Mobile Boradband in UK for 1 year for <€25 [CONFIRMED!]

ch750536

MUST HAVE A MAINLAND GB ADDRESS FOR DELIVERY OF DONGLE & SIM

Just ordered these myself, will let you know how it goes.

1. http://www.3dongle4free.co.uk Register for email, total cost delivered to UK £4.95.
2. Download this to unlock it Free
3. Oder one of these sims to same UK address. £2.79
4. Activate the sim for £10.
You will then have a wireless and mobile device that works on all UK hotspots for a year. Total cost £17.74

Obviously you also have a sim free dongle, so while in Ireland you can put your own sim in and use as normal.

long_b

And what software is that there in the link my good man ?

Kenny Powers

Did you get this delivered to Ireland?

54kroc

long_b wrote: »

And what software is that there in the link my good man ?

You could just download it to find out.

BigEejit

I put that rapidshare link into google and got the following page which also lists another method of debranding the 3 modem. There is also at least one confirmation that the rapidshare application works as well.

BigEejit

Mr.S wrote: »

Whats the point of these dongles as a matter of interest?

Would pairing your phone to your laptop and using the phone as a modem not do the same thing?

Good Question, but then you need a bluetooth dongle on your PC.
Also you would not be able to make or receive calls on your phone (assuming the O2 sim is not your usual phone number) while doing any browsing. You could not loan it to your friends or family. Opening up and swapping sim's regularly would get old pretty quick as well I'd imagine.

TM

ch750536 wrote: »

Just ordered these myself, will let you know how it goes.

1. http://www.3dongle4free.co.uk Register for email, total cost delivered to UK £4.95.
2. Download this to unlock it Free
3. Oder one of these sims to same UK address. £2.79
4. Activate the sim for £10.
You will then have a wireless and mobile device that works on all UK hotspots for a year. Total cost £16.74

Obviously you also have a sim free dongle, so while in Ireland you can put your own sim in and use as normal.

Er, £10 + £2.79 + £4.95 = £17.74

fergiesfolly

Can someone clarify this for me. I buy the dongle and get it unlocked, buy a regular sim here and get a data add-on. Is that it? If it is, can you use a prepay sim(preferably voda).

ch750536

No, you have to buy the sim from ebay. Specifically an o2 UK iphone sim.

cormie

Is this only for use in the UK or can it be used in Ireland too? What do you mean when you say "You will then have a wireless and mobile device that works on all UK hotspots for a year"... does this not actually connect to the 3G 3 network, but only hotspots located around the UK? So if you're in 3G coverage, but not a hotspot, it wont work and it wont work in Ireland at all? Bit confused:o

ch750536

You will have unlimited 3g & wireless connection. Most of the time the wireless connection is faster hence the nicety of the added extra.
Is for use in UK only although the dongle would be sim free and therefore would take an Irish sim at Irish rates when in Ireland.

pissed

When you go to register there is only an option for country as UK, has anyone managed to get this delivered to Ireland?

cormie

What would the Irish rates be do you know? I guess this would work in Northern Ireland no problem? Can it be used in other 3 countries like France etc?

ch750536

pissed wrote: »

When you go to register there is only an option for country as UK, has anyone managed to get this delivered to Ireland?

Almost certainly will not deliver to Ireland. I have a colleague in UK whoI am delivering to.

I spend 3 days a month in the UK so I will use it then.

ch750536

cormie wrote: »

What would the Irish rates be do you know? I guess this would work in Northern Ireland no problem? Can it be used in other 3 countries like France etc?

Once it is flashed it has nothign to do with 3 unless you choose to put a 3 sim into it.

For example. You could be in Jamaica and put a 'Smokin' Telecom' sim in it and connect to 'Smokin' Telecom's' service, you would have to check with them for rates & charges.

The same applies for Ireland or anywhere else in the world.

This gives you an unlocked USB Mobile modem for £4.95 that you can use anywhere.

If you choose to buy the O2 UK IPhone sim and put it in then it will give you unlimited UK wireless and 3g internet for 1 year at a cost of £10.

Kenny Powers

Do you need an address in the uk to get this?

Lord Derpington

Mr.S wrote: »

Whats the point of these dongles as a matter of interest?

Would pairing your phone to your laptop and using the phone as a modem not do the same thing?

The simple difference between the dongle is like was mentioned already for a start you would need bluetooth.
Secondly, unless you have a 3g data tarrif on your phone you wil pay a lot more for the data that you use. Even if you have a data tarrif (something like a sim out of an iPhone) you will still get less MB to the € than you will if you get a pay as you go sim from 3 or O2.
As far as i remember the price on 3 is €25 for 10GB but expires after 30days of topping up. I dont reallly know about the data tarrif on mobile phones though.
Also about the sim card, im confused as to why the OP said "you have to get one from ebay.."
Whats the difference with walking into an O2 outlet and asking them for a sim card set up for a usb dongel and just getting one for €10 off them, if they are even €10 anymore a lot of networks are doing some for free.

Like the look of the offer though, if anyone has actually tried this and had it delivered to ROI please let us know.

EDIT:

ch750536 wrote: »

For example. You could be in Jamaica and put a 'Smokin' Telecom' sim in it and connect to 'Smokin' Telecom's' service, you would have to check with them for rates & charges.

The same applies for Ireland or anywhere else in the world.

This gives you an unlocked USB Mobile modem for £4.95 that you can use anywhere.

Have you actually tried this and have it working? Because ive used Meteor, 3 and O2 versions and they all had an interface which you needed to connect to the network with ie. a user id and password.
Its not plug and play in that when you plug it in it just connects and works, also how do you keep track of the data used?
If it just resets it to some sort of factory interface that works the same way do you have a list of settings that each network will more than likely require?

BaconZombie

Look like the free wifi and data is meant to be a iPhone ONLY offer:

Ebay_Linked_by_OP wrote:

Please note: This sim card is supposed to soley be used in the iPhone only, although it works in other phones the free internet bolt on may be stopped by O2 at any time.

ch750536 wrote: »

No, you have to buy the sim from ebay. Specifically an o2 UK iphone sim.

cormie

Thanks for the info.

Do three offer that €10 for 20gb non expiring package in Ireland or is that the UK? That would be perfect for me if it lasted a few months!

Lord Derpington

cormie wrote: »

Thanks for the info.

Do three offer that €10 for 20gb non expiring package in Ireland or is that the UK? That would be perfect for me if it lasted a few months!

hey,
My post said €20 for 10GB not €10 for 20GB and after checking its actually €25
Just double checked it actually does expire after 30days from topping up LINK
plus you have the obvious cost of paying for the dongle.
Which is where this offer shines through if you can get the dongle for that £5ish delivered to ROI then your laughing.

There is also a pay monthly option of LINK of €20 a month for 18months with a 15GB cap each month.

LINK to O2's price plans
LINK to Meteor's price plans


EDIT: This should answer all questions

Capt'n Midnight

Not in NI , are the ebay sims dodgy ?

http://www.3dongle4free.co.uk/cmcPage.asp?idPage=1233&mscssid={EDD0AB39-7B0A-4B29-A39D-5CA74B9C1017}
6.1 We can deliver anywhere in mainland Great Britain.
6.8 If You are not at home when We deliver the Goods, We reserve the right to charge You an additional redelivery charge to bring them on another agreed date.

ch750536

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Do you need an address in the uk to get this?

Yes.

ch750536

greenfly wrote: »

Have you actually tried this and have it working? Because ive used Meteor, 3 and O2 versions and they all had an interface which you needed to connect to the network with ie. a user id and password.

The User & Pass part of it is controlled by the sim, not the dongle.
I have hacked many 3 and vodafone dongles for friends to allow better connection software & it has worked well.

greenfly wrote: »

Its not plug and play in that when you plug it in it just connects and works, also how do you keep track of the data used?
If it just resets it to some sort of factory interface that works the same way do you have a list of settings that each network will more than likely require?

Again, depends on the sim & the company.

Ron DMC

Slightly off topic, but semi-related.

I have an unlocked usb modem and I want to use meteor's PAYG 50mb/99c per day tariff instead of the Broadband togo day pass.

Mostly because I use very little data any time I use it so the day pass is way more more expensive than it's worth.

I've tried using a pre-pay sim in the modem, and while it works (I can send receive texts to it), I cannot get online through the data APN.

Do data modems only work when you have a broadband APN enabled?

ch750536

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Not in NI , are the ebay sims dodgy ?

http://www.3dongle4free.co.uk/cmcPage.asp?idPage=1233&mscssid={EDD0AB39-7B0A-4B29-A39D-5CA74B9C1017}
6.1 We can deliver anywhere in mainland Great Britain.
6.8 If You are not at home when We deliver the Goods, We reserve the right to charge You an additional redelivery charge to bring them on another agreed date.

Define dodgy?

Stolen? no.

Intended for UK Iphone only? Yes, but that is their issue not yours.

Worst case, you lose £10.

Peirn2

Would the 3 UK dongle be deliverable to the BT1 1AA address for ROI?

Is it possible to unlock a Vodafone dongle and run a 3 sim on it?

Cheers.

ch750536

Peirn2 wrote: »

Would the 3 UK dongle be deliverable to the BT1 1AA address for ROI?

6.1 We can deliver anywhere in mainland Great Britain.

Peirn2 wrote: »

Is it possible to unlock a Vodafone dongle and run a 3 sim on it?
Cheers.

What model?

nickhx

ch750536 wrote: »

I have hacked many 3 and vodafone dongles for friends to allow better connection software & it has worked well.
Again, depends on the sim & the company.

What connection software would you recommend?

Peirn2

"Is it possible to unlock a Vodafone dongle and run a 3 sim on it?
Cheers.
What model? "


I'm thinking of the Vodafone E172.

BigEejit

Well, I got the sim today, its an Iphone pay and go. The back of the package says its a pay and go sim exclusively for iphone 3g, not to be resold as sim only. Front says Unlimited O2 web and wi-fi access for 12 months.

Dont know if its breaking the law for that guy to sell these. No sign of the usb jobby from 3 yet.

ch750536

Peirn2 wrote: »

"Is it possible to unlock a Vodafone dongle and run a 3 sim on it?
Cheers.
What model? "


I'm thinking of the Vodafone E172.

may be the same process

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei_E220

See the mobile forum for more details though.

Amalgam

fergiesfolly wrote: »

Can someone clarify this for me. I buy the dongle and get it unlocked, buy a regular sim here and get a data add-on. Is that it? If it is, can you use a prepay sim(preferably voda).

Not many people know this, but you can use a regular 3 SIM with a mobile access dongle. Just insert and buy your add ons through the user interface site which is accesible through the 3 site.

ch750536

Can confirm that the offer as in post 1 works fine.

Kenny Powers

Did you get it shipped to Ireland?

PaulKK

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Did you get it shipped to Ireland?

Dude he said multiple times you can't get it delivered to Ireland and he gets it sent to a colleague in the UK.

Paul Tergat

ch750536 wrote: »

Can confirm that the offer as in post 1 works fine.

Cheers for this OP.

What kind of speeds do ya get? up and down please...

Seems like an offer thats too good to be true, you dont have to give personal details anywhere do ya?

Amalgam

These devices have an IMEI, so, quite possibly, 3 will link the IMEI to your details.

ch750536

From the original site where I got the offer

http://www.speedtest.net/result/484845649.png

works fine.

"I installed the Telus software on my pc and the Global Connection Manager on the mrs's laptop and I get a connection on both ok.
I registered the iPhone sim on a Nokia 6300 (3g phone - might make a difference) and topped it up at a cashpoint."

ch750536

p_larkin99 wrote: »

Cheers for this OP.

What kind of speeds do ya get? up and down please...

Seems like an offer thats too good to be true, you dont have to give personal details anywhere do ya?

#

Sorry not me confirming personally, still waiting for the dongle to be forwarded, I cant credit it until im over next end june anyway...

Others on another forum have done this and it works fine.

Sneachta

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Do you need an address in the uk to get this?

Excellent! lol

ttm

I picked up one of the ZTE MF627 UK modems off ebay a while back and unlocked it easily enough for free only issue is flashing the modem with the new software turned it into a ZTE MF626, but no worries it still works fine with both 3 UK and 3 IRL sims.

dingding

I think from the O2 site you can use an irish top up code

Dellas

Thanks to OP , fantastic deal

BigEejit

I got it working, getting 280kbps down and 351kbps up (bits not bytes) ... and thats in a 3G area.

Note that after reflashing there is no connection manager on it any more (but it did appear to have drivers etc on it), but the rapidshare download includes Telstra connection manager software that did the job.

These are the settings that I found while searching, I am using the middle one...
APN: mobile.o2.co.uk
Dial Number - *99#user
Username: mobileweb
Password: password
Primary DNS: 192.113.200.200
Secondary DNS: 192.113.200.201

I have also seen sites that say you should use:
O2 UK (pre-pay)
Dial Number - *99#user
APN: payandgo.o2.co.uk
payandgo
payandgo
(use "obtain DNS server address automatically")

And if neither of those work you can try:
Config Filename - O2
Dial Number - *99#user
User Name - Vertigo
Password - password
APN name - payandgo.o2.co.uk
(use "obtain DNS server address automatically")

BigEejit

I just connected it to my laptop (for the first time) and found that it has connection manager software. It was showing up as a F drive CD ROM and I let it install "Globe Visibility" manager. Its similar to the Telstra manager and inputting the information I used in the Telstra connection manager software got me connected in no time.

After I installed the software it seemed to install additional drivers for the device and now when I look there is no sign of the CD ROM instead there is a removable disk - (probably for the micro-sd slot).

Its a bit odd but as you only need to install the software once I suppose it nicer than seeing a CD-ROM all the time that you never use.

/edit Speed is a bit slow here....


/edit2 tried a different ISP to test on and ping is much better....

cormie

How much would somebody charge to get me one of these, set it up and deliver it to me, ready to go?

Paul Tergat

I tried to order the dongle, filled in all my details but have received nothing from them. What happened to anyone who got past this stage?

Did they just ship it out to ya?

BigEejit

p_larkin99 wrote: »

I tried to order the dongle, filled in all my details but have received nothing from them. What happened to anyone who got past this stage?

Did they just ship it out to ya?

Yes, just pushed through the letterbox, not signed for (even though they give that impression). I ordered it on the 27th and it arrived today.

BigEejit

cormie wrote: »

How much would somebody charge to get me one of these, set it up and deliver it to me, ready to go?

I cannot I am afraid, I am already doing it for 2 friends....

Paul Tergat

BigEejit wrote: »

Yes, just pushed through the letterbox, not signed for (even though they give that impression). I ordered it on the 27th and it arrived today.

huh?

i havent given any payment details or anything, i just tried to sign up and gave my personal info but have received no confirmation email or anything like that....??

BigEejit

p_larkin99 wrote: »

huh?

i havent given any payment details or anything, i just tried to sign up and gave my personal info but have received no confirmation email or anything like that....??

Ah, I thought you had gone through the full ordering process. When you register they send you an email that contains a code that you have to enter when ordering the dongle and that makes the dongle cost zero, the £4.95 they charge is postage and packing.