Comments on: Q&A: Can you get a mobile broadband dongle which has a one off payment?

By: DavidG

DavidG — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:23:58 +0000

do turkeys vote for Christmas? then why on earth would a mobile internet provider commit themselves to a single payment for unlimited use, you could potentially use it home and abroad, rack up thousands of pounds and they would foot the bill? I don’t think so.

By: Mikkh

Mikkh — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:18:39 +0000

Yes ’3′ do 3 or 12 months pre paid – including the dongle. The 12 month used to be £99, but it’s probably cheaper now.

That’s calculated on using 1 GB a month, which is not much and if you use the whole 12 GB in one month, you’ll have to top it up – it’s not a good deal basically

Contract deals are a lot better, I bought one for my daughter – £15 for 15 GB a month, which even as a facebook mad teenager she hasn’t gone over – yet!

By: Vane

Vane — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:47:08 +0000

I believe you can get ones that have up to 12 months (or 12Gb, whichever used first) pre-paid internet, but unsure where you can get them.

I have seen them in the Argos catalogue at my house, but it’s not an up-to-date copy. You could check there. I checked online, but they don’t appear to have that kind on the website.

EDIT: Yep, up to 12 months. You can find a list of pay-as-you-go and pre-paid dongles here and can check out the company sites for purchasing info:

http://www.internetdongle.com/pay-as-you-go-dongles/