whicj is the best deal for pay as you go dongle broadband?

456789

Donnie wrote: »

Plus the Vodafone Dongle is locked. O2's isn't.

Do you mean the E160 dongle?
Is it unlocked to all networks when you get it or do you have to run some program on it?

redux

If it's just for back-up, I'd go for the O2 dongle and a Virgin SIM, 30p a day (up to 25 MB) or maybe a 3 SIM, 150 MB allowance for a top-up every 3 months

Donnie

456789 wrote: »

Do you mean the E160 dongle?
Is it unlocked to all networks when you get it or do you have to run some program on it?

It's unlocked. No need for a special program.

Intastella

The cheapest dongle i can find is £19.99...does anyone know of any cheaper...preferably instore, but online if needs be. I'm on 3 at the mo, but there's something wrong with it, it won't let me sign into certain sites (like FB, Googlemail and Ebay), so i just need a replacement, not an actual deal.

nowtsquared

redux wrote: »

If it's just for back-up, I'd go for the O2 dongle and a Virgin SIM, 30p a day (up to 25 MB) or maybe a 3 SIM, 150 MB allowance for a top-up every 3 months

If you have an unlocked dongle and have a good signal on 3 you can use a 3 SIM in a phone to buy a day's Internet for 50p which lasts 2 days. Then transfer the SIM to the dongle and enjoy.
YMMV

kwikbreaks

25MB isn't going to last very long - that tariff is designed for WAP browsing on a phone.

tc1992

Donnie wrote: »

Yes, £2 for that day. So if you used it every month for a year, that would be £24. In that case Vodafone would be comparable value, as long as you didn't go over it's 1GB limit over the year.

You would have 6 GB with O2 using your scenario, plus 12 days of outside WiFi access.

Six of one and half a dozen of another, as they say.

nice one that's sounding like the sort of thing

jno

Just to add my twopenneths worth to this.

I have had "3" in Austria for the last two years, on a contract with 15Gb traffic a month. The monthly fee I paid was cheaper than that of the equivalent fee for the same product in the UK - however the really cool thing is this: I could use my "3" dongle in the UK without any "Roaming" costs.

Incredible, but if you signed up in Austria for "3" for 2 years, you could use the whole thing cheaper than the equivalent deal in the UK and the dongle would work in the UK too for no extra cost.