Internet in a field!

[Jin]

Why hello there folks.

I have a dilema and I don't really know where to start as I have never used anything like this before.

Basically I need to take a laptop with me to some of these UK festivals and need to get one of these mobile internet wotsits. Especially for when I am in a field.

Sometimes I can be away for as long as 4 weeks going from one festival to another. So I need the internet to answer questions on our work forums and reply to my emails whilst I am at a show.

I need it to be pay as you go, the only one I have found as PAYG is by three.co.uk.

Has anyone used one of these before?

Are they any good? whats the coverage like?

[Blinger1]

I know you are in the UK, but over the Christmas i was in switzerland and we had pre-paid internet, highly unrecommended!
The speed was so slow, it was ridiculous, it took maybe 20 minutes just to load Google?

[J0SH]

I've never used one but I always see them on the back of my mums magazines, I guess it's a good idea having an internet connection on a USB stick so no doubt it'll be slow-ish but I think if you go to any decent phone shop they'll let you trial it out surely?

[Laggings]

I've seen something out by AT&T about where you can get internet whereever you can get your cellphone service. I think you pay for the item, then monthly service. BUT, I'm not sure. It might be something to look in to.

[Trigs]

In canada we have mobile internet sticks. call your isp and see if they have them.

[Laggings]

In canada we have mobile internet sticks. call your isp and see if they have them.

That's what I was trying to explain

[Trigs]

you're in the uk right? http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-broadband/

[PoizZoNxX]

I had an O2 one a few month back for my laptop, it was terriblely sluggish and slow. But if your only on it for a few minutes, it shouldn't matter.

[Recursion]

As always it depends on the network coverage in your area. If I was you I would get a mobile skin on your forum, then get a PAYG SIM with an internet plan on it for say two months from O2 preferably because their coverage is the best around the UK.

[N!ck]

Can you connect a mobile phone to your laptop and use it through that?

The speed will depend on the coverage of the area. I find that the actual throughput speed is good, but latency is horrendous.

There's pay as you go ones http://mobile.broadbandgenie.co.uk/3g-broadband?filters[payg]=1&filters[rolling]=1&filters[fixed]=1&showAll=1&order=contractLength#packages they'd be fine for a couple of days, but if you're going to be using it for up to a month at a time it's going to get expensive.

This looks decent from O2, 1 month contract. http://shop.o2.co.uk/promo/o2mobileb...nd/tab/1_month