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Cheapest Mobile Broadband (dongle) for 4/5 months

HI

Im going to be a lodger in someones house soon for 5 months as i am moving for work and they dont have a internet connection so only possibility is getting a dongle!

I have looked on a few sites and the Pay as you go deals seem quite expensive and u have to pay £30/40 for the dongle, but are there any good deals around with good internet usuage allowances e.g. 15mb

dont mind paying up to £15 per month for 5 months

thanks

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  • Donnie
    Donnie Posts: 9,862 Forumite
    Use SiteFinder to find the closest UMTS masts to the intended location(within 500 metres is best). Report back with the info and we'll go from there.
  • mcjordi
    mcjordi Posts: 4,238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    i use 3 mobile for mine

    fair usage policy for £5 A MONTH

    dongle cost £19.99
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    1v100 £15/300
  • robpw2
    robpw2 Posts: 14,044 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    t-mobile dongle 8.99 first month £2 for 30days unlimited access and then 15 a month for 30 days access .. with all other dongles as soon as you have reached their very small fair usage policy they cut you off and you need to buy again which is expensive whereas t-mobile gives you 30 days access for your money


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  • jb66
    jb66 Posts: 1,705 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    You may be just as well signing up to 02 home broadband for 12months via quidco if your lucky enough to get there LLU service as for your first year its pretty cheap. You can use a friends mobile to get an extra £5 discount a month
  • i use a o2 payg dongle for work, it costs as little as £2.50 for a small amount of mbs however i put £10 worth on and it gives me about 48 hours approx, this dongle goes upto about £35 in payg mbs. (i think)
    Qustodian £10 Nectar points £18.38 Topcashback £44.09 Quidco £12.05Shopscansave £4.10Postcode lottery £0.00Field Agent £0.00Get Jam £0.00Inbox Pounds £0.00Grassroots Mystery £0.00Mortgage £123.890.46ISA £11.32Complaints Letters £82Total Saved £181.84Total owed £124.704

  • nibs
    nibs Posts: 577 Forumite
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    Hi, if I buy a dongle, can I then put any pre loaded data sim card in or does it have to be the same network. I dont know a thing about dongles and data cards but my DS is off to uni and needs a really cheap option. Thanks..
  • Inner_Zone
    Inner_Zone Posts: 2,856 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    nibs wrote: »
    Hi, if I buy a dongle, can I then put any pre loaded data sim card in or does it have to be the same network. I dont know a thing about dongles and data cards but my DS is off to uni and needs a really cheap option. Thanks..

    The dongle will come with a SIM card. Most dongles are SIM locked so need to be unlocked to use on different networks. Huawei are usually the easiest to unlock sometimes free, others normally cost. You also need to setup the APN, username and password if you change the SIM to another network.
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