sighmoon
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The Vodafone card is PCMCIA, and iBook's don't have the slot, but powerbooks do. I got my vodafone card free with a £350 quid laptop, and no contract - just an astonishingly expensive 50p per Mb when I do dare use it.
What does one do to fill the time while aground?
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Thanks for any thoughts. I'm not a techie by the way, just a heavy user!
Sarah
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Hard to understand how the sim card knows if it's a MAC or a PC, so I'm guessing that Vodaphone were talking about their PC Card, (an Option Fusion of some kind I think).
Presumably there are gizmos like Malts which are OK with Macs - but I'm also guessing that the Huawei modem was only £50 with a Vodaphone contract, as they seem to be around £230 sim free
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141528&stack=compatability&action=open#compatability
www.huawei.com
the specs dont mention Mac compatibility - perhaps Malt knows more about this?
If I were remaining in the UK, I would plump for T-Mobiles' Web n Walk which seems to give unlimited, (3Gb), per month for £29, or £44 including VOIP - I think you have to ask them to turn HSPDA on to get the 1Mb+ speeds.
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/eshop/personal...=1&navTab=3
The site mentions not compatible with Macs or Vista, but I'm reasonably sure that must be the PC Card, not the SIM.
I use T-Mobiles' PAYG SIM to access the internet at 3G speed, (384Kbps), for £1 per day - not allowed to use it in laptops, only phones. I use it in a PDA phone and no issues to date.
Hope this helps
Richard
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My company has Huawei 3G cards ............ the deal is about £15 each .. and 400MB free data in home country, connection payment outside ... stil works out expensive on roaming even when you manually choose "affiliated preferred newtorks" ...
£230 ? Even without contract deal - it was nowhere that figure .. in fact probably more like £50 - £60 as far as I remember .. I would hope that UK price would be similar ... ?
Sim card ... ours are fixed number we choose extra to our GSM voice numbers.
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Thanks for any thoughts. I'm not a techie by the way, just a heavy user!
Sarah
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Hard to understand how the sim card knows if it's a MAC or a PC, so I'm guessing that Vodaphone were talking about their PC Card, (an Option Fusion of some kind I think).
Presumably there are gizmos like Malts which are OK with Macs - but I'm also guessing that the Huawei modem was only £50 with a Vodaphone contract, as they seem to be around £230 sim free
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141528&stack=compatability&action=open#compatability
www.huawei.com
the specs dont mention Mac compatibility - perhaps Malt knows more about this?
If I were remaining in the UK, I would plump for T-Mobiles' Web n Walk which seems to give unlimited, (3Gb), per month for £29, or £44 including VOIP - I think you have to ask them to turn HSPDA on to get the 1Mb+ speeds.
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/eshop/personal...=1&navTab=3
The site mentions not compatible with Macs or Vista, but I'm reasonably sure that must be the PC Card, not the SIM.
I use T-Mobiles' PAYG SIM to access the internet at 3G speed, (384Kbps), for £1 per day - not allowed to use it in laptops, only phones. I use it in a PDA phone and no issues to date.
Hope this helps
Richard
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My company has Huawei 3G cards ............ the deal is about £15 each .. and 400MB free data in home country, connection payment outside ... stil works out expensive on roaming even when you manually choose "affiliated preferred newtorks" ...
£230 ? Even without contract deal - it was nowhere that figure .. in fact probably more like £50 - £60 as far as I remember .. I would hope that UK price would be similar ... ?
Sim card ... ours are fixed number we choose extra to our GSM voice numbers.
oldgit
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Try not to repeat the experience almost exactly 12 months later in almost the same spot ,as this actually happened to a ahem..."friend".
AuntyRinum
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The modem is a decicated usb device which has it's own sim chip,
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With the added advantage that you can plug it into any puter and get an Internet connection as it self installs.
I have one which I find very useful when travelling. Good 3G speed usually as well.
The modem is a decicated usb device which has it's own sim chip,
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With the added advantage that you can plug it into any puter and get an Internet connection as it self installs.
I have one which I find very useful when travelling. Good 3G speed usually as well.
