I want a pay and go dongle

cherry1000

My vodaphone contract for my dongle runs out at the end of the month and i would now like to go on a pay and go one where i can top up by voucher. Anyone know any providers that do this? and whats the best one? thanks for any advice given

mickeypops

Hi

Al the major suppliers have PAYG mobile broadband - just google "mobile broadband" and you'll get all the info you need.

FWIW, Three are often the cheapest, but have quite a lot of complaints for random disconnections, poor speed etc. I've used mine all over the place and rarely have any problem, although it isn't always very fast.

I also have an 02 mobile broadband (one is personal, one for work.) The o2 works better and more reliably than the Three, but it's a lot more expensive. (They are both on contract, not PAYG - but you'll probably find the same price variance for PAYG.)

You'll probablt have learned by now that mobile "broadband" is a bit of a misnomer. You will not achieve anything like genuine broadband speed.

cherry1000

Thanks for the response
I want a pay and go one as i had the contract with vodaphone for 12 months and this time i dont want to have to pay yearly. I just want to top up when i will need it thats why i put in my post about using vouchers to top up as i am not sure of the networks that give this service .thanx

barmonkey

i got a vodafone one, got it from argos for £39.99 (inc £15 credit)

the good thing about it is that the credit does not expire unlike some which only last 30 days

magoogy

i have an o2 pay as you go dongle....bought it from o2 shop for £10 while on offer - think theyre usually £30??????? to top up its £2 a day or £7.50 a week.....not sure of other rates .....i only use it for when my virgin connection is down but i find its ok...

cjt105

If you're happy with the existing dongle from Vodafone, they can convert it to a pay-as-you-go one free of charge at the end of the contract - just give them a call.

Cheers,


Chris.

Dollardog

I've just signed up for an O2 PAYG broadband. I rang O2 customer services, got offered a Dongle and sim for £10 instead of £30. Think it was £2 per day, £7 per week or £15 per month.
Its ideal for what I want. You can use it at home on Wi-Fi to connect to your home broadband (which Voda told me I wouldn't be able to do with theirs as its not Wi-fi compatable), and you can use it on a Wi-Fi hotspot, both of which do not use up any of your allowance. You can also use the dongle as a memory stick by buying a micro-sd card.

I haven't been able to try it out yet though as I am waiting to get a lap top.

Does anyone know where to get the best deal on a micro-sd card?

TIA

moneywasternomore!

Just done the same having been with Three for the past 2 years. Sadly, at renewal they didn't seem to understand the concept of "I don't need all that data" and just kept offering me lots of data for more than I wanted to pay. Anyway, I was quite tempted by O2's 1Gb deal. £10 a month but the first 3 months are free, plus £60 cashback through Quidco, so £5 a month over 18 months. The )2 deal also gives you BT OpenZone and The Cloud WiFi.

However, I ended up going with Vodafone's PAYG dongle from Maplin. Sounds liek the same deal as the Argos one - £15 top up for 1 Gb - with no expiry. Maplin had it for £29.99 inc 1 Gb. Seemed the best deal for me as I had only averaged 200Mb a month over 24 months.

PNPSUKNET

voda is the best out of the p&g, o2 has a bad signal

Dollardog

PNPSUKNET wrote: »

voda is the best out of the p&g, o2 has a bad signal

Still best deal for me as the majority of the time I will just be using the dongle as a modem at home and when I do use it elsewhere, the areas I will be using it should be ok.
I tried Voda, but they seemed very reluctant to let me have PAYG, they wanted to sign me up for a contract at £15 per month, but that is no good to me, I won't need it every month. Their dongle will not work with Wi-fi.

robin_banks

moneywasternomore! wrote: »

Just done the same having been with Three for the past 2 years. Sadly, at renewal they didn't seem to understand the concept of "I don't need all that data" and just kept offering me lots of data for more than I wanted to pay. Anyway, I was quite tempted by O2's 1Gb deal. £10 a month but the first 3 months are free, plus £60 cashback through Quidco, so £5 a month over 18 months. The )2 deal also gives you BT OpenZone and The Cloud WiFi.

However, I ended up going with Vodafone's PAYG dongle from Maplin. Sounds liek the same deal as the Argos one - £15 top up for 1 Gb - with no expiry. Maplin had it for £29.99 inc 1 Gb. Seemed the best deal for me as I had only averaged 200Mb a month over 24 months.

Is that non-expiry still going with vfone.