Internet using a dongle?

Does anybody use a dongle and know how long it sould last? Basically just got a new pc and its seems to be gobbling it up. I pay £15 for 3mb which lasts 30 days (I think).

In the past that has lasted but soon I'm going to have to put on another £15 which will expire after the initial 30 days! Wether I have used up the allowence or not.

I swear I remember someone telling me to turn off automatic updates, would this help?

I am a computer dunce and am very confused.com so if any of you lovely people can help then please do!

i would only turn it off if you can go around someone else and use this interent to update your laptop.

are you d/ling anymore music or videos?

Mmm thats what I thought. Not using anything else just here really, I thought maybe downloadiing the antivirus registering might have been it, but its seriously just eaten it since then.

It gives me the option to choose updates, could that help and how would I know what to choose? Atm it seems to be downloading updates all the time, don't get it, but also don't want to ruin yet another pc!

i have used 1 janey and exactly the same happend to me m8, mine went in 2 days and i never d,loaded nothing

you want to keep updating you leptop, antivirus & HP

do you have phone landline?

http://shop.virginmedia.com/broadband/up-to-10mb.html

you get Unlimited downloads

but you can turn them off but you need to go around to someone house and update them once/twice a week becasue keeping your laptop updated is impointant

Thats the thing steve, I don't have a landline to get unlimited broadband I need one which is more expensive (and I seriously don't need that atm). If I went to someone who has broadband how would it work? As I can always update at mums but this pc isn't connected to her internet if that makes any sense!

Dk it has usually been fine but with my new pc, which is quicker its just gone!

do you have a laptop or a pc? if you have laptop yopu just need to plug your mum cable or whatever in your laptop and update everything

Laptop, mums broadband is wireless, so how does that work ?

your mum must have a username and password to get onto her network.

She wouldn't have a clue niether would I! Blind leading the blind!

at the buttom right you will see network you scan for her network and enter her username( or wahtever you call it) and password and you on the net she must know this type of information

Don't know anything about dongles, but hope you sort it quick

No lol, she hates the pc as much as me and I doubt she'll ever let me tap into her net. If I went somewhere with wi-fi could I do it?

i'm not sure it would be better using your mums

I give up lol, steve just come and sort it out lol!

ask your mum if she know her network name & password if she does i will show you how to do it with screenshot

I will do, Steve your a star, might go round Friday so please be here

have you turn your update off now then miss janey?

Erm yes, I should turn them back on shouldn't I

Im using a dongle atm til sky fits my line and broadband in 2 weeks cos virgin are pants. To tap into a wireless network, all you need is the passphrase which is on the side of the router. I do it all the time.

LOL. What is a dongle. Sounds like a dirty word.

a thing that plugs into the laptop that provides internet, oh i wish it was someting more fun

I see. I have a friend who has a 3G plug in for his laptop. It's like wifi but more similar to your phone service. Is it similar to this?

I think so, I'm on vodaphone but 3g do it here too x

Janey £15 for 3mb is pants. I pay £15 for 5gb. 1000 mb = 1gb so you have a really raw deal. Did you mean gb instead of mb? 3mb would not last you 30 days. That wouldnt last me 3 days!!

shontelle wrote:Janey £15 for 3mb is pants. I pay £15 for 5gb. 1000 mb = 1gb so you have a really raw deal. Did you mean gb instead of mb? 3mb would not last you 30 days. That wouldnt last me 3 days!!

yes I ment 3gb computer dunce! Who are you with for 5?????

I'm with vodafone on contract but I've just bought a new laptop, and got a 3 dongle on a 30 day rolling contract so that I'd have internet between now and the time my sky gets fitted. I was with virgin for internet but they are so incredibly rubbish, I switched. There was no way I was going to go 2 weeks without the forum after having gone a month without while waiting for virgin to go in.

So is it your 3 dongle thats £15 for 5 GB?? Are they any good, as vodaphone is quick now on my new pc, ????

Yes its 3 on the dongle. I really like it. Its quick and easy to connect, and the internet runs really fast with it. The signal is very high too although that obviously varies depending on where you are. Does 3 gb really last you 30 days? I reckon I'd need about double that for a month cos I am always on the net.

Forgot to say, 3 have just been voted the best internet mobile provider as well. Their phones and call plans are pants, but their internet is brilliant.

Jesus I'm only getting 2GB for £15 thanks Shon, I think I will be swapping, today

I got mine in PC world. All you have to do is pay for it (and thats the first month) and phone up 3 to activate it. Quick and easy.

iv just canceled my orange dongle as i wasnt useing it i was gettin 2gb a month for a fiver it was ok but not quick anought for me

Just got my new 3 dongle, only pants thing is its a 24month contract but it gives 15 for £15 instead of 2 which I am paying atm

"I pay £15 for 3mb which lasts 30 days (I think)."
do you mean 3 gigabytes? or actually 3 megabytes?
i get 2gig a month for $50nz... ouch i know but no phoneline...
yes turn off ALLLLLL automatic updates for things like
adobe acrobat reader etc
it will chew it up without you knowing.....
i am sooo carefull...
then as said... go to your friends or public library.. and update once a week or so....
i can surf the net and play my PS3 online if im careful...