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NiftyDigits

kwikbreaks wrote: »

IMO giving somebody links for 3G/4G dongles who clearly has zero technical competence and said up front they plan to reduce a 10 hours a day browsing habit by watching iPlayer instead is rather like giving a handgun to somebody with suicidal tendencies.

No....I checked.

We won’t
charge you anymore if you reach your monthly data allowance, but you won’t be able to use
the internet.
To continue to use mobile broadband once you reach your monthly data
allowance, you will need to buy one of our data add-ons to use mobile broadband until your
next bill date. The cost of your data-add on will be added to your bill.

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kwikbreaks

Fair enough. They may still be a bit miffed if it stops working after a couple of days or so though.

My granddaughter has blown a 3GB prepaid SIM in a couple of days only using an iPad and only in the evening.....

NiftyDigits

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Fair enough. They may still be a bit miffed if it stops working after a couple of days or so though.

My granddaughter has blown a 3GB prepaid SIM in a couple of days only using an iPad and only in the evening.....

Since they suggest that they are not eligible for fixed line broadband, they'll have to make do.

kwikbreaks

As completely off topic aside both of those old XP machines work OK thanks. The hardware on the Eee box didn't support AHCI as anyway which was probably why they cut the code out of the bios. It's underpowered for win 7 starter but was none too hot on xp either.

NiftyDigits

kwikbreaks wrote: »

As completely off topic aside both of those old XP machines work OK thanks. The hardware on the Eee box didn't support AHCI as anyway which was probably why they cut the code out of the bios. It's underpowered for win 7 starter but was none too hot on xp either.

I remember...it was I who told you that Motherboard didn't support AHCI.
It's not so much the the machine is underpowered. More that the lack of AHCI prevents you from getting the best from the machine. AHCI + SSD would have made the performance perhaps more acceptable.

kwikbreaks

Ah - I thought you just warned that the required BIOS had dropped AHCI support. I did put an SSD in it. Certainly the netbook is a lot livelier than the EEE box despite the CPU, RAM and SSDs being essentially the same in both.

NiftyDigits

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Ah - I thought you just warned that the required BIOS had dropped AHCI support. I did put an SSD in it. Certainly the netbook is a lot livelier than the EEE box despite the CPU, RAM and SSDs being essentially the same in both.

I did write that initially and then I sent you a link(or explanation) confirming that the Motherboard didn't support it.
Perhaps that message went missing.
Indeed that's an unfortunate omission concerning the EE box.

bluenose_ted

I went to PC World for Osprey but my card was declined. The assistant indicated it may be because I am not on the electoral register anywhere. However, I got a similar deal from Knowhow which didn't care about my credit scoring as long as I paid which I did: £40 in total which includes a month's 5GB. The one advantage with Knowhow as opposed to Osprey is that I needed to activate Osprey at the point of sale. With Knowhow, it is me who activates the card when I choose.

It is not a question as Kwikbreaks suggests of a lack of technical knowledge. If I am lacking in knowledge anywhere, it is that I don't do shopping or vouchers or voucher codes or whatever. I live close to massive stores, the size of half a football pitch - SportsDirect, Mothercare, B&Q, Wickes, Pets at Home, Next, M&S, etc. I have never been to one of them!

Thanks again, Nifty!

NiftyDigits

bluenose_ted wrote: »

I went to PC World for Osprey but my card was declined. The assistant indicated it may be because I am not on the electoral register anywhere. However, I got a similar deal from Knowhow which didn't care about my credit scoring as long as I paid which I did: £40 in total which includes a month's 5GB. The one advantage with Knowhow as opposed to Osprey is that I needed to activate Osprey at the point of sale. With Knowhow, it is me who activates the card when I choose.

It is not a question as Kwikbreaks suggests of a lack of technical knowledge. If I am lacking in knowledge anywhere, it is that I don't do shopping or vouchers or voucher codes or whatever. I live close to massive stores, the size of half a football pitch - SportsDirect, Mothercare, B&Q, Wickes, Pets at Home, Next, M&S, etc. I have never been to one of them!

Thanks again, Nifty!

You didn't do yourself any favours. There are years of amalgamated experience on this forum.

Firstly, as aforementioned, 5GB of data may not get you very far. Look here
So the technology may save your bandwidth, but the quality may suffer.
Secondly, you haven't saved any money with this particular contract.
Thirdly, you have limited yourself to 3G anyway.

The only visible benefit is that you can also use the data allowance in 12 countries: UK, Republic of Ireland, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA..

But now you are paying £16 per month for 5GB of 3G data with Three. as opposed to £20 for 15GB of 3G/4G data with EE.

If it wasn't possible to get the £19 deal from Currys/PC World, my next step would have been to approach EE directly. £20 more for the Osprey, but at least you would have a 4G modem and a higher data allowance.

With KnowHow, you have the ZTE MF65 3G modem and a choice of just 5 or 10GB(£26 per month). If it's not enough, you are back to square one. Even if 4G(they use the Three network) is available, you will not have access to it. If you use more than your 5GB data bundle, the charge is then £25 per GB(!)

You could even have approached Three directly. They will give 10GB on SIM only for £15. You could have matched that with the Vodafone MiFi in a previous post.
Same price, but more data. Though again, Three has appalling out of bundle charges; £102 per GB. You can use the allowance in sixteen other counteries: Australia, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Macau, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, USA.

That's why you were recommended to EE 4G in the first instance. No out of bundle charge and a lot more data for your money. In addition, if you take the 15 or 25GB bundle, they may give you access to 'double speed' 4G.
But I guess once they had you in the shop, you weren't leaving without buying something...

bluenose_ted

I have latched onto the wealth of experience here which is why I was enthused about Osprey in the first place. Never mind, what's done is done. I will see how it goes and keep focused on this forum.

Cheers