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On 18 Sep 2013 13:25, "Rob Beard" <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 18/09/2013 12:16, Henry Bremridge wrote:
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>> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 12:04:28PM +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote:
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>>> You're called mobile phones running in hotspot mode... Saves you
>>> getting a 2nd SIM, etc. but I have some giffGaff sims if you need ;-)
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> I was under the impression that Giffgaff don't allow tethering on mobile plans (although saying that, Three didn't allow tethering when I had a Galaxy S on contract and it still worked).
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> Saying that I can recommend Giffgaff, they're cheap if you don't want to be tied into a contract.
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> If you don't mind a contract, Three offer The One Plan with "all you can eat data" on a 1 month or 12 month SIM only contract. I'm on The One Plan with a phone and they do allow tethering and the data is unlimited (well, I've download multiple gigabytes and not had any warnings about my usage, I read that a magazine tested it too and downloaded nearly 1TB in a month).
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>> I was thinking of dumping smart phones and just use an old fashion voice
>> and text. Anything for a good battery life..
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>> But then I need a "mifi"
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>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Huawei-E5331-Speed-21-1Mbps-Unlocked/dp/B00ARFVTKS/ref=sr_1_1/276-9791670-6069410?ie=UTF8&qid=1379502781&sr=8-1&keywords=mifi
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>> for £40
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>> Or I buy a mobile with
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>> - Mobile hotspot technology
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> You might be able to turn off mobile data to improve your battery life. Other option (albeit not as ideal) would be to carry around a second battery.
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> Rob
I'm on Three's £18/mo, rolling monthly 'SIM Only One Plan' contract. If I had signed up for a longer, fixed duration contract then it could have gone down to £15/mo.
More minutes than I can shake a stick at; more texts than I'm likely to ever use and unlimited data allowance. I have a widget to turn switch between 3G/2G and the battery can last all day - this is a 2 year old HTC Sensation Android phone running the latest nightly builds of cyanogenmod.
I find the screen is a bigger battery killer than data.
Grant
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