uk cammers! Mobile broadband help!!!
hi ladies,
im moving into my new uni house on sat but the landlord hasnt connected us up to the internet but want us to sign up to bt which i do not want at all! one very costly, two you can get more download limit with a dongle and three we are only there for 9 months and the shortest contract is 18 months so if we cancel we get a huge cancellation fee!
im wondering what gb amount i need to stream my camming. im looking to contract then if i go over each month i can top up with payg dongle so what woul you all advise?
many thanks xx
Re: uk cammers! Mobile broadband help!!!
Bandwidth can rack up very quickly with dongles.
Do you have any BT Openzone/BTFON's in your area that you can pick up with your computer?
Re: uk cammers! Mobile broadband help!!!
hi
it is upload rather than download speed you need to worry about. Get the best dongle that you can (yes upload speed is dependent upon dongle type).
how much GB you will use will depend on the site - what site(s) are you thinking of using?
As a rough estimate I used to get through 1GB every two hours or so (you will def need pay as you go because the fees of going overlimit are really high on contract, and you WILL go over limit very quickly). When I used that amount I was streaming non-HD.
I really strongly recommend not using a contract one unless you are looking at streaming less than 5 hours per week and then get max (15GB) package. They don't stop the service after you go over, but they charge you a ridiculous fee for overusage.
Also, even though upload dongle speed is pretty good, I found it had a LOT of dropouts.
Re: uk cammers! Mobile broadband help!!!
i just had a thought tbh, use the dongle for un work and browsing etc but then use the bt hub for work, all the key stuff is on the hub anyway so even if they hide the key info i can still get it i just need to know what the others want to do
gggrrrr why cant the landlord just have done it themselves if they want us to have bt????
Re: uk cammers! Mobile broadband help!!!
^huh? if you have a bt hub then you'll be on bt? I thought the whole point was that you wouldn't be on bt?
Re: uk cammers! Mobile broadband help!!!
you dont need a dongle then do you?
Re: uk cammers! Mobile broadband help!!!
Be Broadband Pro Short Term Contract
(It still uses BT phone line and is short term ...they'll never know !)
3 months £30 per month
Upload of up to 2.5meg
https://www.bethere.co.uk/web/beport...ttermcontracts
If you are determined to get a dongle the best one on the market is
Huawei E586 hich will give up to 5.76 upload speed very soon
http://www.three.co.uk/Devices/Huawei/E586/Black
Re: uk cammers! Mobile broadband help!!!
ah thanks ladies. i thought i would be ok with just the dongle but then you all gave me the upload rates and i cant afford that. i didnt want to do the bt hub but i was going to split it just to cam on bt then uni work on dongle but i have spoken to the other flatmates and were going to go with orange and its only a 12 month contract for £12.75 pm and its unlimited so saved me a few quid anyway.
thanks again xx
Re: uk cammers! Mobile broadband help!!!
I use plusnet with the max upload download we can get here which is 5.77 download and 0.37 upload. Crap compared to pretty much everyone i the US lol, but i cam ok with it. Some of the guys on SM comment on my camera speed so i dunno, maybe it's noticable. Never held me back though as far as I can tell. It's about £10 per month x