Mobile Broadband - Grahamstown

[hj2k_x]

Hey peoples.

I have been searching the net and these forums for guidance but I can't seem to find out all I want to so I thought I'd just post it here.

Ok, what I am looking for is mobile broadband in Grahamstown just for email, browsing and Skype.

Would need a modem and maybe 1-2GB data a month.

What options are there out there? And do they all involve two year contracts?

Any advice much appreciated

 

[hj2k_x]

Like the iBurst 'Addict' Contract: http://www.vodacom.co.za/iburst/packages.jsp costs nearly R500 a month with a modem but for only 1.5GB of data. Addict indeed.

 

[hj2k_x]

No advice at all? Not even p*ss off?

 

[hj2k_x]

Crap, this is meant for the General Broadband Section, not the General ADSL. DOh!

Mods, can you please move it?

 

[hj2k_x]

Anyone have any experience with using their 3G phones as modems to connect to their laptops and access the net that way? Apparently that is what the guys at Cellucity have advised my gf to do...and then get add-on data bundles...

Anyone??

 

[[OUPA]MrNutz]

helped a customer once with his nokia n80 - via bluetooth for notebook - 3g worked perfectly....he used a mymeg500 contract.

 

[[OUPA]MrNutz]

just watch the signal - if you are even slightly in a weak zone - its NOT gonna work - then u can rather get a the red data card with black antenna

 

[hj2k_x]

just watch the signal - if you are even slightly in a weak zone - its NOT gonna work - then u can rather get a the red data card with black antenna

Thanks for the feedback

This data card, can you get it without a contract anywhere and then get data bundles each month?

Not keen on contracts...

 

[[OUPA]MrNutz]

yip - but then u have to buy it cash ...costs like R1999

then slap in a 32k simcard - give it some moola - and converted to ppb

 

[hj2k_x]

yip - but then u have to buy it cash ...costs like R1999

then slap in a 32k simcard - give it some moola - and converted to ppb

I see...So the cellphone as modem idea seems to be the best option then...

Just seems a bit of a mission to have to plug in the cell every time you want to use the internet...

 

[[OUPA]MrNutz]

imho - get a data card..

if you receive a call on the handset - you have a VERY good chance of the data connection dropping

 

[hj2k_x]

imho - get a data card..

if you receive a call on the handset - you have a VERY good chance of the data connection dropping

I'll bear that in mind...Would need to get a 3G phone on contract in any case if I was gonna use that as a modem, so maybe getting the data card on the contract is the better option...