kz
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tbh i know nothing about laptops... but i was wondering, is there a way to connect to the internet totally wireless? ie not routing to a phone line in your house?
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corsa.v6
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you can get a wireles router wi aol £15 a month broadband plus free router bit of a bastard to set up like but its good when its done you can use the laptop anywhere even if your having a poo on the toilet
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kz
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yeah but what im saying is without a router. the situation is at work on my breaks... thinking of getting a cheap laptop to pass the time but wondering if i can get on the net. connect through mobile or something? or anyway i can connect to my home broadband!? about 15 miles away before you ask lol
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haller14
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depends if your work has a WIFI access point..
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kz
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work has basic internet but theyre not gonna let me share it anyway... why cant a modem just connect to a big flappy satellite in the sky 
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ssj_kakarot
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numerous ways you can do it, easiest way is using your mobile as a modem however this can be slow and expensive, if your going down this route i suggest getting a "vario 2" mobile on t-mobile as its free internet and it runs at 1.8meg through your phone, no wires very easy to set up.
Or you can get a data connet card from most phone providers, its simply a card you stick into your laptop and it lets you access the net, last time i checked it was about 15 per month for the net access and not sure how much to buy the card.
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ssj_kakarot
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wooo theres one £29 a month and free net access basically decent speed to lot faster than dial up.
http://www.cheapestoffers.me.uk/3g-cards.php?eng=1&camp=1&agr=2&crea=3&keyw=gprs%20card
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MikeD
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3G is great when you can get 3G i would check if the area your in has 3G first otherwise you could be connecting at 56k or less.
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kz
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oh right cheers guys. think its a bit too expensive really just to pass the break times!  was hoping it would be free or at least "cheap" lol
the vario 2, does this have to be on a mobile contract? or payg
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ssj_kakarot
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can get it on payg, not cheap though.
you could always just get a gprs laptop card from ebay for about £30-40 quid, then use a payg sim card in it.
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DAYZEE
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You can't connect a laptop to the Vario and use the internet, its a breach of the fair usage policy.
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MikeD
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you may be lucky and find an unsecured wireless network around?
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ssj_kakarot
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2 gig limit on it, if you dont exceed the limit they wont do n e thing, although techincally your not meant to use it for that, however, i have been using it for month as long as your not downloading things and just using it for net its fine.
Also if he got it i would have suggested using there web and walk pro package which is specifically desgined for modem usage.
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kz
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quote:
Originally posted by ssj_kakarot
can get it on payg, not cheap though.
you could always just get a gprs laptop card from ebay for about £30-40 quid, then use a payg sim card in it.
any idea how much it costs, as you go!?
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ssj_kakarot
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not sure er something like £400 - £500 its canny expensive, tis £80 on contract.
tbh if your looking for the cheaper option one of these should work great, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3G-UMTS-HSDPA-GPRS-EDGE-Mobile-Laptop-Data-Connect-Card_W0QQitemZ260057465237QQihZ016QQcategoryZ96912QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
just stick a payg sim card in it.
[Edited on 03-12-2006 by ssj_kakarot]
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kz
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oh right cheers for the link. but what im saying is how much does it cost to run "as you go"?
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ssj_kakarot
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or yeah sorry.
tis different for each network you would have to check with the network your on its charged by the kb of data sent or recieved though, so providing you dont use it for n e thing other than viewing webpages it shouldnt be to expnsive.
something like 0.73p per kb with voda if i recall.
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