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Re: Mobile broadband



1.8MB sounds good ... is that measured in the same units as the 56kB
of
the old modems ?

Chris



Paul Gordon wrote:

>I have a Vodafone 3G card for my main laptop, which is great, - 1.8MB
>wireless access just about anywhere... :-)
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>
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>However, I want a second mobile card for another laptop for *very*
>occasional use. Having scoured the Vodafone site, I can't see that
there
>are any PAYG price plans, only pay-monthly plans. This is no good for
>the amount of use I'm expecting to need. (Basically it's just going to
>be left at a holiday home, and would be used only 3 or 4 times a year,
>for only a few days at a time) so it absolutely isn't viable to have a
>pay monthly plan, at almost any price. (a fiver a month may be ok, but
I
>don't suppose for second there's a plan that goes that low)
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>So does anybody know of another option? - I don't care who the provider
>is, and I don't mind if I have to pay for the card, - I just want it to
>be a decent speed, and a PAYG tariff...
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>TIA
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>Paul G
>





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