Which dongle for student pse?

[maumau]

I feel so sorry for a friend's son in Highway Gardens - their ADSL is bad at best and non-existent at times. Fibre is only scheduled for next year.

He doing a degree and stresses over assisgnments when the internet goes down so I was thinking of getting him a dongle. It can't be network locked (if there is such a thing).

3G/4G would be good and is it possible to log onto their ADSL wifi when speeds are good?

Thanks.

 

[JJCT]

There are probably newer models but I used to use a Vodafone branded R205 I think it's a Huawei E586. What I liked about it was that you could use it as a dongle but it worked as a wi-fi hotspot also. I still use it,worked great in the last round of loadshedding, it had about a 2 hour battery life.

 

[Capt Haddock]

ISPs like Afrihost offer "open" dongles and quite good data rates.

 

[maumau]

There are probably newer models but I used to use a Vodafone branded R205 I think it's a Huawei E586. What I liked about it was that you could use it as a dongle but it worked as a wi-fi hotspot also. I still use it,worked great in the last round of loadshedding, it had about a 2 hour battery life.

Is it locked in to Vodacom?

ISPs like Afrihost offer "open" dongles and quite good data rates.

Will have a look at their page tks.

 

[Yuu]

Get the black Huawei B315 LTE Router + battery pack [upto 3/4/5? hours] that works on all networks. Telkom Direct store R1309 however some stores are pricing it slightly higher. This normally retails close to R2k and is a recent addition [in black + battery backup].

cavedog has posted a pic of what you get here .

Huawei B315 is a new 4G LTE CPE with LTE Category 4 technology. Huawei B315 could achieve LTE connection of up to 150Mbps through its 
Gigabit Ethernet port. There are four Ethernet ports for LAN/WAN. It also features a USB 2.0 port for HDD, flash drives, network
storage devices and printers. The B315 LTE CPE could cover smoother wireless network for 250 meters. Even after a successful upgrade, 
you can easily restore software to the previous version. Simply hold the WPS and Power buttons for a seamless rollback. 
With the LTE CPE B315, the brother model Huawei B310 LTE CPE is also presented with less LAN ports and no USB port.


Huawei LTE CPE B315 Technical Specifications:

* 4G LTE Category 4 CPE

* Huawei B315s-22: 4G LTE B1/B3/B7/B8/B20 (FDD 800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz)and TD-LTE B38 (2600MHz)

[B]* Huawei B315s-607: 4G Band 1/3/7/8/28/40 (FDD 700/900/1800/2100/2600 & TDD 2300Mhz)[/B] - [B][I]Telkom Model[/I][/B]

* Huawei B315s-936: 4G Band 1/3/40/41 (FDD 1800/2100 & TDD 2300/2500Mhz)

* Huawei B315s-608: 

* 3G UMTS B1/B8

* GSM B2/B3/B5/B8

* LTE Download speed to 150mbps, upload speed to 50Mbps

* WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Wireless speed to 300Mbps

* Up to 32 wireless users could be connected simultaneously

* Two connectors for external antennas (SMA Type)

* One Telephone port and Four ports for LAN/WAN

* Dimensions: 186.0mm x 139.0mm x 46.0mm

* Weight: about 275g

source

Some will argue this is overdoing it but IMHO, best bang for buck device out there

 

[JJCT]

Is it locked in to Vodacom?




Will have a look at their page tks.

No in the past I have used Vodacom, those Cell C 200GB prepaid sims and the Telkom 60+60GB also. The wifi range is pretty decent.

 

[maumau]

Get the black Huawei B315 LTE Router + battery pack [upto 3/4/5? hours] that works on all networks. Telkom Direct store R1309 however some stores are pricing it slightly higher. This normally retails close to R2k and is a recent addition [in black + battery backup].

cavedog has posted a pic of what you get here .

Huawei B315 is a new 4G LTE CPE with LTE Category 4 technology. Huawei B315 could achieve LTE connection of up to 150Mbps through its 
Gigabit Ethernet port. There are four Ethernet ports for LAN/WAN. It also features a USB 2.0 port for HDD, flash drives, network
storage devices and printers. The B315 LTE CPE could cover smoother wireless network for 250 meters. Even after a successful upgrade, 
you can easily restore software to the previous version. Simply hold the WPS and Power buttons for a seamless rollback. 
With the LTE CPE B315, the brother model Huawei B310 LTE CPE is also presented with less LAN ports and no USB port.


Huawei LTE CPE B315 Technical Specifications:

* 4G LTE Category 4 CPE

* Huawei B315s-22: 4G LTE B1/B3/B7/B8/B20 (FDD 800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz)and TD-LTE B38 (2600MHz)

[B]* Huawei B315s-607: 4G Band 1/3/7/8/28/40 (FDD 700/900/1800/2100/2600 & TDD 2300Mhz)[/B] - [B][I]Telkom Model[/I][/B]

* Huawei B315s-936: 4G Band 1/3/40/41 (FDD 1800/2100 & TDD 2300/2500Mhz)

* Huawei B315s-608: 

* 3G UMTS B1/B8

* GSM B2/B3/B5/B8

* LTE Download speed to 150mbps, upload speed to 50Mbps

* WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Wireless speed to 300Mbps

* Up to 32 wireless users could be connected simultaneously

* Two connectors for external antennas (SMA Type)

* One Telephone port and Four ports for LAN/WAN

* Dimensions: 186.0mm x 139.0mm x 46.0mm

* Weight: about 275g

source

Some will argue this is overdoing it but IMHO, best bang for buck device out there

I was afraid this would happen Will look into the device and 99:1 this is the one I'll buy being irresistibly drawn to the best I can afford.

Thanks Yuu and to cavedog for doing the legwork.

 

[maumau]

No in the past I have used Vodacom, those Cell C 200GB prepaid sims and the Telkom 60+60GB also. The wifi range is pretty decent.

Thanks you JJCT, will look into this as well as the one suggested by Yuu.