Purchasing a dongle/mifi?! - UK
I've just moved out into a rented property, however the estate agents are a bit odd (totally seem like the type to throw you under the bus!). There is no phone line installed so I was told that I could get one installed if I wanted to, however what I don't think they realise is that there will be wires etc running through my apartment/outside it, which is against the tenancy agreement and the last thing I want or need is trouble (these are the same people that tried to tell me I've not paid my deposit and months rent :mad: )
. I was thinking about telling them more about the installation, but decided against it. So I don't even want to risk it. Where I live there is only a few apartments around me and when I'm selecting wifi, it doesn't really look like anyone else is using it and are just using either their phones/personal hotspots. There are also no BT Fon/Openzone areas available.
I'm trying to see if theres anyway I can get broadband without a phone line, however Virgin don't operate in my area! Leaving my only option as a dongle/mifi. Ideally I'm looking for a 30 day contract just to see how I go. Any recommendations or experiences with dongles for webcamming/IM?! I only use Adultwork.
Re: Purchasing a dongle/mifi?! - UK
BT Fon/Openzone is hopeless!
I've used an EE dongle for outside broadcasts and the speed was brilliant. It's not the cheapest option though but at the time, a broadcast from the pub made up for that.
Re: Purchasing a dongle/mifi?! - UK
Hi ladies,
Hope it's OK starting up this thread again.
I am moving house at the end of this month. The fastest internet I can get in the area is BT but they won't be able to connect me until June 9th (wahhhh)
I really need to be able to cam, even if it's just on the one site; I can absolutely not splitcam for 9 days, as long as I can work AW.
Only thing is, I read on some older threads on here that Dongles just aren't feasible and I'll end up running out of data in a couple of days (EE looks like the best, but maybe not even that's enough for AW?) Are BT hotzones still awful? No chance of streaming just on AW.
Any advice really appreciated. X
Re: Purchasing a dongle/mifi?! - UK
What about using your phone data? I have all you can eat data on my contract with 3 for example. You can use the tethering option to essentially use it as a modem. I've never done it so I can't say how I'm sorry but I've heard others have done this x
Re: Purchasing a dongle/mifi?! - UK
That's a great idea Susie. Thank you. I will look into it! X
Re: Purchasing a dongle/mifi?! - UK
I have to use mobile wifi as I live in a static mobile home without a phone line. I use EE - firstly it was the mifi device then I moved onto the home router without line rental which is fantastic and I can splitcam loads of sites on it. I originally stated with the mifi and could still splitcam just not with great success sometimes. I imagine a normal dongle with a smallish amount of data would be fine for you as AW is not a data guzzler like SM or other free chat sites :)
For perspective I pay up to £400 a month every month to cam for 200GB and that is with me camming every day for up to 12 hours, topping up every 2 days on the 100GB my contract is actually for :O I can't wait to get a real house/flat with proper hardwired internet!