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Personrockhuggerjamie
08/6/2012 at 8:53pm
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Hi, has anyone used a new iPad on either 3G and/or wifi at Jasmine Park campsite? Firstly I am trying to see which is the best network provider on a payg data deal and also how strong Jasmine Parks Wifi is in a Tent? I see that the campsites own wifi is rather expensive at £20 per week, so I am open to all info on this..
Many thanks
Rockhuggerjamie


PersonCamping nutcase
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Although I can't advise about Jasmine Park - I got a 3G sim for my Ipad, as were were away the past couple of days in Rosneigr = found that the coverage could vary for no real reason - apart from possible the weather was affecting it. One minute it would be really quick and the next so slow as to be useless.

I suppose a lot would depend on what you wanted it for - general browsing and it was fine - but I would not have like to rely on it if I needed to stay connected.


Personmike.wilkinson
09/6/2012 at 7:08am
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Have a look at the all you can eat from 3 i use it in a phone tethered to my laptop,to tether though you would also need to be on the one plan,but for a sim in an ipad i think its just all you can eat,the chap in the dandy next to me watched the football last night on his ipad via 3.

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Personmazza79
09/6/2012 at 11:03am
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If you go on the service providers web site they should have a coverage checker just type in postcode for camp site your visiting and it'll let you know what the coverage is for it

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09/6/2012 at 11:07am
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just had a look on three's coverage checker and it says the signal is good on there

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Personrockhuggerjamie
09/6/2012 at 12:24pm
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Hi Cheers for all your replies, info very welcomed.
Rockhuggerjamie


Personmcguire6078
09/6/2012 at 1:47pm
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I agree with mike wilkinson: if you have a good data allowance and can tether your laptop/ipad through your mobile phone connection it can be cheaper than buying a dongle.

However if you don't have a data plan you could just buy a PAYG dongle - which you could then use at other sites (reception permitting). At £20.00 for 7 days I feel this is expensive unless of course it is an ultra fast wireless broadband connection


PersonLarbea22
11/6/2012 at 12:09pm
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We got an O2 iPad PAYG sim and just top it up when we go away.. they do £10 or £15 a month depending on what data you need and if you don't want it to top up again the next month you can just cancel your payment.

Coverage wise we were at St Leonards Farm, near Bournemouth, over Jubilee weekend and the coverage was awful. Our mobile phones are both with Vodafone, which had great 3G connection, but the iPad was struggling and was very slow to do anything. We're tempted to get a Vodafone Sim too for future instances of this happening.

£20 for WiFi seems a bit heavy to me.. other campsites we've visited have offered free WiFi which is how it should be IMHO.


Personmichael
11/6/2012 at 2:35pm
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we used 3g on O2 last week at knaresbourgh and most of the time it was good on our ipad.

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Personej2095
11/6/2012 at 3:12pm
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Nah as a ICT man my self i would get a GiffGaff sim

All you can eat data for a tenner a month :-)

order a free sim from there website..

They use the 02 network also u cna top it up with o2 top up card

giffgaff site


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PersonG7ACU
11/6/2012 at 4:53pm
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Quote: Originally posted by ej2095 on 11/6/2012
Nah as a ICT man my self i would get a GiffGaff sim
All you can eat data for a tenner a month :-)
order a free sim from there website..
They use the 02 network also u cna top it up with o2 top up card
giffgaff site
I rate GiffGaff too, the service works well, BUT... beware that the unlimited data is for conventional mobile phone use only; for ipads for example, they offer Data only sims. GG are implementing technology to identify if you're using standard sims in ipads and imposing a restriction on data use.

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Personarsenaldes
11/6/2012 at 5:06pm
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I personally rate 3 for the best coverage

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Personej2095
12/6/2012 at 12:54pm
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lol just change your browser id that will sort it out



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