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Subject Topic: Bought a laptop with a dongle
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09/8/2009 at 5:14pm
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hello again i have bought a lovely new laptop today and a dongle to take on our long tour,,,see my other post!! does anyone else do this or is their only me this sad   hehe,  

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09/8/2009 at 5:19pm
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I recently got one so I could check my email and log onto UKCS whilst away. Unfortunately, we couldn't get a signal on our second week when we were on a different site. Looks like I will end up wasting about 1gb. Glad I didn't pay for any more.


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09/8/2009 at 5:23pm
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I always take mine when i go away i'd be lost without it in the evening because i'm not a great TV lover.

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09/8/2009 at 6:01pm
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We have had one for a while, the coverage around the Uk is very patchy however, sometimes its fine and you can surf for hours and others you cannot log on at all.

I wouldnt like to have to rely on one for checking anything important, or working whilst away, they do have an annoying habit of loosing stuff when you press the 'Send' button either by no coverage or signal, logging you off line even if you had gained the signal ok a few mins before

The first one we bought was from VodaPhone, but we had very poor service and it all ended up in the hands of trading standards department, the one we have now is T-Mobile and thats about as good as it gets using dongles for us!

Julia .   



09/8/2009 at 6:03pm
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Got the boy a Vodaphone one for out 3 week tour of the North of England & Scotland.

He used it on all 5 sites every night and during the journeys, mostly for MSN and web camming.  Got a signal virtually all of the time and in 3 weeks used only £9 worth of credit.

Very good and would recommend it to anyone.



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09/8/2009 at 6:25pm
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hi,im using my laptop now we are at bruces cave cp near gretna green im getting good reception here using vodaphone dongel.

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09/8/2009 at 7:31pm
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i have the vodafone payasyougo dongle, works ok most of the time, i expect all the others have there weak spots, but the good thing with the vodafone one is you dont lose your credit after a month like you do with o2 and others


09/8/2009 at 7:46pm
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Vodafone for us too and so far so good. About ten sites and on every time.

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09/8/2009 at 7:48pm
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took my laptop and dongle away with me just recently although i got a signal i only logged on once . so i cannot be hooked as my oh says so lol  17  i have a phone with internet as well


09/8/2009 at 8:29pm
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I use my phone instead.its on the 3 network and ive never been stuck for coverage.

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09/8/2009 at 8:49pm
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We've bought a dinky little netbook & dongle to use when we're away.  Used it loads in the evenings while away for a week.

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09/8/2009 at 9:34pm
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has anybody used their dongles in the Highlands and up around John O Groats, we didn,t bother getting one as we were led to believe there was no coverage around Shiel Bridge/ Kyle of Lochalsh and John o Groats

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09/8/2009 at 9:37pm
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I have the option of using my phone which is with BT (bouncing off Vodaphone) but they have very low download limits (10 meg iirc) you can pay extra for so called unlimited use, but that is still slapped with a fair usage policy of about 150 mb / month and costs £5. I have a pay as you go dongle for Three which costs £10 for 1.5 Gb and lasts 30 days so meg for meg is a lot cheaper. The dongle itself costs about £20. You have to be careful with all these dongles that you do not exceed your credit as the price suddenly shoots through the roof. Three charge £1 per mb for out of credit useage, Vodaphone if I recall correctly charge a massive £7 per mb!


10/8/2009 at 7:22am
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Vodafone PAYG is £15 per megabyte with no limit on how long the credit lasts.

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10/8/2009 at 1:29pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Dave Thorpe on 09/8/2009
has anybody used their dongles in the Highlands and up around John O Groats, we didn,t bother getting one as we were led to believe there was no coverage around Shiel Bridge/ Kyle of Lochalsh and John o Groats
My son used his while in The Highlands.  We were based just South of Fort William and he used it there no probs as well as while we travelled around up there.

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10/8/2009 at 1:35pm
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We use same as Jan P - had it since May day B/H's - still have £3 and some pence left - used loads of times - bargain I say

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