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Samba Mobile Broadband - Is it Really Free?

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  • Blue_Max
    Blue_Max Posts: 725 Forumite
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    The_stingemeister wrote: »
    Thanks, think I'll get an unlocked one then for £20ish and buy just the sim off Samba. That way if it ends up being a poor service or doesn't meet my needs I can still use the dongle with a different provider :).
    check earlier posts in this thread. you can get a better spec Wahwei (?) dongle for £10 from currys and get an unlock code for £1 from eBay.
    Three weeks ago I bought a SIM for only £1 through link from this site.
  • larry_lurex
    larry_lurex Posts: 118 Forumite
    Blue_Max wrote: »
    check earlier posts in this thread. you can get a better spec Wahwei (?) dongle for £10 from currys and get an unlock code for £1 from eBay.
    Three weeks ago I bought a SIM for only £1 through link from this site.

    Even that seems expensive. I bought a new Three dongle for £10 including a Gb of credit a couple of years ago.

    I have no use for it any more.
  • jinkssick
    jinkssick Posts: 1,323 Forumite
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    Anyone with chrome can install extension 'adblock'. As I click on an ad to watch, it blocks the video and I still get the credit.

    I have yet to watch an actual ad.
    Save saynoto0870.com in your favorites, and stop giving companies more £££ dialling 0870 numbers when you can dial freephones or cheaper alternatives
    call your credit card company, tell them that you want to leave, 99% of the time theyll lower your APR%
    Remember when that Bank Manager or Salesperson smiles at you, all he sees is £ notes. Dont forget the motto, "the wider their grin, the more debt your in"
  • jinkssick
    jinkssick Posts: 1,323 Forumite
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    For anyone wanting to reduce mb usage whilst out and about. Turning off images and javascript has me using 30mb for a few hours out and about.
    Save saynoto0870.com in your favorites, and stop giving companies more £££ dialling 0870 numbers when you can dial freephones or cheaper alternatives
    call your credit card company, tell them that you want to leave, 99% of the time theyll lower your APR%
    Remember when that Bank Manager or Salesperson smiles at you, all he sees is £ notes. Dont forget the motto, "the wider their grin, the more debt your in"
  • larry_lurex
    larry_lurex Posts: 118 Forumite
    I checked before 15:00 and it showed just shy of 200 Mb. I then went shopping and when I got home there were around 63 Mb available, at the moments is 86.1 Mb. I did not actually do anything in between.

    Completely random.
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 13,990 Forumite
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    larry_lurex wrote: »
    I checked before 15:00 and it showed just shy of 200 Mb. I then went shopping and when I got home there were around 63 Mb available, at the moments is 86.1 Mb. I did not actually do anything in between.

    Completely random.
    Have you got automatic updates enabled on your computer?
  • larry_lurex
    larry_lurex Posts: 118 Forumite
    prowla wrote: »
    Have you got automatic updates enabled on your computer?

    Nope. I know what you are thinking - automatic updates in the background might drain my Mbs.

    I go to the library to download things like podcasts and updates.
  • prowla
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    larry_lurex wrote: »
    Nope. I know what you are thinking - automatic updates in the background might drain my Mbs.

    I go to the library to download things like podcasts and updates.
    Yep - a service pack would gobble up the lot.

    It's got to be something like that...
  • larry_lurex
    larry_lurex Posts: 118 Forumite
    prowla wrote: »
    Yep - a service pack would gobble up the lot.

    It's got to be something like that...

    I have been in front of a computer screen for most of the day since around 1980. Apart from sleeping on occasion. I sort of know what is good and what is bad for the Mb count.

    I used to buy 15Gb from Three until recently and used to download like a maniac. No problem. On Samba 1Gb runs out in a couple of days.
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 13,990 Forumite
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    larry_lurex wrote: »
    I have been in front of a computer screen for most of the day since around 1980. Apart from sleeping on occasion. I sort of know what is good and what is bad for the Mb count.

    I used to buy 15Gb from Three until recently and used to download like a maniac. No problem. On Samba 1Gb runs out in a couple of days.
    If you've known about computers since 1980 then I would expect you to know the difference between an Mb and an MB...:)
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