Dongle or not?

[laurieash]

Originally Posted by kitchenman

If your phone has 3G use it as a Wi-Fi hot spot if you have all you can eat data, just use the Wi-Fi on your PC to connect to it
Dongles can be expensive
IAEFRTFM

Now you have lost me

[wildbri]

I use a gift gaff sim £12 month loads of calls free texts and unlimited data. So I tether my laptop or tablet to the WiFi from the phone. But I also just use the phone direct to surf the web. Regards. Bri

[AD Ent]

Originally Posted by wildbri

I use a gift gaff sim £12 month loads of calls free texts and unlimited data. So I tether my laptop or tablet to the WiFi from the phone. But I also just use the phone direct to surf the web. Regards. Bri

what this man said...
Get a smart phone ie. Samsung Galaxy III with Unlimited Data (Internet useage). Basically the phone can be used like the Huawei MiFi hubs, so laptop will connect to it.. err .. wirelessly. Like Hovis, you get Best Of Both.

[wildbri]

I use a Huawei 300 smart phone, check it out, power full, high speed, really nice to use screen and only £100 from Argos. Don't forget your sim from giffgaff.co.uk. regards. Bri

[wildbri]

PS. Forgot to say...no contract with giffgaff just buy what you want when you want and free calls and texts to other giffgaff users, my family all use giffgaff..............top up online or your giffgaff app when you want to. Bri

[AD Ent]

Using Mobile Broadband as the only Broadband for the home depends purely on the signal quality of the network. Where I live, which is semi-rural 3 is the best, I get H+ I used to be with Tmobile, which was OK but not a reliable signal at different parts of the house. o2 voda orange, are useless here as the signal is just G, ok for calls, but not for mobile internet.

[laurieash]

Originally Posted by wildbri

PS. Forgot to say...no contract with giffgaff just buy what you want when you want and free calls and texts to other giffgaff users, my family all use giffgaff..............top up online or your giffgaff app when you want to. Bri

Sent for a giifgaff sim so now need a phone to do the job

[laurieash]

Originally Posted by AD Ent

what this man said...
Get a smart phone ie. Samsung Galaxy III with Unlimited Data (Internet useage). Basically the phone can be used like the Huawei MiFi hubs, so laptop will connect to it.. err .. wirelessly. Like Hovis, you get Best Of Both.

wife has got a Galaxy Ace is that a smart Phone?

[AD Ent]

yes, you can tether but will need to plug the usb cable into the phone then other end into the laptop/tablet etc. http://www.livetechz.com/using-usb-t...martphone.html

Better phones let you do this wirelessly and other devices can then also share the connection

[laurieash]

Originally Posted by AD Ent

yes, you can tether but will need to plug the usb cable into the phone then other end into the laptop/tablet etc. http://www.livetechz.com/using-usb-t...martphone.html

Better phones let you do this wirelessly and other devices can then also share the connection

ot thanks for the info its becoming clearer now

[wildbri]

I used to use a galaxy Apollo which is similar, until my son gave me a new phone at Xmas.

[laurieash]

Lucky you my kids aways want things off me for xmas

[laurieash]

Seen a Huawel Ascend y201 at tesco any good fo what i want.

[kitchenman]

Computer Active magazine out last Thursday, has a how to on 'tehering'

[AD Ent]

Originally Posted by laurieash

Seen a Huawel Ascend y201 at tesco any good fo what i want.

yes you can wireless tether with that pbone. It is a basic entry level Android but it will do what you want it to. Here is the user guide that tells you how to share the data connection, it is a simple process, see 7.3.3 :


https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q...u-MjfG1BvtYhxg