Dongle assistance please

[RedFox]

Hi folks

I work away from home quite a lot at the moment and trying to find a reasonably cheap alternative eg dongle to using my android phone with a 2gb monthly allowance to permit me to gain internet access to use skype etc .. as a few days blizts my phone data allowance.

Im at the very first stages so unsure if simply increasing my phone monthly allowance will be the simple solution as I dont know how much data I will be using.

All help appreciated.

Thanks

[hector62]

I use a dongle and get 3Gb  a month of data for £20 with vodafone and it is ample for all usage bar downloading torrents or using lots of you tube. If it is just for email and surfing the web then it will certainly be enough, 2GB maybe too.

[The_nun]

Hi folks

I work away from home quite a lot at the moment and trying to find a reasonably cheap alternative eg dongle to using my android phone with a 2gb monthly allowance to permit me to gain internet access to use skype etc .. as a few days blizts my phone data allowance.

Im at the very first stages so unsure if simply increasing my phone monthly allowance will be the simple solution as I dont know how much data I will be using.

All help appreciated.

Thanks

Depends................ how much you are paying for your monthly android ?
I pay £30 atm pm... inc tax   it is  unlimited internet (never been charged for over fair usage) and I tend to tether my tablet a lot. I also get a massive amount of unused calls and never hardly text. My phone is an LG ..

[RED-DOG]

I have a Vodafone dongle with 1gb of data for £10pm with a 50% discount. So £5pm including VAT.

[EvilPie]

There's no way in the world that it could possibly work out cheaper getting a dongle than just upgrading your current package or buying data bolt ons.

Only reason for using a dongle would be if you planned to use it for other devices or if you wanted access to another network due to poor service in certain areas on your phone.

If a few days blitz's your phone's 2Gb allowance it's going to do exactly the same to a dongle so you'd be better off doing as Maureen suggests and get a different plan with unlimited data. There's loads of them out there from as low as about £12.

[sonour]

You can buy an EE 4g sim on ebay with 6MB of data that last for 90 days for £15

[RED-DOG]

You can buy an EE 4g sim on ebay with 6MB of data that last for 90 days for £15

Does that also get 2g & 3g ? cos that's mostly what's available where I need it.

[Longines]

I'm pretty sure there is nobody now offering tariffs that include unlimited tethering to new customers. There are tariffs that allow unlimited data on the handset, but not tethering. Also, there are people who still have old contracts that allow it but they are diminishing - 3 are actively telling their customers that have these contracts that they are finishing and they must move to a different tariff.

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/phones-broadband-gps/mobile-phones-and-broadband/mobile-broadband/ee-osprey-pay-monthly-mobile-wifi-10022870-pdt.html

£20 for the MiFi
1 month contract
£10 1GB
£15 3GB
£20 15GB
£30 25GB

[RedFox]

Thanks for the advises - Im working on adding more date to my phone and hope it stays reasonable useage.

Cheers

[sonour]

You can buy an EE 4g sim on ebay with 6MB of data that last for 90 days for £15

Does that also get 2g & 3g ? cos that's mostly what's available where I need it.

Yes Tom

[Ironside]

Can you not latch onto some wifi in the area?