3 payg mobile broadband

This offering from 3 - £50 for the modem, and £15 for 3GB -is looking
like an attractive proposition- has anyone had any experience? My
questions would be: can you get Linux or Windows Me drivers for it,
and can it be unlocked?

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> This offering from 3 - £50 for the modem, and £15 for 3GB -is looking
> like an attractive proposition- has anyone had any experience?

I've been using it successfuly for 2 months now.

I don't like their customer service.

> My questions would be: can you get Linux or Windows Me drivers for it,

It self-installs its own drivers and won't work without usb 2.0.

I don't know if its OS specific.

> and can it be unlocked?

Don't know.

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 11:02:48 +0100, "John Burke" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:


>I don't like their customer service.

What don't you like about them John could it be because they are in
India or somewhere and you cannot understand half that they are
saying?.
I have a 3 mobile and this the only complaint I have regarding 3
but I have only called CS twice about two very trivial matters anyway.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> This offering from 3 - £50 for the modem, and £15 for 3GB -is looking
> like an attractive proposition- has anyone had any experience? My
> questions would be: can you get Linux or Windows Me drivers for it,
> and can it be unlocked?

www.play.com are doing it for £39.99, exactly the same, plus,
if you buy it through www.quidco.com you'll get cashback, or,
if you have a nectar card and buy it through their estores
link you'll get nectar points for it.

The one on play has quite good support for Linux.

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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 11:02:48 +0100, "John Burke" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:

>> I don't like their customer service.

> What don't you like about them John could it be because they are in
> India or somewhere and you cannot understand half that they are
> saying?.

1. I had to navigate a non-user friendly menu several times to eventually
obtain a human contact.

2. Although whoever/wherever I spoke to had good enough English, I still
objected to hearing bs.

3. Their later email response completely ignored the issue I'd raised

However, 1, 2 & 3 do seem to be industry standard now IME.

> I have a 3 mobile and this the only complaint I have regarding 3
> but I have only called CS twice about two very trivial matters anyway.

This concerned my access somehow being charged at the wrong tariff.

In article <81e79156-66e4-4dd5-a8b6-dde81cfadf4c@
56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
> This offering from 3 - £50 for the modem, and £15 for 3GB -is looking
> like an attractive proposition- has anyone had any experience? My
> questions would be: can you get Linux or Windows Me drivers for it,
> and can it be unlocked?
>

I think both versions work under Linux but it is apparently easier to
get the Huawei one (white one) working.

I also know that one can also be unlocked using online tools for 15
euros. I unlocked and use my 3 one on T-mobile.

It does have problems switching from HSPDA to 3G on T-mobile but I think
that is a network issue.

Steve.

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:19:00 +0100, "John Burke" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:


>1. I had to navigate a non-user friendly menu several times to eventually
>obtain a human contact.

Having had few years of this with Blueyonder now Virgin media and BT I
have kind a got used to it .

>3. Their later email response completely ignored the issue I'd raised
>
>However, 1, 2 & 3 do seem to be industry standard now IME.
I expect to here a live human voice when ever I ring some company or
other but it looks like I am going to have to expect for a long time
because I am convinced it just ain't going to happen anymore. I called
3 this afternoon and wanted to speak with a human myself but could not
get even near to one 1,2,3,etc etc etc was all I was getting so gave
up in the end . I was actually wanting some more info regarding the BB
offering not to worry it is their loss not mine when I first went
through the sign up already having an account with them they where
wanting only 7.50 a month but I backed out decided to have a little
think . About an hour later went back in did the sign up thing again
this time however they where wanting 7.50 for the dongle AND 7.50
for the BB account a month which was the reason for me contacting them
to get clarification .

In news:81e79156-66e4-4dd5-a8b6-(E-Mail Removed),
(E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> typed, for
some strange, unexplained reason:
: This offering from 3 - £50 for the modem, and £15 for 3GB -is looking
: like an attractive proposition- has anyone had any experience? My
: questions would be: can you get Linux or Windows Me drivers for it,
: and can it be unlocked?

I was seriously tempted by this device, but was told by the sales droid
that you have to top up by at least £10 per month, whether you use up all
the credit or not. The thing is no good to me if I have to keep throwing
money at it, I only considered it for occasional use if I go away for a
weekend etc., I don't have any use for it most of the time, I already have
internet access at home and at work.

Sounds like a contract under another name to me, surely if it's Pay As You
Go the credit should be good for as long as I keep it active..? On my
phone the credit stays live as long as a call is made every 180 days, why
is this different..?

Ivor

On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 00:07:50 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>Sounds like a contract under another name to me, surely if it's Pay As You
>Go the credit should be good for as long as I keep it active..? On my
>phone the credit stays live as long as a call is made every 180 days, why
>is this different..?

I wouldn't touch "pay has you go" Ivor unless you only intend using it
a few times a year I have a payg phone on Virgin which hasn't even
been switched on since I came back from Belgium three months ago
and won't be until August when I go again . I have a 3 contract phone
for everyday use so I will get the mobile broadband for 7.50 a month
and the modem is free which I intend ordering at some point today .

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 11:02:48 +0100, John Burke <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> This offering from 3 - £50 for the modem, and £15 for 3GB -is looking
>> like an attractive proposition- has anyone had any experience?
>
>I've been using it successfuly for 2 months now.
>
>I don't like their customer service.
>
>> My questions would be: can you get Linux or Windows Me drivers for it,
>
>It self-installs its own drivers and won't work without usb 2.0.

My sister has one working in Win2000 on USB1.1. It shouldn't need USB2 as
its peak speed is 3.6Mbit/sec which is way below the ceiling 11Mbit/sec of
USB1.1.

Recent Linux distros work with it just fine (I got hers working on my
Fedora 6 laptop), but in Windows, it's only Win2000/XP/Vista.

>I don't know if its OS specific.

They only advertise it as Windows and MacOSX, but recent Linux kernels
also include drivers.

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