[access-uk] Re: phone providers

Hi Andy
You can buy a USB modem that plugs into your laptop. In it is a SIM card where you can top up for a certain amount a month, and be allowed to surf the Internet or send and receive Email etc. The modem will cost you to buy it on a top-up basis, but if you take out a monthly contract to do this, you aren't charged for the modem, or at least the charge is significantly less.
They normally charge you so much per day to surf the Internet under their fair usage policy, and this amount seems to vary among networks, just like call charges do.
It was just available on T-Mobile and 3, but most of the other networks are now catching onto the top-up facility as well as the contract option for these USB modems.
I looked into the possibility of doing it before I went into hospital in December. I'm glad now I didn't bother as, firstly, I was allowed unlimited use of my mobile. Secondly, I couldn't have coped with bothering with my laptop in there because I was so ill for the majority of the time that it would have been pointless.
What does appeal to me about this top-up USB modem option from a mobile network is that if your ISP at home goes down, you have the option of being able to use the mobile phone network to send and receive Email.
But I've never done it so far. I've only ever enquired about the possibilities. 

Jackie

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: phone providers



John - I too am with T-Mobile on Pay As You Talk. I'd love to be able to
connect my laptop to my mobile phone to access the web, can you be kind
enough to tell how this is done please? -

Andy
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 10:51 AM
Subject: [access-uk] phone providers


| Hi list
| Carol it depends what you want from your phone provider.
| I use t mobile as on pay as you go I can use the net for one pound per
day.
| I can connect my braille note pk or laptop to my nokia e65 and use
| the net. for example when at windermere I connected my fujitsu laptop
| to my e65 via blue tooth then I could listen to the Sheffield
| Wednesday game from the Wednesday world site. it only cost one pound.
| I also did my email as well.
| it is the same from the phone I click on the radio Sheffield link and
| can listen to it via the phone.
| the only problem with t mobile is it only works on the window sill in my
room.
| I would to know if James can tell me about vodafone's internet charges.
| hth.
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