Need some sort of mobile broadband....

kolin_2

Hello.

I'm moving into a house at the weekend, there is a bt phoneline there, but i'm not sure it's adsl enabled, plus the previous tenents of the house have all used mobile broadband.

which is what i'm looking at doing. There is a good chance i'll only be there for 6 months, so I cant sign up for any 12 month stupidity. anyone know what the best deal/thing to do would be?

dearbarbie

Have you thought about a mobile dongle with a monthly subscription? If you go through Quidco, there's a cashback option (something like £35 I think), I know you profit overall, on O2 dongles I am in a similar situation so will be using one of those.

kwikbreaks

You need to find out which network is best at that location. Can you ask the previous occupants what they used and what it was like?

This Ofcom mast finder may help - you want the 2100MHz UMTS masts
http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/

Site coverage maps on the operator sites can be very optimistic

kolin_2

thanks guys, the previous owner used vodafone (i only know this because it was sticking out of their laptop when i went to look around..)

there are only a few annoyances with mobile broadband
1)Usage limits . 3Gb (essentially 6 hour long episodes on iPlayer.), I'm a freelance web developer and as such, am basically one with the internet. Downloading large designs, site backups, etc. 3Gb is simply not enough.
2)Multiple PC's. We are going to have 3 PC's in this house, i'd love to be able to network them using mobile broadband not sure how i'm going to achieve this without having at least 2 pcs on.

kolin_2

although orange seem to do 10Gb for £25/month.... just £29 for the stupid modem.

kwikbreaks

> i'd love to be able to network them using mobile broadband not sure how i'm going to achieve this without having at least 2 pcs on.

The easiest way to do that would be to buy a 3G router. If 3 will work there then they offer more download for your money than most (I think) and sell a unit they call MiFi for ~ £50 which is a 3g to WiFi access point.

squirrelz

Zen internet do a 1 month minimum contract, it's more expensive than a lot of providers, but worth considering.