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connect desktop to Internet via a a 3G phone?
03. Dec 2009 at 14:40

I am pretty desperate to get away from dial up phone to some form of broadband. No ADSL where I live.

The mobile phone companies here in Spain do a 3G USB modem dongle but I believe you can also connect a desktop PC to the Internet via a 3G phone. What sort of cable do you need or does the phone come with one?

I might even go back to having a mobile after 4 years without one and get rid of my landline!

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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: connect desktop to Internet via a a 3G phone? Reply #1 - 03. Dec 2009 at 14:44 the cable should come with the phone....or use bluetooth ive done it using bluetooth in the past.
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Re: connect desktop to Internet via a a 3G phone?
Reply #2 - 03. Dec 2009 at 14:58

Hang on a bit!

I haven't a clue what Blue Ray is or Blue tooth. I used to be right up with technology but got "off the train" five years ago. My last mobile was a Nokia5146.

If it comes with a cable great. I'll use that.

Next question then. My car still has the handsfree kit for the Nokia 5146. Can I (cheaply) connect my mobile, if I get one, up to it to charge and be useable?

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Richie London Omega King Offline A HANDSOME DEVIL OF A MAN!! Posts: 10146 heathrow Gender: Drives: a blinking lovely 2001 2.5 elite auto.	Re: connect desktop to Internet via a a 3G phone? Reply #3 - 03. Dec 2009 at 16:46 Jimbob wrote on 03. Dec 2009 at 14:44: the cable should come with the phone....or use bluetooth ive done it using bluetooth in the past. same as jim, great connection too. not too slow either.
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Omegadoha, Desert Member Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1357 Doha, Qatar Drives: 3.2 V6 2002	Re: connect desktop to Internet via a a 3G phone? Reply #4 - 03. Dec 2009 at 17:12 I connected my laptop to the internet through my phone about 5 years ago. It was very expensive though and I dropped it very soon.
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zirk Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3146 London / Essex Gender: Drives: 3.0 MV6 FL Man Est, 3.0 MV6 FL Auto Est, 2.5TD PF Man Est, RWD RS Sapphire Cosworth	Re: connect desktop to Internet via a a 3G phone? Reply #5 - 03. Dec 2009 at 17:12 3g connection is not too bad for internet (0.3mb) but better off using a 3.5g phone or dongle (Sim Free dongles are cheap enough now), running at 3.5g or HSDPA will see good results, up to 7.2mb speed.
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webby23 Omega Baron Offline MV6 Posts: 2700 Nottingham Gender: Drives: Opel Omega 2.6 MV6	Re: connect desktop to Internet via a a 3G phone? Reply #6 - 03. Dec 2009 at 17:20 I would be very very wary of how much data you will be using though mate, and remember the case recently of some company director using a pc via a mobile to access the internet and landing a £6600 bill IN ONE MONTH from Orange for the amount of data he used......!!! Be careful !!!!
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Re: connect desktop to Internet via a a 3G phone?
Reply #7 - 03. Dec 2009 at 17:23

webby23 wrote on 03. Dec 2009 at 17:20:

I would be very very wary of how much data you will be using though mate, and remember the case recently of some company director using a pc via a mobile to access the internet and landing a £6600 bill IN ONE MONTH from Orange for the amount of data he used......!!!

Be careful !!!!

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£5 for 3gb internet on the mobile with three. and i pay 15 for 3 gbs on my dongle as well which i use all the time now.

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Varche Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3860 Andalucia, Spain Gender: Drives: 97 pre mini facelift 3 litre auto RHD Elite saloon and a 2000 Ford Ka !	Re: connect desktop to Internet via a a 3G phone? Reply #8 - 03. Dec 2009 at 17:45 internet in Spain is very expensive compared to the UK. The 44k dial up part for my landline unlimited is about£20 per month! The Orange 3G dongle with speeds up to 3Mg is £41 per month "unlimited" with a cap of 10Gig and then for rest oif month speed drops to 128k . Aren't you glad of UK prices! V
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Reply #9 - 03. Dec 2009 at 19:00

Richie London wrote on 03. Dec 2009 at 17:23:

webby23 wrote on 03. Dec 2009 at 17:20:

I would be very very wary of how much data you will be using though mate, and remember the case recently of some company director using a pc via a mobile to access the internet and landing a £6600 bill IN ONE MONTH from Orange for the amount of data he used......!!!

Be careful !!!!

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£5 for 3gb internet on the mobile with three. and i pay 15 for 3 gbs on my dongle as well which i use all the time now.

3gb isnt that much to be honest......

I downloaded the Top Gear Vietnam Special to my iPhone last night and that hour and a quarter programme was 852mb........which is getting on for 33% of your monthly allowance then.......

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Reply #10 - 03. Dec 2009 at 23:39

Varche wrote on 03. Dec 2009 at 14:58:

I haven't a clue what Blue Ray is or Blue tooth. I used to be right up with technology but got "off the train" five years ago.

Bluetooth has been around for at least 15 years.

Varche wrote on 03. Dec 2009 at 14:58:

If it comes with a cable great. I'll use that.

Mobiles work great as a modem, but if you are limited to GPRS then you might as well forget it.

Varche wrote on 03. Dec 2009 at 14:58:

Next question then. My car still has the handsfree kit for the Nokia 5146. Can I (cheaply) connect my mobile, if I get one, up to it to charge and be useable?

"Cheap" depends on whether there is an adaptor to convert your car kit to your current model.

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Re: connect desktop to Internet via a a 3G phone?
Reply #11 - 04. Dec 2009 at 09:57

Richie London wrote on 03. Dec 2009 at 17:23:

webby23 wrote on 03. Dec 2009 at 17:20:

I would be very very wary of how much data you will be using though mate, and remember the case recently of some company director using a pc via a mobile to access the internet and landing a £6600 bill IN ONE MONTH from Orange for the amount of data he used......!!!

Be careful !!!!

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£5 for 3gb internet on the mobile with three. and i pay 15 for 3 gbs on my dongle as well which i use all the time now.

You need to watch you data use VERY carefully, 3GB is nothing, and there are very nasty charges if you go over.

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Re: connect desktop to Internet via a a 3G phone?
Reply #12 - 04. Dec 2009 at 12:57

Varche wrote on 03. Dec 2009 at 14:40:

I am pretty desperate to get away from dial up phone to some form of broadband. No ADSL where I live.

The mobile phone companies here in Spain do a 3G USB modem dongle but I believe you can also connect a desktop PC to the Internet via a 3G phone. What sort of cable do you need or does the phone come with one?

I might even go back to having a mobile after 4 years without one and get rid of my landline!

Varche

Varche! I did look at the dongle system in Mallorca this year and the cheapest for 3Gb was around €42 per month. Seeing I am not in Mallorca all the time it was not worth it. I just use dial-up from Orange when I am there. I did use my mobile phone with cable a couple of years ago and I soon ditched that idea when the bill came in. Cry

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Reply #13 - 04. Dec 2009 at 18:26

webby23 wrote on 03. Dec 2009 at 17:20:

I would be very very wary of how much data you will be using though mate, and remember the case recently of some company director using a pc via a mobile to access the internet and landing a £6600 bill IN ONE MONTH from Orange for the amount of data he used......!!!

Be careful !!!!

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That only happened because he couldn't grasp the fact that one movie (even in DivX/Xvid format) was hitting him for a minimum 700MB.

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