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Using mobile phone as a modem

Please can you advise HOW to use a mobile phone as a modem...thanks. I will be moving shortly to a house that has had the BT line cut off. Will that be a problem as regards using mobile as modem (sorry if this is a stupid question but i dont do "technical")
Ellie :cool:

"man is born free but everywhere he is in chains"
J-J Rousseau

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  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    Yes. Mobile phones have tight bandwidth limits (the amount you can download view pages etc.) to stop doing this. If you are on contract, you will find the bills building up very very quickly.

    Get a mobile dongle.
  • davester
    davester Posts: 4,079 Forumite
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    what phone you have cause some can some can't
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  • Donnie
    Donnie Posts: 9,862 Forumite
    Ellie2758 wrote: »
    Please can you advise HOW to use a mobile phone as a modem...thanks. I will be moving shortly to a house that has had the BT line cut off. Will that be a problem as regards using mobile as modem (sorry if this is a stupid question but i dont do "technical")

    For mobile broadband:

    Go to Site Finder, click on the map and pop the postcode in the box.
    A map should appear, hopefully with some blue triangles.

    You'll need to click on each of the blue triangles in turn, reading the details.
    What you are looking for are UMTS masts under 'type of transmission' within 500 metres of the place of abode and the name of the operator.
  • Spank
    Spank Posts: 1,751 Forumite
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    Can you not get the landline reconnected?
  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    Spank wrote: »
    Can you not get the landline reconnected?

    If its anything like the fiasco I've recently endured, it took 5 working days to get the LL connected, another 2 weeks to get the LLU tag removed and a further 5 working days (read a week) to get broadband live.
  • Ellie2758
    Ellie2758 Posts: 2,848 Forumite
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    Thanks everyone, I shall investigate the dongle option I think.

    No, I dont want to get the landline reconnected, I have a good deal on my mobile so will be using that for calls. Cant afford BT prices and hardly use landline anyway.

    I can use the local library computers if necessary but would like to find a way of using my laptop in the house.
    Ellie :cool:

    "man is born free but everywhere he is in chains"
    J-J Rousseau
  • AHAR
    AHAR Posts: 984 Forumite
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    I've never tried it but my cheap PAYG phone appears to allow it to be used as a modem via either a USB cable connection or Bluetooth. I'm not that familiar with the different flavours of mobile broadband - HSPDA and all that stuff, but I think a dedicated dongle will offer faster speeds (unless your phone is particularly swanky) and the pricing will offer more data transfer for your money. If your phone isn't 3G you won't get very fast data transfer rates at all.
  • It is possible to set a mobile phone to gain internet access but these days a Dongle is simpler all round (no need for special cables etc).

    ASDA and Tesco sell no contract Pay-as-you-go dongles. £15-20 depending on network and download limit etc. Installing them is straightforward enough.

    Trevor
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