PAYG on HSDPA Laptop

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wingnutLP

Jan 14 2009, 17:10

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hi I recently bought a Sony laptop that comes with an HSDPA module inside it it also comes with a T mobile card in the box. The T mobile card is only for a £30 month contract and really I would like to get a pay as you go type Sim card for it. Unfortunately I've phoned a couple of the different providers including O2 and T-Mobile are and all of them seem to say that their Sim cards only work in their USB modems provided.

can anyone tell me if there is a provider out there that is prepared or able to give me a standard sim card I can just slot into my computer install whatever software is necessary and then hook straight onto the Internet?

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Jan 14 2009, 17:14

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I use a 3 prepaid SIM and it costs me a fiver a month for the basic internet bundle... works fine!

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Jan 14 2009, 17:16

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QUOTE(wingnutLP @ Jan 14 2009, 17:10)

hi I recently bought a Sony laptop that comes with an HSDPA module inside it it also comes with a T mobile card in the box. The T mobile card is only for a £30 month contract and really I would like to get a pay as you go type Sim card for it. Unfortunately I've phoned a couple of the different providers including O2 and T-Mobile are and all of them seem to say that their Sim cards only work in their USB modems provided.

can anyone tell me if there is a provider out there that is prepared or able to give me a standard sim card I can just slot into my computer install whatever software is necessary and then hook straight onto the Internet?

Is the HSDPA module sim providor locked?

Should work with t-mobile PAYG sim no problem, although I believe the best deals for mobile data are on 3 PAYG - I use a £5 month 'phone' internet bolt-on with a 3 PAYG sim instead of their £10 / 1gb 'broadband' add on with a USB dongle and in a 3G windows mobile with no issues or 'fair use' problems - and I absolutley hammer it ;-)

HTH.

M.S

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Jan 14 2009, 18:04

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QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Jan 14 2009, 17:14)

I use a 3 prepaid SIM and it costs me a fiver a month for the basic internet bundle... works fine!

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Hi Paul, do you mean a standard PAYG sim like this http://threestore.three.co.uk/payg/dealsum...ercode=DSLPP067 rather than a "mobile broadband" one? The broadband ones all come with contracts or USB dongles http://threestore.three.co.uk/broadband/

Do you mean just a regular phones sim with a data bundle?

QUOTE(Mysterious Stranger @ Jan 14 2009, 17:16)

Is the HSDPA module sim providor locked?

Should work with t-mobile PAYG sim no problem, although I believe the best deals for mobile data are on 3 PAYG - I use a £5 month 'phone' internet bolt-on with a 3 PAYG sim instead of their £10 / 1gb 'broadband' add on with a USB dongle and in a 3G windows mobile with no issues or 'fair use' problems - and I absolutley hammer it ;-)

HTH.

M.S

Thanks

I am not sure if it is locked I assumed not as T mobile didn't subsidise the cost of my laptop!!

how do you add an internet bolt on to a PAYG sim is it different to airtime?

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Jan 15 2009, 16:02

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QUOTE(wingnutLP @ Jan 14 2009, 18:04)

Do you mean just a regular phones sim with a data bundle?
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I am not sure if it is locked I assumed not as T mobile didn't subsidise the cost of my laptop!!

how do you add an internet bolt on to a PAYG sim is it different to airtime?

Hello,

yep a standard 3 network PAYG sim will work fine although the speed of a dedicated broadband 3 PAYG sim may be better? I know voda have different speeds for different sim flavours, not sure about 3.

You then register it, top up, log in online, but DON'T activate the mobile broadband option ( as the splash screen for when I log in with my 3 mobile broadband sim tries to get me to do) - instead go to your account, select the add-on's and buy the £5 monthly internet bundle from your topped-up credit.

It then works both in a broadband dongle or a phone for internet access so should be fine in your laptop.

M.S

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