MIFI for WIFI, a helpfull hint

Dougalcarr7
Dougalcarr7 Forum Participant Posts: 9
edited September 2013 in Your stories #1

Hello, for those of you like myself who spend a lot of time, either browsing the web, sending emails or skyping loved ones back home, a wifi signal is a necessity, you would think that most places you travel to would provide you with this service free of charge, like Mcdonald's fast food chain but alas this is not the case. So what do you do when there is no Mcdonalds or free hotspot at your disposal ? well the obvious answer is go without, until you get back to civilisation.

Not any longer there is an alternative now it’s called a MIFI unit which is mobile broadband a device that will pick up a wifi signal wherever you are, you do unfortunately have to pay for it,

and nothing is free when it comes to technology, but for a moderate price you get peace of mind, not having to go out of your way to get a signal.

One can pick up a MIFI unit as I have online, mine came from ebay and the one I chose was more expensive than most, made by Huawei for about £40.00 pounds, mine is unlocked which means any sim card will fit from any provider, I would advise you to get a data package ( I tried it without and found it to be more expensive ) which for me is from T Mobile the cost of £10.00 for 1 gigabyte of data ( you can pay more for more data ) for thirty days and renewable after that, I then simply turn it on and I am able to use up to five units ie; laptop, ipad, phone etc, within my own little bubble of space, if you want to allow friends to use your signal you just give them your passcode which is usually stamped on the inside cover and away they go.


I hope this will be of use to some of you.

Comments

  • mrpeter
    mrpeter Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited September 2013 #2

    I can confirm that we have been using MY 3 mifi for the last 2 years, £10 for 3gb off Amazon have had no problems with the coverage

  • onepjg
    onepjg Forum Participant Posts: 282
    edited September 2013 #3

    Use it with a data sim card from Three. All the other network providers (O2 T Mobile etc) run on slower speeds whilst using the 3G network which is what MiFi does. Three will give you upto 3 times quicker speeds whilst downloading etc.

    Peter

  • gray62
    gray62 Forum Participant Posts: 5
    edited September 2013 #4

    We use the same one from Amazon and it works a treat every time £12 for three months. Works well with Skype as well which we use every Friday to speak to our son in Aus Brill bit of kit.

  • Dunclair
    Dunclair Forum Participant Posts: 127
    edited November 2013 #5

    So, if you can use a SIM from any provider, why don't you just connect your computer to your phone?

    Please believe me, I am not criticising in any way. I just feel that I'm missing something here. My phone does what a MIFI dongle does, and I don't have to spend any more money on hardware? 

    When in France, for example, do I just go along and buy a local SIM?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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