In uk.telecom.mobile Roger Mills <watt.tyler@googlemail.com> wrote:

: One of the problems with the '3' setup (apart from it not working!) is that
: it's time limited. So, for example, if you want to use it on a short caravan
: trip, you have to buy a month's worth, and if you go on another trip (say) 6
: weeks later, you have to buy another month's worth even if you've only used
: a fraction of the previous month's bandwidth.

This isn't true if you use a 3 PAYG SIM - rather than the dongle's own SIM -
in a 3 Dongle! Then you get (in addition to only £5/Gb for 30 days) daily
and weekly Internet topup options.

: I see that Vodaphone are now offering a PAYG BB dongle for ?39 - including a
: bundled 1G of usage. AIUI - unlike the equivalent '3' offereng - this
: doesn't time out, so you don't have to top it up until you actually run out
: of bandwidth.

This is true - but is *not* available in "SIm-only" form.