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bm52

Member Since: 04 Apr 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 2189

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3g dongle?

Hi, just spent a frustrating hour trying to find out whether and/or how I can obtain a 3g/internet dongle or similar for my laptop while travelling around France.

I am sure there is a solution but i can't see one yet. The idea is to recieve/make calls on my phone as usual and only check emails on the laptop and use the laptop for research, booking hotels etc. Probably use it to watch a bit of internet TV as well....

Alternatively route through the phone but at the moment options seem limited and O2 seems very expensive abroad.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks. BM52

7th Feb 2012 12:03am

JWL

Member Since: 26 Oct 2011
Location: Hereford
Posts: 3443

Have a look to see if you can pick up a PAYG set up on the continent using their local networks instead of tieing yourself into a contract in this country and having to sort out roaming services that you may well get charged for. An unlocked dongle should be easy to pick up before you go and then just pick up a prepaid sim in the area you're in.

Just a thought.

7th Feb 2012 12:09am

Lishlandy

Member Since: 26 Oct 2011
Location: High Wycombe
Posts: 941

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My company use the dongle that you can pick up from any phone shops, I think ours are from 3.

They just link in with the nearest major telecom provider so no need to worry that a specific provider (say Vodafone) do not cover the area you are in as if any provider does cover it links with that signal. It may cost a bit more but to avoid that make stops in cafe's as the majority have free wifi as well as hotels and hostels. That's what I did travelling. if your using yours just to book flights etc then you could probably just get away with a pay as you go. Type in

http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/guides/broadband_abroad/

There's also a link on the left to what the best dongle bundles are. Hope this helps ===================================
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7th Feb 2012 8:50am

Zinke

Member Since: 27 Jan 2009
Location: Scunthorpe
Posts: 670

Ive got a BlackBerry on Vodafone that i can tether to my netbook and laptop. If im travelling in Europe then i call them and add a "pack" to my contract for £10 a month that gives me 25mb a day in most European country's and i can start it and cancel it any time i want, just the minimum is one month costing £10. Ok not much good for watching TV but for general browsing and email its more than enough.

Pete.

7th Feb 2012 12:33pm

noworries4x4

Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Newton Abbot Devon
Posts: 1195

I have got a vodafone dongle c/w clip on aerial that works very well in the uk but then i put a bougie tel payg sim card in it out in France, i just went into a hypermarche and got the one with the cheapest data and put 20 euro on it, worked for ages then i did not know how to top it up, my French is good but not that good. If everything is under control you are not going fast enough.

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7th Feb 2012 10:41pm

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