help with mobile internet

Originally Posted by petercheason

at about a £1 a Mgb , however if you are only reading and surfing its as cheap as chips .

A meg is hardly anything even for just surfing the net, it would cost a fortune.

[AndyC]

Originally Posted by PaulC

A meg is hardly anything even for just surfing the net, it would cost a fortune.

Yes, for general browsing roaming data is very expensive. You can reduce the cost a bit by making sure that all automatic updates are turned off (anti-virus, Windows, etc) and also by turning off images in your browser.

I really only use roaming data for picking up and sending emails, and occasionally online banking. I save any serious work till I find a wifi connection, or as we did in Morocco, get a local 3G sim card.

AndyC

[t&s]

we have been looking at this 3 mobile dongle but are finding it hard to fond info on the net any one got a link that will show use for euroup

[lescombes]

used my T-Mobile dongle in Europe no probs.....gone down fro £7.50 mb to £1.50 mb this year....going to be lower next year....

Surely at those prices you can hardly do anything on the internet? 1mb is not a lot of credit!

[AndyC]

Originally Posted by t&s

we have been looking at this 3 mobile dongle but are finding it hard to fond info on the net any one got a link that will show use for euroup

Three now charge £1.25/Mb for most of Europe, details here

AndyC

yep it says three pages on your computer. It'll not take long to ring up a huge bill!

[AndyC]

Originally Posted by PaulC

yep it says three pages on your computer. It'll not take long to ring up a huge bill!

Agreed that it's expensive, but if you run an online business internet access is essential. Costs can be reduced by reducing 'casual' browsing and by turning images off in your browser settings. You must make sure that all automatic updates are turned off too.

As I said earlier, I use roaming internet mainly for email, and have my email software set to only download the first 10kb of a message, then I can check to see if it's necessary to download the rest.

AndyC

[Polly]

Hia
I have a vodafone 3mg dongle. It doesnot work abroad and in this country I can google but cannot send e mails any ideas why

the only way I can send messages to the family is through face book and I can get on here ok.

The reason i got it was so i could keep in touch with the family when i am away
Thanks

[AndyC]

Originally Posted by Polly

Hia
I have a vodafone 3mg dongle. It doesnot work abroad and in this country I can google but cannot send e mails any ideas why

the only way I can send messages to the family is through face book and I can get on here ok.

The reason i got it was so i could keep in touch with the family when i am away
Thanks

The reason you can't send email when using your USB modem is that you are connected to a different ISP (Vodafone) than the one you use at home. Your laptop will be set up to send email through your home ISP and those settings won't be accepted by Vodafone.

The easiest way to send emails when using a USB modem (dongle) is to use a web based mail system. Your home ISP is quite likely to have such a system, basically you log into a special area on their website where you can read your new emails and also send emails.

AndyC