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3 mobile broadband - Netbook with integrated mobile broadband?

  • 05-05-2009 06:08PM
    #1
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭


    Quick question - Can one of the newer netbooks with integrated mobile broadband be used with 3 mobile broadband - i.e. do you just take the sim out and insert it in the laptop (after installing the software using the usb dongle?) Thanks


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  • #2
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Moved, and yes.


  • #3
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    Thanks Jor El - is your "yes" just about using the sim in the laptop or does it include having to install the software via the dongle first?

    Also, and maybe this is a silly question, will my 3Pay Mobile sim (from my 3 phone) which I have a monthly 1 gig allowance (€9.99 a month) work with the dongle/integrated laptop?

    Thanks.


  • #4
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,132 ✭✭✭x in the city


    any data sim should work, but whether or not you are happy with .005kb/sec speeds is another thing entirely


  • #5
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    x in the city wrote: »
    any data sim should work, but whether or not you are happy with .005kb/sec speeds is another thing entirely

    I don't understand you and am happy with the higher speeds I am getting than the speeds you are referring to.

    What I am asking is can I use an "ordinary 3 mobile phone sim" out of my 3 phone in the modem and use the MOBILE phone surfing 1 gig add-on (€10 per month for 1 gig) as opposed to the modem pay as u go charges.

    thanks.


  • #6
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    podgeandrodge wrote: »
    I don't understand you and am happy with the higher speeds I am getting than the speeds you are referring to.

    What I am asking is can I use an "ordinary 3 mobile phone sim" out of my 3 phone in the modem and use the MOBILE phone surfing 1 gig add-on (€10 per month for 1 gig) as opposed to the modem pay as u go charges.

    thanks.
    you are not supposed to but it does work BUT if india notices they will block you from using the mobile internet add-on for your laptop


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  • #7
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    The SIM is the same, so nothing is stopping it from working, bar the operator putting a block on your account.


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