Mobile broadband

I'm considering the purchase of a 'holiday home' in North Wales.
Morfa Bychan near Porthmadog.
I know nowt about mobile BB as I'm quite happy with my plusnet service at
home.
The guy in the computer shop in Porthmadog recommended 'Three' as if all
else fails they will 'roam' on another network to get a signal.
Is that true?
I switched my Orange phone to the UTMS setting there and it said 'no
signal', does that mean there will be no Orange mobile broadband available
there?


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J B

On 25/08/2009 in message <(E-Mail Removed)> J B wrote:

>I'm considering the purchase of a 'holiday home' in North Wales.

Keep the home fires burning....

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Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who do binary and those
who don't.

"SJP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "J B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> I'm considering the purchase of a 'holiday home' in North Wales.
>> Morfa Bychan near Porthmadog.
>> I know nowt about mobile BB as I'm quite happy with my plusnet service at
>> home.
>> The guy in the computer shop in Porthmadog recommended 'Three' as if all
>> else fails they will 'roam' on another network to get a signal.
>> Is that true?
>> I switched my Orange phone to the UTMS setting there and it said 'no
>> signal', does that mean there will be no Orange mobile broadband
>> available there?

> http://www.bestmobilebroadband.co.uk...-coverage.aspx

Hmmm, looks like Three is the only option then - what's the best value PAYG
with them?


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J B

"J B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "SJP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> "J B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> I'm considering the purchase of a 'holiday home' in North Wales.
>>> Morfa Bychan near Porthmadog.
>>> I know nowt about mobile BB as I'm quite happy with my plusnet service
>>> at home.
>>> The guy in the computer shop in Porthmadog recommended 'Three' as if all
>>> else fails they will 'roam' on another network to get a signal.
>>> Is that true?
>>> I switched my Orange phone to the UTMS setting there and it said 'no
>>> signal', does that mean there will be no Orange mobile broadband
>>> available there?
>
>> http://www.bestmobilebroadband.co.uk...-coverage.aspx
>
> Hmmm, looks like Three is the only option then - what's the best value
> PAYG with them?
> J B
>
Skype S2 for 39.99, ideal for what you want.

Steve Terry

Steve Terry wrote:

> Skype S2 for 39.99, ideal for what you want.

And if you buy it through Quidco, there's another
£12 cashback

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>> Skype S2 for 39.99, ideal for what you want.
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> And if you buy it through Quidco, there's another £12 cashback
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Got a URL for that? all i can find is £11 at
http://www.quidco.com/3-mobile/

Steve Terry

Steve Terry wrote:

>>> Skype S2 for 39.99, ideal for what you want.
>> And if you buy it through Quidco, there's another £12 cashback
>>

> Got a URL for that? all i can find is £11 at
> http://www.quidco.com/3-mobile/

http://www.quidco.com/mobiles-utilities/3-mobile/

£11.78 ~ £12.

Nothing in it, is there?

J B <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> The guy in the computer shop in Porthmadog recommended 'Three' as if all
> else fails they will 'roam' on another network to get a signal.
> Is that true?

AIUI Three mobile SIMs will roam onto Orange 2G. Three dongle SIMs won't.
The S2 phone will come with a mobile SIM so that's fine.

> I switched my Orange phone to the UTMS setting there and it said 'no
> signal', does that mean there will be no Orange mobile broadband available
> there?

If there's Orange GPRS then Three may work (but most likely to be
very flaky - I posted a semi-workaround to this group a week ago). I don't
know whether Orange's mobile broadband will work on GPRS.

Theo