3 Mobile Broadband 1/2 Price Again

gjchester

TheBearNecessities wrote: »

marzi / anyone,

on that availability checker above...if you are purple you are ok. i punched in my postcode, central glasgow and the map can up with a dull purple tinge to it. hope that's ok because i bought it yesterday! delivery saturday hopefully.

If you are purple you are *PROBABLY* OK, I had one for my mum who is in a purple area, but due to local terrain and buildings it would not work in her house. End of the garden 5 bars of signal, but in the house nothing.

The checked is just a best indication based on location, it does not account for buildings and local terrain.

buxtonrabbitgreen

I bought this yesterday, being delivered on Sat. I didn't know you had to be a 3 customer, we are not. Do you think it will be ok. It is for my son not me. He has been on the 3 website and it is asking for a mobile no. I ordered it through quidco and didn't see any mention of it being for existing customers. Also I worried that he will exceed the 5 gig as he sownloads a LOT.Have you seen the fees for going 1 gig over. £120. omg Should I send it back. Don't know what to do now.

buxtonrabbitgreen

Ok I just checked with an online advisor at 3. And he says I don't need a mobile phone. Whew. So if you have not got one you can still get the broadband. As to the downloading. He will just have to do big downloads at home on the home broadband.

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cheekaboo65 wrote: »

i bought the pay as you go broadband on 3 for £20 couple of weeks ago on bid up, so worth watching, can check when its next on, online!! no contract.thou not sure what gb it is

But I'll bet you paid £7.99 on top of that for postage, and £1.50 for the phonecall, and un-quantifiable damage to your social status by buying from Sit Up Channels? :P

simpywimpy

Does anyone know what happens if you go abroad with your laptop and want to use it there?

Are there extra charges or roaming like with a phone?

miggiwoo

How would you get an e-mail address ?
Am moving house and leaving my virgin broadband , our rented house has a BT line but am not too keen so would love £7-50 a month broadband.

marzi_uk

miggiwoo wrote: »

How would you get an e-mail address ?

You will probably get one through 3 when you sign up with them. Or you can just use a free web based account, I use Googlemail which I find excellent but there are various others out there hotmail or yahoo for example.

Kesha

hi, just wanted to let everyone know that you can get 3 mobile broadband at excellent prices but the best way to get it is through the cashback website http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/3_Mobile.htm you can earn £15 for the 1GB dongle, £40 for the 3GB dongle and a whopping £80 for the 7GB!!

buxtonrabbitgreen

simpywimpy wrote: »

Does anyone know what happens if you go abroad with your laptop and want to use it there?

Are there extra charges or roaming like with a phone?

Yes you have to pay. I can't remember what it was. It is on the website though. It might have been £3 per mb

marzi_uk

Kesha wrote: »

hi, just wanted to let everyone know that you can get 3 mobile broadband at excellent prices but the best way to get it is through the cashback website http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/Kay244/ref/3_Mobile.htm you can earn £15 for the 1GB dongle, £40 for the 3GB dongle and a whopping £80 for the 7GB!!

It appears as thought you have to pay the full price per month as opposed to the half price available through Quidco.

Full price 1GB £10mth x 18mths £160
Quidco price 1GB £5mnth x 18mths £80 + £1.50 cashback Total = £78.50

Full price 5GB £15mth x 18mths £270
Quidco price 5GB £7.50 x 18mths £135 + £12.50 cashback Total = £122.50

Full price 15GB £30mth x18mths £540
Quidco price 15GB £15 x 18mths £270 + £27.50 cashback Total = £242.50

It appears as though the savings through Quidco out weigh the cashback through TopCashBack. Someone please correct me if my maths is wrong.