Mobile broadband on a 'Pay as you go' account

dave oc

Just wondering is it possible to sign up for either boardband service from Three or Vodafone with a prepay account? Im looking at getting the Nokia N95 soon and with its built in HSDPA im curious about the mobile broadband thing.

Btw, Im on Vodafone payg at the mo.

Thanks

Dman001

I dont think so

Bummer

I sent a e-mail to vodafone about this subject and they sent this back to me

"Thank you for contacting us with your query. Please accept our
apologies for the delay in responding to your query.

Unfortunately, at the moment we have no plans to introduce special
tariff for 3G Broadband
I have passed on your query to our marketing department to take your
suggestion on board."

So This might take a while but i would be very handy to have.

culabula

You can, on 3pay. I asked a 3 official yesterday this very question and he confirmed, yes, it can be done.

Frankmagnet

culabula wrote:

You can, on 3pay. I asked a 3 official yesterday this very question and he confirmed, yes, it can be done.

Anymore info on this would be great as I am waiting on an n95 and hope data charges arnt goin cost me a fortune as i am not on bill.

culabula

What other info? Details of the three broadband add-ons are on the Three website.

sharper

You can use the mobile broadband on 3pay. As far as I can tell all you get is proxied HTTP connection and not much else. Oh and you have "verify" your age by bringing some ID into a Three store or else you can't access anything outside of their "supported" sites.

It's nice to have but I think it's too expensive for what you get. It's 6.99 for 100mb or 30 days so you basically have to pay that much a month every month if you only want to access the odd site. Ironically under their older offering you could buy access in half hour and hour chunks which was much more convenient.

The_Hustler

Compared to data charges on other networks that is a great deal.

paconnors

how does one go about about accessing broadband from their mobile to laptop on 3 pay

sharper

The_Hustler wrote:

Compared to data charges on other networks that is a great deal.

That would surely depend on how much you use it. If you only want to use it from time to time it's not good at all.

paconnors

sharper wrote:

That would surely depend on how much you use it. If you only want to use it from time to time it's not good at all.

only need it to download a file at a sporting event 500 kb file

flodis79

Has anyone tried to use the mobile BB on 3pay for accessing

m.gmail.com for checking Gmail with the simplified page?

Not sure if they use https here? Or will https work now on 3pay mobile BB?

culabula

flodis79 wrote:

Has anyone tried to use the mobile BB on 3pay for accessing

m.gmail.com for checking Gmail with the simplified page?

Not sure if they use https here? Or will https work now on 3pay mobile BB?

Just download the dedicated app at gmail.com/app using your phone's broswer. It's the one send/receive that DOES work.

flodis79

culabula wrote:

Just download the dedicated app at gmail.com/app using your phone's broswer. It's the one send/receive that DOES work.

Working on 3pay? Strange, I thought that app was transferring data over https?

culabula

I can't say for sure, but I have downloaded the app for a variety of my handsets from all manufacturers. It works on each and every one of them, bypassing any restrictions from either 3 Ireland or 3 UK. For example configuring gMail won't work with the eMail app on a given handset using my dataSIM, but will work immediately using the dedicated app from gMail. You might as well try it, it's free to download.

podgeandrodge

on their website they only allow you to select the mobile broadband add-on if you select a pay monthly plan or a pay monthly handset.

has anyone subscribed who is prepay?

gunnerfitzy

It is definately available as an add on on 3Pay but there does seem to be far more restrictions that the post-paid version.

Can anyone confirm does VOIP eg skype, work with the 3Pay version?

Is anyone in a position to ask 3 CC if this limited 'proxied' version is going to remain for some time or become more like the post paid version?