26 Nov 08 T-Mobile 3G Mobile Broadband Internet Dongle Review
Their Web & Walk package for mobile phones was first unlimited data plan for phones long before the iPhone stole all the glory, their broadband dongle packages are just as generous.
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One of the guys here lent me his tmobile dongle but it kept crashing on my MacBook pro.In the end I didn’t buy due to incompetency at phone4u
I’ve had a Tmobile dongle for about 6 months; works well, installation easy, get a signal in most places, satisfied customer
In Southbank I manage to get HSDPA coverage for my T-mobile dongle. T-mobile’s £10/month then £15 a month after that offer seems to be better value
T-Mobile isn’t the fastest or the cheapest of the 3G mobile broadband networks. However the basic price of £15 per month does include free WiFi Hotspot access and the USB modem or USB modem stick is provided free of charge. The network covers around 85% of the UK population and includes access to around 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots around the country.
My usb dongle worked fine for maybe 7 months but now it’s starting to pack in. While it did work it was pretty good really – it was quite quick and usually connected with a good signal. It can be a problem getting the content lock turned off though – I tried various things with various (never too good) results. In the end I bought this modified browser (search for no lock solutions) which does the trick (it was pretty cheap lol, and I’m pretty tight !!).
If you want to watch online stuff like iplayer and sky player I would say just one thing – don’t ! You will go over the fair usage limit in just a couple of hours or so and end up with restricted speed – I found this out the hard way.