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ipad 3g - data plan or regular plan?

  • 17-05-2011 7:21am
    #1
    dantastic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 395 ✭✭


    Hi there,

    I've an iPad 3g on order and I've started to shop around for a data plan for it. I use data over 3g quite infrequently so rather than going with an actual data plan I was thinking going with a pay as yo go sim. They get you about 50M per day for a euro. If you go for a proper data play they are about 3 euro per day.

    Is anyone else doing this or is there an actual block there? Apart from the physical size of the sim - will there be any problems?


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  • #2
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,248 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    would there be an issue of tethering if you just use a normal sim?


  • #3
    dantastic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 395 ✭✭dantastic


    well, I don't know...

    But then again, wound they be bothered if I wasn't doing the prick?

    I'll be using the 3g maybe 1-2 times per week - 4-5Mb tops. Feels a bit overkill to purchase a 500Mb bundle at €3 per day then...


  • #4
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,987 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Tesco offer a data plan that costs €6 for 30 days and 1gb. You can order a free sim on their website, I think you have to cut the regular sim to fit the micro sim slot on the ipad but for the price it's worth the hassle.

    It's a payg as opposed to contract by the way. Theres a good thread here : http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=71195711


  • #5
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,248 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    dantastic wrote: »
    well, I don't know...

    But then again, wound they be bothered if I wasn't doing the prick?

    I'll be using the 3g maybe 1-2 times per week - 4-5Mb tops. Feels a bit overkill to purchase a 500Mb bundle at €3 per day then...

    anything to get money off you so who knows.

    There dont charge for tethering so that might be an option


  • #6
    dantastic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 395 ✭✭dantastic


    Grand job. Looks like we're off to tesco for that one!


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  • #7
    culabula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,213 ✭✭✭culabula


    dantastic wrote: »
    Grand job. Looks like we're off to tesco for that one!

    Tesco will supply you with a microSIM on request.

    It's 7€ a month (6,99) not 6.

    If you get a 3Pay SIM you can buy a bundle of 500mb for 5€. Clearly not as good as the Tesco for value in this country, but OTOH you can roam with the 3SIM in Italy, the UK, Austria, Denmark and Sweden without penalty.


  • #8
    culabula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,213 ✭✭✭culabula


    godtabh wrote: »
    would there be an issue of tethering if you just use a normal sim?

    If he's using this in an iPad, tethering isn't an issue.


  • #9
    dantastic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 395 ✭✭dantastic


    Update on this.

    I got my iPad anyway. With tesco you have to phone in in order to get data so for the time being I'm using a regular pay as you go meteor micro sim. I stuck the sim into the iPad straight and it wanted me to register for a more expensive data plan.
    so I put the sim into a phone and made a phone call and then put the sim back into the iPad. Since that it has been working and I get to avail of the 80 ish cent per day data. I only get 50 M but that's plenty for what I am doing.


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