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Internet mobile dongles
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ANDY
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Re: Internet mobile dongles
I have just upgraded to unlimited traffic on my Vodafone dongle.
So I have my Lite model for sale paid just under 50 euros for it plus the sim card.
Anybody want to give me 20.00€uros for it!! saving you 20.00€ros on a new 1( Its only 3 weeks old)
So I have my Lite model for sale paid just under 50 euros for it plus the sim card.
Anybody want to give me 20.00€uros for it!! saving you 20.00€ros on a new 1( Its only 3 weeks old)
Re: Internet mobile dongles
Okay let's try and clear things up a bit. I have a UK purchased Vodafone dongle, it works fine in the UK and in Portugal, I use it every month of the year when we visit CVO.
The problem is that when you enter a new country the dongle doesn't roam for that countries network, whereas a normal mobile phone/BlackBerry does.
Thre is a simple solution to this, when you arrive in Portugal, take the sim card out of the dongle and put it into your phone. Turn the phone on and let it search for a network, once this is done, you put the sim card back into the dongle and hey presto, you can now use your UK dongle in Portugal. Remember to repeat this when you return to the UK to get back onto a UK network.
Now the nasty bit, Vodafone charge £8.50 for 24 hours use. even if you only use it for 5 minutes you still pay the £8.50. This is charged straight to my Vodaphone bill. The way I work is simply to start the 24 hours in the afternoon of day 1 so that I can still take advantage of one £8.50 cost during the morning of day 2. Then I don't buy another 24 hours until the following day. It works for me.
I hope this helps a bit and good luck, let us know if it works for you too.
The problem is that when you enter a new country the dongle doesn't roam for that countries network, whereas a normal mobile phone/BlackBerry does.
Thre is a simple solution to this, when you arrive in Portugal, take the sim card out of the dongle and put it into your phone. Turn the phone on and let it search for a network, once this is done, you put the sim card back into the dongle and hey presto, you can now use your UK dongle in Portugal. Remember to repeat this when you return to the UK to get back onto a UK network.
Now the nasty bit, Vodafone charge £8.50 for 24 hours use. even if you only use it for 5 minutes you still pay the £8.50. This is charged straight to my Vodaphone bill. The way I work is simply to start the 24 hours in the afternoon of day 1 so that I can still take advantage of one £8.50 cost during the morning of day 2. Then I don't buy another 24 hours until the following day. It works for me.
I hope this helps a bit and good luck, let us know if it works for you too.