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Argos 549/0464: Vodafone Mobile Broadband on Pay As You Go USB Modem - White Buy Vodafone Mobile Broadband on Pay As You Go USB Modem - White at Argos

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Vodafone Mobile Broadband on Pay As You Go USB Modem - White from Argos
Absolutely fabulous. This is undoubtedly THE mobile broadband USB stick for most people, with effectively no expiry on the top-ups so long as you do at least a cursory email check or something every couple of months. It comes pre-loaded with a gigabyte top-up, and I've not even used half of that in the last six months. Sure, it's not the cheapest if you are a heavy user, but how many people are really sitting on YouTube all day on their laptops away from a wi-fi connection? By the way, it will fall back to using Vodafone 2G if 3G is not available in the area - slow, but enough to check emails if necessary, and since you are charged on data transferred rather than time on-line, it won't cost anything more.
Good points:
  • Nice simple design, and well made by Huawei
  • Has expansion slot for microSD memory card
  • Linux drivers are available via Betavine project, and Ubuntu can support direct
  • £15 per gigabyte, almost no strings attached!
  • Roaming reportedly now available
Bad points:
  • Not the cheapest per gigabyte, or the (theoretical) fastest
  • Windows drivers may request a .NET update, which will chip a few pence off the balance
  • BEWARE: New sticks have a pointlessly restrictive top-up policy, check the terms!
DTEG @ 11/01/2010 17:01
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