[access-uk] Re: dongles and data useage
- From: Gordon Keen <gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:07:18 +0000
First, have you asked if the hospital has public wireless available?
Last November I was gob smacked to discover Dereford hospital in Plymouth did
and a password was available through the ward admin person - you may save
yourself a fortune!
Best of luck
G
From Bridgerule in glorious Devon, England.
On 22 Feb 2012, at 09:28, Terry wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Was hoping someone could help with the following.
>
> In just over a weeks time, I will be going into hospital for around a month.
> I will be taking my laptop and phone with me, amongst other things, and need
> some information as to what may be my best option with regards to costs for
> data usage.
>
> I have an iphone, but much prefer to use my laptop for everyday use.
>
> My two options are to either connect my iphone to my laptop and use that to
> be on line, or buy a usb dongle.
>
> I'm on contract with Vodafone, and included in the plan is 1gb of data.
>
> I've never really properly understood how much I use on a daily bases, doing
> my regular stuff on line.
>
> If I exclude downloading files/music etc, and just concentrate on my outlook
> usage, surfing the net etc, roughly how much am I likely to use in a month?
>
> With outlook, I probably receive roughly around 100 emails a day, oh, and
> I'll also be using msn and Skype to stay in contact with the outside world.
>
> Would I be likely to go way over my 1gb allowance? If the answer is likely
> to be yes, would I be best buying a usb dongle? If the answer to the latter
> is yes, could someone suggest a dongle that is accessible.
> I use jaws and win 7.
>
> I ask that, simply due to the topic of accessible dongles being discussed
> hear in the past.
>
> Apologies if the above is too vague for people to give me an informed
> response, but any help very much appreciated.
>
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