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Is there any drawbacks to using a mobile phone as a modem for prepay broadband

02-02-2010 9:43am

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estreetb

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Is there any drawbacks to using a mobile phone as a modem for prepay broadband

i want to try and cut costs so would the ph as a modem have as good a signal as the usb modems.

thanks

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#2 02-02-2010 5:22pm

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It would be more expensive I done it before and it dont pay i went back to seperate broadband again. Why not get a day pass with the operator they all do it round 3 euro per day...

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#3 02-02-2010 10:08pm

estreetb

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modems cost 49euro so i thougth using ph might be better price wise

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#4 02-02-2010 10:19pm

Davy

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You would want a HSDPA phone, 3.6 or 7.2 Mbps

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#5 02-02-2010 10:22pm

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3 and vodafone offer them for free check their websitehttp://www.vodafone.ie/df/mobilebroadband/gallery_details.jsp?tab=prepay

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#6 02-02-2010 10:24pm

fuelinjection

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Have a pre-pay mobile phone on Meteor and a broadband modem from "3" and I get screwed using the phone to download anything big. The 15Gigs limit I have with "3" would cost me an arm and a leg on the mobile phone.

Depends how much you use it I suppose.

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