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new laptop advice please

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  • everythingblogcast
    everythingblogcast Posts: 1,390 Forumite
    Yes and its better if you go for PAYG because you get the the card for £100 and the postage of course. I will get the link for the company, or you could buy a second hand on ebay. The all you need is a USIM which is a 3G Sim card. In the fact of you just having a USB modem for you ADSL, you can get a wireless Gateway which is better because they have firewall, modem and router build in. Both Linksys and Netgear are good networking manufactors. Linksys is a division of Cisco Systems which deals with companies.

    With this you can use you laptop any where in your house, and maybe your garden.

    With it having a build-in firewall you can get better secuirty for your systems. If you want more information about a wireless network just ask.
  • needmoney
    needmoney Posts: 4,932 Forumite
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    Hiya everythin:D

    I have been thinking how to reply to your post.
    I'm not very up on PC's and I'm getting more confused.

    Firstly I'm not really concerned about using the laptop at home it was a gift to use when I go away at weekends and holidays, that's it's main purpose.


    I have the laptop and if I've understood correctly I now have to get a £100 card plus a 3GSim card.

    I'm again thinking that Orange may after all be the best bet as it's a£1 per day that I use it but then do I still have to get both the things I mentioned above.

    Thanks again for your help I may just get connected one day:D :T
    Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should get used to it.;)
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  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    Aren't camping sites wireless nowadays, and weekends away intended to get away from it all..
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • needmoney
    needmoney Posts: 4,932 Forumite
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    albertross wrote:
    Aren't camping sites wireless nowadays, and weekends away intended to get away from it all..[/quote]

    Yes cheeky but I like to keep in touch:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should get used to it.;)
    Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    Thats what a mobile phone was designed for..

    It'll get nicked!
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • needmoney
    needmoney Posts: 4,932 Forumite
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    OK point taken.

    i like to keep in touch with this site:o :o:o :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should get used to it.;)
    Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    Do you go to the same site or move around, I would have thought that sites with static caravans may have a wireless router hotspots nowadays, which would probably be far cheaper than doing it using a mobile card.
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • needmoney
    needmoney Posts: 4,932 Forumite
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    Move around.
    As I said I have no idea about laptops and am trying to make sense out of all the advice.:beer:
    Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should get used to it.;)
    Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    Haven't been camping in a while, but maybe something you could checkout on the websites before you plump for a mobile card.

    Make sure your wireless card is switched on, and it should pick up any hotspots as you pass them (Some may charge, but if I ran a campsite, I'd probably bundle it along with the nightly charge)

    http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=4&TopicID=85728&PagePosition=1

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=wireless+broadband+campsites&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • Chippy_Minton
    Chippy_Minton Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Google/ebay for 3g data card, e.g. Orange, T-Mobile & Vodafone do them.
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