Hi Be�n l�rking On here for � while. Hello!
I've got an E220 pl�gged into � Belken wir�less router .... best of both worlds. No config change for laptops as it setup with the sam� Settings as wifi at home. . C�rrently at Winkwell On the grand �nion he�ding north no signal (first time This has happened) so forgive typ�'s. �de Sent from my BlackBerry� wireless device -----Original Message----- From: Martin Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:20 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [canals-list] free wifi OT In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Dyke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Sorry if I am being thick here but can you explain HST please?. No idea! The dongles are HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) which give IP connectivity at a speed which is not far short of wot I get from home. >I am >interested in this thread as I am considering getting the 3 dongle at 50 UKP >and use it PAYG. I know Martin Phillips is pleased with his. The only down >side I can see is the 10 UKP, 1gb top up PAYG must be used with 30 days, so >not true PAYG. Was it easy to set up? The 3 dongle (using the E220 device which is wide and flat and comes in pink) is dead easy to set up. You plug it in, follow the instructions and you're attached to the internet. Totally painless. Ten quid for a month's access seems a bargain from my POV - if we're going away for a while I'm happy to pay it, otherwise for the odd weekend if I really need connection I'll hunt out a free wifi point. In the two week trip which we've just had, we only used about 60 MB of the allocation, which included a quite large amount of webmail usage to the company MS exchange site. I think that unless you're downloading a lot of video or porn, most people will be pushed to come anywhere near 1 GB in a month. The E220 also works with Linux painlessly (it was easier to set up on an EEE with native Xandros than on Windoze). The 3 dongle worked fine pretty much anywhere we tried it, other than outside the Boat at Ashleworth which is a location where R4 is a bit of a struggle. Wassail! -- Martin E Phillips http://www.g4cio.demon.co.uk Homebrewing, black pudding, boats, morris dancing, ham radio and more! The Gloucester-Sharpness canal web page http://www.glos-sharpness.org.uk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
