747024.175067.234810@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
> I meant excessive for T-Mobile Starbucks
> http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/Dispatche..._wb_uks
p
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> 40 pounds per month
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Ah, see what you mean. I was refering to the unlimited monthly subscription
at the top of that page...
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Cheers, Steve.
Change from jealous to sad to reply.
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| RICHARD 2006-03-30, 5:49 pm |
| Thanks Steve,
I should read these things more carefully
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| richard.hyett@gmail.com declared for all the world to hear...
> I want a 3G data card for my Notebook PC, one with a PCMCIA slot. I
> don't want a mobile phone just the card so I can surf/respond to and
> read long emails in the UK. Preliminary research suggest that there
> are only two choices Orange and Vodaphone, but the pricing seems
> inextricably linked with possession of a 3G phone which I don't want.
> Can anyone help.
Find an Orange Shop which still has stock of the Option Fusion 3G / WiFi
card and get one for £99.99 on the pay-as-you-consume tariff (zero line
rental)
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Regards
Jon
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| Richard Faulkner 2006-03-30, 11:48 pm |
| In message <1143741205.184761.104200@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
RICHARD <richard.hyett@gmail.com> writes
>I want a 3G data card for my Notebook PC, one with a PCMCIA slot. I
>don't want a mobile phone just the card so I can surf/respond to and
>read long emails in the UK. Preliminary research suggest that there
>are only two choices Orange and Vodaphone, but the pricing seems
>inextricably linked with possession of a 3G phone which I don't want.
>Can anyone help.
>
I bought a Globetrotter Fusion card on ebay, (about £100), and use it
with an ordinary Orange sim on their extra all day orange world for £1.
It only connects at 57Kb/s, so is a slow as a land based dial up
connection, but it works. I put it in my phone to buy the extra via 450,
(not sure if you can do this on the web).
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Richard Faulkner
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