"Lynn W" <lynn.williamson@FOREVERREDbtinternet.com> wrote in message
news:C68A90EB.165C8%lynn.williamson@FOREVERREDbtin ternet.com...
> On 20/7/09 16:21, in article h4222k$hb0$2@south.jnrs.ja.net, "Brian Mc"
> <bkm@somewhere.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> 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 am using the 3 dongle on the top up £10 a month set up for my caravan in
> Scotland. I am using the dongle in the wireless router that I have just
> bought from 3 specifically to use in the caravan. Would this PAYG sim
> still
> work and how would I go about getting one as that would be a cheaper
> option
> for me on the face of it.
>
>
You can get a free 3pay PAYG sim from
http://threestore.three.co.uk/PAYG/SimOnly.aspx
but you may need a Three phone to do the 5quid p.m.internet top up in
It would be simpler to buy a 39.99 Skype S2 PAYG from Three,
pop into any Three shop or buy online.
The Skype S2 phone has a HSDPA modem built in, so simply plug a
USB lead in and use it as a modem, and it'll give you easy planet3 wap
access to do internet top ups with
For each 10 quid top up you get 3 months of 3 to3 calls, 300 text,
150mb of data and unlimited Skype calls.
and you can allocate the 10quid top up for 2 consecutive months of
5 quid internet monthly.
Also Three will give you 10quid credit if you port another networks
number to it, which could give you another 2 months of internet!
I'm sending this with a Three Nokia 6120c HSDPA phone connected
to my laptop via a USB lead on 5quid internet monthly.
I get up to 2Mbps d/l on a 3.5g cell
Also I use Googlemail for free on SMTP SSL port 465,
instead of 3mail for my emails, avoiding Threes email charges
Steve Terry