Aaron
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So, the gaffer came to me yesterday a said "Aaron, when I’m at meetings with other Head Teachers, they all have these little gizmos  which let them get their e mail and let them on the internet, I wonder if you can get me one?"
So, I’m thinking a 3G card for his laptop would please him.
Does anyone have any experience with these and can anyone recommend one for me to buy?
Thanks
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Paul_J
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my old company had a load from vodaphone.
Basically, you buy one from vodaphone and just either pay for 'a certain amount' of bandwidth or 'unlimited' bandwidth...
then get the 3g card, put the sim in it.
Install the 3g software on the laptop, put the 3g card in the laptop and click connect 
done.
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Paul_J
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http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=template08&pageID=BS_0035
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Neo
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They work a treat, We use them in installs at work in Vans. Faster than you expect aswell.
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Brett
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I use one all the time.
I used to use a datacard (orange) and it was wank!
Then I bought a 3 USB modem on PAYG. That is absolutely ace!  3.6mbps.
£10 = 1GB
£15 = 3GB
£25 = 7GB
Obviously on a contract the tarriff might be a bit better.
Modem is £75 from carphone warehouse and honestly, you won't find anything better/easier for the price.
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pow
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Company that I have had dealings with use one for when they go traveling around the country for basic email and website viewing. Not blisteringly quick, but its OK.
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Cosmo
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Tell him to GTF with his penis envy and allocate the budget to helping the kids in the school rather than allowing him to get his one spam email that would come during the meeting.
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
I use one all the time.
I used to use a datacard (orange) and it was wank!
Then I bought a 3 USB modem on PAYG. That is absolutely ace! 3.6mbps.
£10 = 1GB
£15 = 3GB
£25 = 7GB
Obviously on a contract the tarriff might be a bit better.
Modem is £75 from carphone warehouse and honestly, you won't find anything better/easier for the price.
Yeah you will, the Vodafone one which wins every award goign yadda yadda yadda
Also won 3rd best product of last year or summat, after iPhone and Sky HD
One good review here
http://timesonline.typepad.com/technology/2008/04/mobile-broadban.html
Product details here
http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=template08&pageID=BS_0240&WT_ref=INT-BSHOP-100108-BizHome-USBMdmStick
Depending on what they will be sued for I shoudl be able to do some sort of introductory dealy 
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Robbo
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PS quite of few of the reader reviews comment on how they changed from 3 to Vodafone and found it a lot better  We get a lot of those comments
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Jules
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
I use one all the time.
I used to use a datacard (orange) and it was wank!
Then I bought a 3 USB modem on PAYG. That is absolutely ace! 3.6mbps.
£10 = 1GB
£15 = 3GB
£25 = 7GB
Obviously on a contract the tarriff might be a bit better.
Modem is £75 from carphone warehouse and honestly, you won't find anything better/easier for the price.
Yeah you will, the Vodafone one which wins every award goign yadda yadda yadda
Also won 3rd best product of last year or summat, after iPhone and Sky HD
One good review here
http://timesonline.typepad.com/technology/2008/04/mobile-broadban.html
Product details here
http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=template08&pageID=BS_0240&WT_ref=INT-BSHOP-100108-BizHome-USBMdmStick
Depending on what they will be sued for I shoudl be able to do some sort of introductory dealy
Robbo you corporate whore! 
My borther has been with vodafone for years and years, a couple of years ago he got a laptop to take to work and one ofthe Vodafone cards so he could go online - it is a steaming pile! Awful coverage!
He tried to speak to someone at Vodafone about it, got fobbed off with "we'll be upgrading your area soon etc" so stuck with it, when Vodafone released the newer USB ones he got one of them thinking it'd improve - it didn't, spoke to customer service and got the same excuses.
I borrowed a friends Three one, took it to him at work and it was about 10 times faster than his Vodafone ones.
so he's going to fuck of fthe Vodafone one (like I was telling him to do ages ago) and get a Three one.
Conclusion: Just because Vodafone have won loads of awards it doesn't mean it'll be good in every application, I'd look around at coverage in your bosses area first.
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Aaron
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
Tell him to GTF with his penis envy and allocate the budget to helping the kids in the school rather than allowing him to get his one spam email that would come during the meeting.
FPMSL
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Robbo
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Yes it still comes down to coverage at the end of the day
3 do have 100% 3G coverage (and technically zero 2G coverage) whereas we only have like 80-95% 3G coverage
Especially out in the sticks of Suffolk  
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Aaron
quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
Tell him to GTF with his penis envy and allocate the budget to helping the kids in the school rather than allowing him to get his one spam email that would come during the meeting.
FPMSL
Its a fair point tbh!
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Corsa_Joel
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I haven't used the vodafone card much, but the 3 USB modem is pretty decent ( although can be a cunt to set up )
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Jules
Robbo you corporate whore!
Let me explain to you how this works: you see, the corporations finance me, and then I go out... and the corporations just sit there in their... in their corporation buildings, and... and, and see, they're all corporation-y... and they make money.
[Edited on 07-05-2008 by Robbo]
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Joel
I haven't used the vodafone card much, but the 3 USB modem is pretty decent ( although can be a cunt to set up )
Vodafone one is totally plug and play
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Brett
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Sick of your vodafone bumming, robbo. Fuckin "company man" - You make me sick.
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Sick of your vodafone bumming, robbo. Fuckin "company man" - You make me sick.
Shall I explain to you as well? The corporations finance me, and then I go out... and the corporations just sit there in their... in their corporation buildings, and... and, and see, they're all corporation-y... and they make money.
(PS my bonus depends on company performance so of course Im going to plug our product  that and the fact that it is the better product )
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Brett
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and and and and and
that's all i read
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Robbo
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GAF?
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Robbo
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PS that line is a joke from Team America in case you didnt get it
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Aaron
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Can you do me a deal Robbo?
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Robbo
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Possibly mate yeah, I shall investigate and let you know... how many are you realistically likely to want? Just the one?
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
and and and and and
that's all i read
Rest of the words too big for you to understand?
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Aaron
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
Possibly mate yeah, I shall investigate and let you know... how many are you realistically likely to want? Just the one?
Probably 2 TBH*
*because i want one also
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