O2 Mobile Broadband
I’ve just purchased an O2 Mobile Broadband on Pay as You Go. I do have a contract mobile with O2, but though it would be best for me to get this instead of adding a £7.50 a month bolt on to my current plan. I’ll be getting the iPhone in March which comes with this option as standard so thought it unwise.
So why did I decide to get the O2 Dongle? Well, recently I went on a rather long train journey and had to use my N95 mobile to access the net. I was actually using the mobile screen too, which isn’t quite up to scratch. I did think that it would be easier to use the mobile as a modem and connect that way, but didn’t want to drain the N95’s battery. I’ve had the mobile for well over a year (have an 18 month contract) now and it doesn’t hold a charge as well as it used to.
The O2 Mobile Broadband dongle does seem like a good idea to me though. plug it in to a USB port and you’re away.
There are three different options available to you as a PAYG user:
- Daily - £2 per day with a 500Mb allowance
- Weekly - £7.50 per week with a 1Gb allowance
- Monthly - £15 per month with a 3Gb allowance
All options come with unlimited WiFi access also.
There is a drawback though, the only way you can buy access is online with a credit or debit card. Standard methods of topping up cannot be used. So no E-TopUp or Vouchers. I’ll have to wait and see how that works out. Hopefully you’ll still be able to use the dongle to access the Top-Up page.
Having the dongle gives me much more freedom with where I can use my laptop. Sure it has WiFi, but not everywhere has WiFi available. I doubt there are many hotspots where I live. It’s all well and good in a large city, but a small town with less than 5,000 inhabitants…. forget it….
So, when I get the dongle I’ll make a post here about how good it is.
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