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kboy · 30th December 2012

Can anyone recommend a good and / or cheap way to share a 3G connection over wifi? Had a look at routers today but can't find anything below 30. No idea what they should cost, but maybe less?

Also, do I need a good one or will anything do?

hippy · 30th December 2012

Android phone?

hippy · 30th December 2012

I borrowed a 3 dongle off a mate when I moved house and needed internerdz.

http://www.three.co.uk/Store/Mobile_Broadband

Dammit · 30th December 2012

I've got one kicking around somewhere, let me see if I can find it.

If so you are welcome to it.

kboy · 30th December 2012

^ that'd be ace, thank you!

kboy · 30th December 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by hippy

I borrowed a 3 dongle off a mate when I moved house and needed internerdz.

http://www.three.co.uk/Store/Mobile_Broadband

I want to be able to share one 3G connection over a few devices, and do so abroad. I'm in the summer house at the mo and were 3 iPads all with their own data plan which is wasteful to say the least. It's also shit connection so on a sunny day the router will go up the the flag

hippy · 30th December 2012

That dongle uses 3G to provide a wifi connection - any number of devices can connect to it.

Same feature that most newer Android handsets provide. Wifi Hotspot

kboy · 30th December 2012

Ah cheers, didn't read properly

Phone doesn't work as I'll be using it mainly abroad

hippy · 30th December 2012

Get a local (foreign) dongle?

kboy · 31st December 2012

Got the dongle and a top up SIM card, but want to share it over wifi. No computers at hand either, nor androids

cliveo · 31st December 2012

As hippy says,. buy something locally. I have a US wifi maker (not a dongle, it sits in my pocket). It means I get charged as if for local access rather than incurring huge international charges.

For Europe, I have the Vodafone traveller package which, at the cost of £3 a day allows my to use my ophone as if in the UK..

cliveo · 31st December 2012

Oh, I look for WiFi whereever anyway. In most places free WiFi is not too far away.

John H · 31st December 2012

Yep, you need a Mifi. Rather than a USB dongle, it's a separate device, which connects to 3G, and then shares out a Wifi connection.

It means no installation of any software etc, just connect devices to it over Wifi.

I have one of these: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/5491195.htm

John H · 31st December 2012

Though of course, if you want to be at the cutting edge, you'd need a 4G mifi. Seems to be monthly only, at the moment though:

http://shop.ee.co.uk/wifi/pay-monthly/

30th December 2012	#1
kboy	Share 3G over wifi thingy? Can anyone recommend a good and / or cheap way to share a 3G connection over wifi? Had a look at routers today but can't find anything below 30. No idea what they should cost, but maybe less? Also, do I need a good one or will anything do?
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30th December 2012	#3
hippy	I borrowed a 3 dongle off a mate when I moved house and needed internerdz. http://www.three.co.uk/Store/Mobile_Broadband
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30th December 2012	#4
Dammit	I've got one kicking around somewhere, let me see if I can find it. If so you are welcome to it.
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31st December 2012	#10
kboy	Got the dongle and a top up SIM card, but want to share it over wifi. No computers at hand either, nor androids
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31st December 2012	#11
cliveo	As hippy says,. buy something locally. I have a US wifi maker (not a dongle, it sits in my pocket). It means I get charged as if for local access rather than incurring huge international charges. For Europe, I have the Vodafone traveller package which, at the cost of £3 a day allows my to use my ophone as if in the UK..
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31st December 2012	#13
John H	Yep, you need a Mifi. Rather than a USB dongle, it's a separate device, which connects to 3G, and then shares out a Wifi connection. It means no installation of any software etc, just connect devices to it over Wifi. I have one of these: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/5491195.htm
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