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[tunnie]

Can anyone recommend a WiFi 3G dongle, that is PAYG but with decent download limit? Like 5gb or even unlimited?

[MR MISTER]

Can't help I'm afraid, Tunnie. It's been a while since I've seen my dongle. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

I used a 3 pay as you go dongle for a while with no problems.   

[tunnie]

I used a 3 pay as you go dongle for a while with no problems.   

Unlimited? What kind of cost?

[05omegav6]

Can't help I'm afraid, Tunnie. It's been a while since I've seen my dongle. 

I shall buy you a mirror on a stick for Christmas

[zirk]

Virgin did a PAYGO Sim where if you went the Data Max plan it gave you 99.9 Gb (Yes 99.9) per 30 days for a £10 top up, but been a while since Ive used that one, so things may have changed now.

It all depends what your trying to do with it, in terms of Data use, as there are some tricks out there to be had.

First off, two things to consider (forgetting about 4G for now), 1, only a proper PAYG Broadband Sim is going to give access to a decent through put on speed, ie on 3G HSDPA around 5 to 8 Mb download speeds and access to Laptop / Tethering use. 2, if using a PAYGO Voice Sim for Data use your speed will be limited to around 1.5 to 3 Mb speed and Tethering is not allowed and could be blocked after a while. The only exception is Vodafone who dont care if you Tether (its your data so do want you want with it attitude) hence why Vodafone dont offer any Unlimited Plans, the other it T Mobile, who dont allow Tethering but dont seem to enforce the policy. All the others can, will or do.

Probably one of the cheapest ways is a standard T mobile PAYGO Voice Sim, where you can get Unlimited Data for £20 for 6 months (these are the one you see on the Bay for up to £40), but its  not unlimited, you get a 500mb per month fair use, so after that you can still surf but no Video downloads, these Sims you can get for free from T Mobile then just top up £20 and buy 6 months Data use (PM me for how to).

There are other ways but most start to get expensive when you hit or go over your data allowance, failing that its down to a 12 month Contract Sim of some description.

 

[Taxi_Driver]

NiffNaff do a 3GB/month for £12.50 simm ..... just bung the simm in a 3G phone and tether it 

http://giffgaff.com/goodybags#data

I bought one when i lost my phone line for 5 weeks a few months ago....I already had a spare simm, so registered it, I got £5 credit on my phone account and got £5 credit on the simm i registered 

I put the simm in my old BB 9000 and tethered it.....i used bring the connection up when i got home and left it up till i went to bed.....didnt use the 3GB, but then i didnt do any big downloads...

[pscocoa]

Can anyone recommend a WiFi 3G dongle, that is PAYG but with decent download limit? Like 5gb or even unlimited?

Things have changed so much I never use mine at all these days having Orange and Vodafone international dongles. BTWifi, Openzone and hotspots seem to have replaced these one fantastic little units. I do have a 3G sim in my ipad as back up.

[05omegav6]

Just get a T mobile unlimited contract phone and tether from it

3GB wouldn't last me a week at £12.50 a pop you might as well have the contract phone for £36 per month... Sooo much cheaper

[biggriffin]

Wtf Is tethering,  dougal is a top magic roundabouter.

[pscocoa]

Wtf Is tethering,  dougal is a top magic roundabouter.

Your phone is put in Internet sharing mode and your laptop or whatever connects via wifi to the network provided by your phone.

[Varche]

Virgin did a PAYGO Sim where if you went the Data Max plan it gave you 99.9 Gb (Yes 99.9) per 30 days for a £10 top up, but been a while since Ive used that one, so things may have changed now.

It all depends what your trying to do with it, in terms of Data use, as there are some tricks out there to be had.

First off, two things to consider (forgetting about 4G for now), 1, only a proper PAYG Broadband Sim is going to give access to a decent through put on speed, ie on 3G HSDPA around 5 to 8 Mb download speeds and access to Laptop / Tethering use. 2, if using a PAYGO Voice Sim for Data use your speed will be limited to around 1.5 to 3 Mb speed and Tethering is not allowed and could be blocked after a while. The only exception is Vodafone who dont care if you Tether (its your data so do want you want with it attitude) hence why Vodafone dont offer any Unlimited Plans, the other it T Mobile, who dont allow Tethering but dont seem to enforce the policy. All the others can, will or do.

Probably one of the cheapest ways is a standard T mobile PAYGO Voice Sim, where you can get Unlimited Data for £20 for 6 months (these are the one you see on the Bay for up to £40), but its  not unlimited, you get a 500mb per month fair use, so after that you can still surf but no Video downloads, these Sims you can get for free from T Mobile then just top up £20 and buy 6 months Data use (PM me for how to).

There are other ways but most start to get expensive when you hit or go over your data allowance, failing that its down to a 12 month Contract Sim of some description.

 

All sounds interesting. When we go back to the Uk, all too frequently now that we have elderly relatives, we use a 3 dongle we purchased outright and buy SIMs off Amazon. Broadband Ready to Go 3GB/3 months Preloaded Data StandardSIM  £20. We don't want a contract but do need to be able to watch catch up TV etc. We have a separate none contract UK 3 smart phone which gives us Skype for no money.

The T Mobile six month offer is in effect 3Gb if I read it correctly.

[hercules]

my only experience of them is a 3 dongle my mate got and it was so slow

[Sir Tigger KC]

I used a 3 pay as you go dongle for a while with no problems.   

Unlimited? What kind of cost?

7gb for about £25 if I remember correctly.

[Steve B]

There you go tunnie.  i think this is the sort of thing you are looking for