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Personphilz55
10/8/2014 at 5:59pm
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The one plan on 3 is no longer available.


Personpath20
10/8/2014 at 11:52pm
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I tether my iPhone to my iPad using 3G.the only thing is that 3G is hit and miss depending on where you are.

McDonald's free wifi is good.


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PersonPandabloke
11/8/2014 at 1:58pm
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Hi Philz. You are completely correct. I have just contacted 3 and they have confirmed what you have said. The One Plan is now only available to customers who were originally on that plan. All upgrades and new contracts will come with a maximum of 4gb (but more likely 2gb) of tethering.

So everyone please completely ignore what I posted here! Believe me it was done in good faith and my existing knowledge at the time. 3 have really shot themselves in the foot here. All my chauffeuring coleagues were on the one plan. I will let them know immediately.

Please check with EE though. When I was renewing my contract with 3 a few weeks ago, EE were offering a phone+contract for about £40 ish a month and that had a 20 gb limit on the tariff, tethered or untethered. This may still be available.

I'll be keen to know what you come up with! Panda.

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Personnottstu
01/9/2014 at 10:37am
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For someone who wants internet access for online trading cost should be less of an issue than reliability so to me the best option seems a dongle and a pile of tethering permissible payg or 'sim only' sim cards. Giffgaff data only 'gigabag' is good and works on O2 network, something from Virgin for EE network, whatever 3 offer and something else for Voda and with wifi when available you're sorted.

or just stay home and tour around on google streetview.


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01/9/2014 at 1:04pm
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as wifi on campsites are often miserable I am thinking of enquiring after e mobile hotspot, a mobile router which makes you not dependent on wifi which can be bought at campsites. Has anyone experience with this?


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02/9/2014 at 11:37am
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Quote: Originally posted by anabel on 01/9/2014as wifi on campsites are often miserable I am thinking of enquiring after e mobile hotspot, a mobile router which makes you not dependent on wifi which can be bought at campsites. Has anyone experience with this?


We used (until now) a 'MiFi' hotspot. Ours is unlocked, but we use '3' because that seems to offer the best general coverage.

My own opinion is that '3' is good technically, but the customer service is a nightmare - best avoided if you want to avoid having a stroke.

The 3 PAYG has the HUGE advantage of no contract to go wrong and thus put you in contact with 3 customer services ;)

For a dedicated MiFi 'hotspot' you will need a data only SIM. These used to be available on Ebay for less than £12, offering 3Gb of data valid for 3 months - which was fine for use during the touring season. You just had one SIM in the device and another as a standby - no topping up, just chuck the expired one away and start again.

Lately, however, the pre-paid prices seem to have doubled!

My current plan is to use a standard 3 SIM in an unlocked smart phone, using the phone as a hotspot for our tablet device That offers data at 1p per Mb, or £10 for a Gb. Not the cheapest - but still no involvement with the dreaded 3 customer team, and the credit never expires. Top ups can be done online.


Personmummyintent
02/9/2014 at 10:47pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Fiona W on 28/7/2014
Friends who sail up the west coast of Scotland use a Vodaphone dongle with the laptop. Vodaphone was subsidised to intall masts up here where it wasn't economic in areas of low population (to facilitate what's known as Cyber Crofting, to generate income) but the signal will always vary with / be limited by, the terrain which may shield the signal. Sometimes you just have to walk uphill. Some sites offer WiFi - C&CC charges for this, but others offer it for free. BT claims x million WiFi hot spots (BT Fon) that you can access for free if your home Broadband is with them, but we always seem to be in the spaces in between.


The free bt wireless is only useful if your within a few meters of another bt customers house.


Personmotley
03/9/2014 at 7:27am
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Our BT hotspot is disabled......go buy your own..


Personeddiewin88
03/9/2014 at 2:58pm
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Anyone remember the days of 'war chalking' ?

War chalking was the 21st century equivalent of 'tramps signs' - where tramps and vagrants used to leave stones or sticks arranged in a pattern that conveyed a message to other gentlemen of the road - the message usually indicating that onwer of the adjacent property was good for a meal or a handout.

Chalked symbols were used a few years ago to indicate the presence of unsecured wireless connections - those were the days when a large number of people left their wireless routers in a default state without any security at all.

Thus, the person in need of a free internet connection could look for the signs and react accordingly.

Interestingly, an unsecured connection was the best form of defence against the predatory legal fims who went through a phase of sending out speculative invoices, claiming £500, or so, to prevent legal action being taken against the allged downloaders of copyrighted material.

If the connection was unsecured, it was impossible to prove whther the latest Hollywood blockbuster had been obtained by the ISP customer, or a passing war chalker....


Personnottstu
03/9/2014 at 7:04pm
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I for one missed that one eddie but it's a great story thanks.

Reminds me that other men in the household are a great defence in the case of the great toilet seat mystery.

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