One off mobile broadband - what's the best way?

Sparky67

I am going into hospital for a few days and wanted to stay on-line to fend off the boredom, but I don't think the hospital has Wi-Fi. I've checked for free Wi-Fi hotspots in the area too, but nothing comes up.

I don't normally use the laptop out and about, so what would be the cheapest option to get mobile for a few days?

Please keep answers simple as I am a bit of a technophobe!

Thanks

diamonds

a month access on 3 payg is £5, just link to laptop and away you go

devizes18193

you will of course find speed depend on signal strength and how nay people are accessing the cell .
will they let us use a mobile in a hospital ?

diamonds

unless your next to someone on the heart/pacemaker or other vital machines on the ward/room, yes

mrJ_5

shouldn't use mobiles in hospital - they say turn off for a reason, as you never know.....

Sparky67

Sparky67 wrote: »

I don't normally use the laptop out and about, so what would be the cheapest option to get mobile for a few days?

a month access on 3 payg is £5, just link to laptop and away you go

What do I do - just buy it from somewhere (told you I was a technophobe!)

mrJ_5

you may be using a laptop, but you'll still be using the mobile phone network to go online - which will bring in the signals that hospitals want to keep out

espresso

mrJ wrote: »

shouldn't use mobiles in hospital - they say turn off for a reason, as you never know.....

That rule has been relaxed in most hospitals and the doctors/consultants always used them anyway!

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mrJ wrote: »

shouldn't use mobiles in hospital - they say turn off for a reason, as you never know.....

indeed, and that reason is "PatientLine", the rip-off bedside phone service that is in bed with most of the NHS trusts.

dad-of-4

use your mobile phone if youve got one, i just dont understand why people are getting into this 3g mobile broadband buisiness, when most phones are 3g anyway, and funtion just as well as a modem as these 3g usb dongle thingies.

if you have a mobile phone that has a little web browser (wich most do thesedays) then your prety much dead set for using it as a modem, if you are PAYG you can convert a top up to a data bundle instead of calling/text credit.

ive been with orange on PAYG for years, they charge £1 a day to be able to surf the net with my phone, that pound a day also lets you use it as a modem so you can surf the net on your PC instead of the phones diddy little screen.

i did this my self extensivly when i moved earlier in the year and it took a while for the broadband to be put on.

ive also used a vodaphone modem when i was out in africa on a PAYG basis converting topups to data packages.

3g is incredibly rubbish if your used to a descent BB conection at home, its very remenisent of dial up and ISDN.

ianian99

espresso wrote: »

That rule has been relaxed in most hospitals and the doctors/consultants always used them anyway!

no its not. In fact my local hospital has had jammers fitted to stop people using them. just because doctors have a phone doesn't mean its safe to use in hospitals.