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Anyone got a "3" Pay as you go Dongle?

Do you find it'll even let you online even though you've not topped up?

I just bought two, and both of them will let us online without us ever putting any money on them...
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  • This sounds too good to be true! Are you sure that you didn't buy prepaid ones?
    Or did the price include an allowance?
    Who having known the diamond will concern himself with glass?

    Rudyard Kipling


  • hammodt
    hammodt Posts: 412 Forumite
    Do you find it'll even let you online even though you've not topped up?

    I just bought two, and both of them will let us online without us ever putting any money on them...

    A lot of the "starter packs" include an allowance to get you started. You probably have the 3gb starter stick, which includes 3gb of data to be used within your first 3 months ;)

    David
    What shall I put here? :confused:
  • vishy01234
    vishy01234 Posts: 71 Forumite
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    I love the hope and optimism of this thread :)

    Free mobile broadband for the world, that's what I say!!
  • vishy01234 wrote: »
    I love the hope and optimism of this thread :)

    Free mobile broadband for the world, that's what I say!!
    Anybody who has 3 mobile broadband is already very hopeful and optimistic.
    Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. - Proust
  • I bought a prepaid 12gb dongle last September, and am very happy with it.

    It can be slow sometimes, but the freedom from contracts, direct debits, registration etc, makes it more than worth it.
    Who having known the diamond will concern himself with glass?

    Rudyard Kipling


  • angelflower_2
    angelflower_2 Posts: 2,426 Forumite
    i normally love my 3 dongle but this past week have had terrible connection and cant get on anything until after about half ten each night. Doing my head in!!
    DFW 228 LONG H 68
    DFD 2017 :eek:
  • scorpiolady
    scorpiolady Posts: 497 Forumite
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    Do you find it'll even let you online even though you've not topped up?

    I just bought two, and both of them will let us online without us ever putting any money on them...

    You will receive a bill for any usage used over your allowance and i think its 10p per mb or something like that, i know this because my daughter has one
  • PlutoinCapricorn
    PlutoinCapricorn Posts: 4,598 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    If you get prepaid one, you cannot exceed your allowance because it will stop working when you have used it up. If you have not registered or taken out a contract and given them your details, they can't send bills or take money from you.

    I would only ever get a prepaid one.
    Who having known the diamond will concern himself with glass?

    Rudyard Kipling


  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 2,175 Forumite
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    Id love to see how theyre going to send me a bill... i bought them on pay as you go and havent registered them with my details...

    ...and i bought the £29.99 ones with no included data...

    ...still working though!
  • PlutoinCapricorn
    PlutoinCapricorn Posts: 4,598 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Where did you buy them?
    Who having known the diamond will concern himself with glass?

    Rudyard Kipling


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