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lankeela | 19:24 Sun 09th Feb 2020 | Technology
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where we have no broadband. What is the best way - Argos do a dongle for £29.99 that lasts three months which seems to be the best value. Do I have to do anything with it once I've got it or is it just plug in and go? I did have a Mifi unit but it was very fiddly to get online with my previous netbook.
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Can your employers not supply you with a link - or finance the dongle to assist you?
You may be able to set your smartphone up as a WiFi hotspot. Depending on your data contract, this could work out cheaper and/or with better connectivity than the Argos solution.
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No its not actually for work - I work in a private house as a carer and the residents don't have broadband but I usually use my phone to get on the internet to pass the time away at night. Just need a way of accessing it.
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Is that what they call tethering? Doesn't that use up my data quicker?
yes and yes lankeela, but however you do it you will have to buy data. Check out which would be the cheapest
I had a dongle from Vodaphone many years ago. You install some supplied software then, when you want the internet, just put the dongle into a USB socket and run the software. You can get the amount of credit you have remaining and top it up, if necessary. It wasn't a fast link, but it was a dozen years ago, so perhaps things are quicker now.
Depends how close you are to a mast, and weather conditions when using a dongle.
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Going to give the Argos one a go and see how it works.
dongle is ok for game playing and emails, but if you're planning on watching a film, for example, it won't last long.

Our first dongle was vodaphone and no real complaints and for some reason our second one was with 3.

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