[UK] What is the best current dongle deal to go for?

[gigabyt3r]

I'll be getting one at dinner time today. Which one should I go for? Will any do?

[GreenBean]

Half your luck then.

That might make the other lads jealous.

Oh wait, you mean a dongle?

recent thread below might help
http://www.aspkin.com/forums/uk-ebay...out-there.html

Usual criteria to check:

Reception in your area. Some are very very very slow.
Speed because of reception in your area.
Size ( as in IP numbers) from the selected ISP

We had another good chat about giffgaff too.
http://www.aspkin.com/forums/ip-addr...ff-dongle.html

Prefer 3 myself. Hate virgin for many reasons. Anyhoos, something to kick start your quest

[Ukdirect]

Originally Posted by gigabyt3r

I'll be getting one at dinner time today. Which one should I go for? Will any do?

I personally only use 'Three' dongles. The IP range is massive and a £10 topup will last me a full month of stealth account managment

They are £29.99 including your first £10 topup

[NoneOther]

Originally Posted by gigabyt3r

I'll be getting one at dinner time today. Which one should I go for? Will any do?

If you want to get the maximum benefit of using mobile broadband over multiple stealth accounts then I would suggest either buying an unlocked dongle or get it unlocked once you have bought it.

Personally I use a number of ISP's for my accounts, these include 3, Giffgaff and a few of others.

That way I'm able to get a real mix of IP ranges across all my accounts making them less "similar"

As with all stealth accounts you need to keep records of which accounts use which ISP but the above scenario means you have less chance of getting duplicate IP's on your accounts.

There are some good deals to be had for data bundles out there, search around, you'll be surprised what you find.

[gigabyt3r]

Thanks for the replies. Think I'll go with a three dongle. Can you buy one locally or does it have to be online?

[NoneOther]

You can buy them in any 3 store, and most large supermarkets

[Ukdirect]

Originally Posted by gigabyt3r

Thanks for the replies. Think I'll go with a three dongle. Can you buy one locally or does it have to be online?

You can get them from most phone shops, any large supermarket (Tesco etc..) and places like Argos

[gigabyt3r]

Buy 3 MOBILE BROADBAND DONGLE 1GB HUAWEI 21.1 MBPS HSPA+ 40% FASTER from our Modems & Routers range - Tesco.com

WIll this one be ok? Does it come with a sim card also?

[SimpleX]

Looks good to me, but it will be locked to Three only, which is still good.

[GreenBean]

Dont forget to check your reception area.

I would do that before considering buying a locked dongle.

[stevebills]

three reception is the worst in the Uk by a mile I get one bar with them
and 4 bars wiith o2

[SimpleX]

Originally Posted by stevebills

three reception is the worst in the Uk by a mile I get one bar with them
and 4 bars wiith o2

All depends where you are in the UK. When in Birmingham or London, Three perform best for me.

[vxmotorsport]

where my office is three is the ONLY network to get 3g signal... so that worst reception statement is nonsense

[stevebills]

Originally Posted by vxmotorsport

where my office is three is the ONLY network to get 3g signal... so that worst reception statement is nonsense

Manchester is not the best signal on 3 but they r getting better slowly
and they r cheap

[moneyhustler88]

I've heard three is alrigh

[JomJarr]

RE the locking thing - i.e. being locked to a service.

I'm not SO sure that the dongles are locked themselves. I think it is the software supplied that locks the use to purchased network.

I say this because I use an old Vodafone PCMCIA dongle made by Huawei (found in the electronics recycling where I live) and it WAS locked to Vodafone.

I then downloaded the generic Huawei software for it and then I could magically use ANY network by just swapping out the sims.

Then again, I can use my phone as a bluetooth 3G modem and have never had any problems with being accused of tethering (a risk you'd have to assess yourselves I guess...).