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mobile broadband dongle
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would really like some help,possibly from someone who has or is using a mobile internet dongle. i am wanting to buy a pay as you go mobile internet dongle,we have a caravan and i have sky go installed on my laptop, but when i connect to the caravan clubs own broadband although it says signal strength is excellent the programmes we watch live, constantly buffer,which makes it annoying to say the least, to watch, so i want a fast download speed broadband dongle but have no idea which to choose as i have looked at several a lot claim to be fast but are they? and coverage is important.thanks in advance for any advise.denise
would really like some help,possibly from someone who has or is using a mobile internet dongle. i am wanting to buy a pay as you go mobile internet dongle,we have a caravan and i have sky go installed on my laptop, but when i connect to the caravan clubs own broadband although it says signal strength is excellent the programmes we watch live, constantly buffer,which makes it annoying to say the least, to watch, so i want a fast download speed broadband dongle but have no idea which to choose as i have looked at several a lot claim to be fast but are they? and coverage is important.thanks in advance for any advise.denise
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I used to have a mobile broadband dongle. Now I have a smartphone which has a data allowance and a "tethering" ability. What this essentially means is that my phone becomes the "dongle" on those rare occasions when I need mobile Internet access on devices other than the phone. You might consider this rather than a dongle.
Either way, you'll need a provider that has fast access speeds and a high data allowance. Pretty much the only one that offers this is 3:
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However, 3's data coverage is not great. Check the 3 data connection at the caravan club before committing. Ideally, find some other resident who has got it working. If all else fails, try this checker with the postcode of the caravan club:
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But I'd hate to base a purchase decision on that checker alone ...
One other option you might consider is TEP:
http://www.tepwireless.com/
I've used this when I visited Spain for a few weeks and found it to be a great service, much cheaper than using my own data connection. The service was originally for American visitors to the UK so I would imagine you can get a TEP device for use here too. If you only went to the caravan club infrequently, and otherwise did not need mobile internet in the UK, this could be a good option for you ...
Either way, you'll need a provider that has fast access speeds and a high data allowance. Pretty much the only one that offers this is 3:
http://
However, 3's data coverage is not great. Check the 3 data connection at the caravan club before committing. Ideally, find some other resident who has got it working. If all else fails, try this checker with the postcode of the caravan club:
http://
But I'd hate to base a purchase decision on that checker alone ...
One other option you might consider is TEP:
http://www.tepwireless.com/
I've used this when I visited Spain for a few weeks and found it to be a great service, much cheaper than using my own data connection. The service was originally for American visitors to the UK so I would imagine you can get a TEP device for use here too. If you only went to the caravan club infrequently, and otherwise did not need mobile internet in the UK, this could be a good option for you ...
To add to what others said, I'm not surprised you can't watch it on the clubs broadband. it's more than likely limited to how much of the overall speed is available to each person using it, otherwise one person deciding they (you) wanted to watch an online streaming service could mean nobody else can use it, which wouldn't really be fair on all the other users.
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