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The **NEW ** O2 Dongle (Huawei e173)
 

So i have the 3 Dongle which works great up until now..
Damn thing wont connect when i need it most.

I saw that o2 have new dongles out which are apparently better and faster than the normal 3g dongles. Its the Huawei e173.. It also gives you access to wifi hotspots.

I checked the signal strength by by house and it said it was better than what 3 was offering me.

Has anyone used one of these? Am i better off sticking with the 3 network?
and most importantly, Does the IP address change everytime you reconnect?? :FF:

I have this dongle.

It is pretty robust & does the job it is supposed to. I have good signal strength & have never been let down by it.

Yes, the IP addresses are dynamic - they change moreorless every time you connect & reconnect but it still is the case you have to log the IP addresses for any future cross links.

Signal strength depends on your location & but the 02 network does have very good coverage nationwide.

It would be very hard to cross compare against other makes as I have never used them.

Thanks hun, Just what i wanted to hear :cheer:

My pleasure....:thumb:

And here I thought there was a free sample going around...

I never cross compare ip addresses. This must become impossible because of the size of the ip list fries too.

As Suve said it's a very good dongle.

Works in 98% of the UK for my partner in terms of signal etc.

IP range is dynamic :thumb: Not been told of any duplication of IPs yet.

I got this on tmobile and is a very good dongle, I also unlocked it and use a O2 sim in it for my second account.

The Huawei range also includes the now obsolete E1750 & the replaced with E367 series dongles.

The real selling point of the NEW range E367 series dongles, is that this dongle feature HSPA+ technology,housing multiple antennae & advanced modulation to deliver mobile internet speeds of up to 21.1Mb.