Mobile wifi thoughts?

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Suga Danio Apr 17, 2012

My contract is due up in a few days and I've been thrown a bit of a dilemma....

For £6 a month more than my current contract I'd receive unlimited calls, txts and data and also a built in dongle in the iPhone 4GS which would allow me to use the Internet on my laptop at home where I don't currently have broadband. What's anyone's thoughts on mobile dongles and the service provided by T-Mobile as opposed to O2 who I'm currently with?
⌖🔥ℱℒA͜Ƭℒȋℵع🔥⌖ Apr 17, 2012

I have AT&T in the u.s. my 4s is a mobile hot spot I like it
Аляска Apr 17, 2012

You fucking pay £6 a month for a fucking iPhone
࿇ᎦཏᎯᎠᎾᏯ࿇ Apr 17, 2012

Сюмшдиdэя. Рщи wrote:
You fucking pay £6 a month for a fucking iPhone

Read it again.
Suga Danio Apr 17, 2012

Haha! I wish! Just incase I havent explained properly a dongle is a device you used to have to plug in to get wifi anywhere depending on signal strength but they are now built into your phone and allows you and others to get wifi through your iPhone which sounds pretty nifty to me so wondered if anyone had it?
✯МяΛиоиγмоυs✯ Apr 17, 2012

Сюмшдиdэя. Рщи wrote:
You fucking pay £6 a month for a fucking iPhone

You're lucky that I'm too far away
ADD: 0901 Apr 17, 2012

But...You have too remember, if you use it for laptop etc... You will go over your contract, an iphones browser safari make the site smaller thus making the usage for internet smaller, computer take more usage for ads etc...
★Λubergine★ Apr 17, 2012

FussyJosh wrote:
But...You have too remember, if you use it for laptop etc... You will go over your contract, an iphones browser safari make the site smaller thus making the usage for internet smaller, computer take more usage for ads etc...

Unlimited calls, txts, and data...
〓 Ⓑ Ⓛ 〓 Apr 17, 2012

Is the data actually unlimited tho, I have seen before where it says unlimited then the small print says otherwise?
✭J⌖и Λl͟l͟e͞и✭ Apr 17, 2012

ad_BL6 wrote:
Is the data actually unlimited tho, I have seen before where it says unlimited then the small print says otherwise?

True, or for some of us in the US if we reach a certain data milestone (say 5 gigs) they automatically slow down the speed of their "unlimited service"
☞ ℳㄢ☣ㄉǿㄉǤ❸☜ Apr 17, 2012

⚡ि།ατᏝιиε⚡ wrote:
I have AT&T in the u.s. my 4s is a mobile hot spot I like it

My iPhone 4 Is a hot spot as well
ADD: 0901 Apr 17, 2012

Jon Allen wrote:
ad_BL6 wrote:
Is the data actually unlimited tho, I have seen before where it says unlimited then the small print says otherwise?

True, or for some of us in the US if we reach a certain data milestone (say 5 gigs) they automatically slow down the speed of their "unlimited service"
In the UK O2 says unlimited data and texts. We get 300 texts and 500mb of internet.
Orange got sued last year for advertising unlimited internet without it being unlimited, t-mobile are shite for dongles IMO
Suga Danio Apr 17, 2012

I didn't want to change networks from O2 but t-mobile are ment to share masts with orange to increase reception. It's completely unlimited data. t-mobile introduced it to regain a share of the market from O2... However, with it being a dongle it won't be lightening fast like a landline broadband but that's fine and I'm aware of that, but with me not having the net at home it could be handy. Does anybody own a dongle? (mind the pun)
Ʈℍㅌ ʘㄕㅌℝ₳₮ミℝ Apr 17, 2012

Well I'm on orange and I have to be honest since the tmobile merger the signal has dropped, it's not as bullet proof as I remember orange being. Quite often I'll have 2 or 3 bars where as before the merger I pretty much had full signal all the time. £6 a month for unlimited mobile Internet is pretty damn good but I would question how much time you'd spend twiddling your thumbs, sadly I think it would be a lot of the time.
Ʈℍㅌ ʘㄕㅌℝ₳₮ミℝ Apr 17, 2012

Сюмшдиdэя. Рщи wrote:
You fucking pay £6 a month for a fucking iPhone

Were you born that stupid or did you take lessons? Seriously....
Suga Danio Apr 17, 2012

Сюмшдиdэя. Рщи wrote:
You fucking pay £6 a month for a fucking iPhone

Yeah, and I've got a Buggati Veyron on lease for £27 a week.
BAT SMURF Apr 17, 2012

Suga Danio wrote:
My contract is due up in a few days and I've been thrown a bit of a dilemma....

For £6 a month more than my current contract.

What is your original contract price because if you got a good deal £30ish pound I'd go for it but it's £35-40 I wouldn't between £30-35 I don't know
Suga Danio Apr 17, 2012

Well, iPhone tariffs are more a less fixed so no matter how hard you haggle it's no good... The unlimited O2 was £36 with 1gb of data... The T-Mobile is £42 a month with an Internet dongle, unlimited everything Inc data. I'm gonna try this and if the wifi Internet is crap I'll return with 14 days and go back to O2.
Kidzofdaclub Apr 17, 2012

Сюмшдиdэя. Рщи wrote:
You fucking pay £6 a month for a fucking iPhone

How much is a £ worth in American dollars
rojo2017 Apr 17, 2012

Thay can kill the battery quicker.
badboyone Apr 18, 2012

Strict nat, That can't be changed. And can't join party's on xbox/ps3. Get a proper mifi dongle (3 network) works better than hotspot on any phone!
Ʈℍㅌ ʘㄕㅌℝ₳₮ミℝ Apr 18, 2012

Agent XX3 wrote:
Сюмшдиdэя. Рщи wrote:
You fucking pay £6 a month for a fucking iPhone

How much is a £ worth in American dollars
$10ish
Ʈℍㅌ ʘㄕㅌℝ₳₮ミℝ Apr 18, 2012

badboyone wrote:
Strict nat, That can't be changed. And can't join party's on xbox/ps3. Get a proper mifi dongle (3 network) works better than hotspot on any phone!

I have heard good things about 3 performance. Assume the customer services still sucks
Аляска Apr 18, 2012

ང྄٣д乙¥ СдгᎦᎧл wrote:
Сюмшдиdэя. Рщи wrote:
You fucking pay £6 a month for a fucking iPhone

Read it again.
Ahh I read that late last night so that's why 😁
Jєсɦт Apr 18, 2012

In the USA T-Moblie is pretty good in therms of data speed. Not sure about it in other countries. But yes haven't a hotspot in your house or anywhere will come in handy. Just make sure t-Moblie has good coverage where your at.
RPT_bye all! Apr 18, 2012

Ʈℍㅌ ʘㄕㅌℝ₳₮ミℝ wrote:
Agent XX3 wrote:
Сюмшдиdэя. Рщи wrote:
You fucking pay £6 a month for a fucking iPhone

How much is a £ worth in American dollars
$10ish
😉
Suga Danio Apr 18, 2012

Right, I'm a little confused by all this hotspot talk. In the UK we can use a device called a dongle which allows you fast Internet access through your mobile network onto the Internet without the use of a landline broadband... which is usually £13.99 to the line provider (BT) then an additional £5-15 through an Internet provider (talk talk etc). I take it a hotspot is when you just use somebody else's Internet broadband wifi... I.e Starbucks etc?
🔥zUntamed🔥 Apr 18, 2012

repeater wrote:
Ʈℍㅌ ʘㄕㅌℝ₳₮ミℝ wrote:
Agent XX3 wrote:
Сюмшдиdэя. Рщи wrote:
You fucking pay £6 a month for a fucking iPhone

How much is a £ worth in American dollars
$10ish
😉
£10 is about $16
Ʈℍㅌ ʘㄕㅌℝ₳₮ミℝ Apr 18, 2012

🔥zUntamed🔥 wrote:
repeater wrote:
Ʈℍㅌ ʘㄕㅌℝ₳₮ミℝ wrote:
Agent XX3 wrote:
Сюмшдиdэя. Рщи wrote:
You fucking pay £6 a month for a fucking iPhone

How much is a £ worth in American dollars
$10ish
😉
£10 is about $16
Oops... £6 is probably $10
Ʈℍㅌ ʘㄕㅌℝ₳₮ミℝ Apr 18, 2012

Suga Danio wrote:
Right, I'm a little confused by all this hotspot talk. In the UK we can use a device called a dongle which allows you fast Internet access through your mobile network onto the Internet without the use of a landline broadband... which is usually £13.99 to the line provider (BT) then an additional £5-15 through an Internet provider (talk talk etc). I take it a hotspot is when you just use somebody else's Internet broadband wifi... I.e Starbucks etc?

I understand it as that too matr