Dial up on the move

paul11974 · 13-12-2006, 21:12

Santa tells me that my son has a laptop for Christmas but when he opens his present he wont be at home so he wont be able to connect to the wireless router that his dad had a nightmare setting up for him

so he will have to access the internet via his grandmas bt phone line for a few days what is the cheapest dial up provider for him for a few days with no sign up required or could he is there a way he could even get wireless access baring in mind he will be in the country

bopdude · 13-12-2006, 21:19

He might be lucky to pick up an unsecured wireless network, failing that, maybe a wireless hotspot, there are lists available, where will he be ( area, notaddy

)
Other than that, I don't know if you can get a temp payg dial up sortathing

Sorry I can't be of more use, best bet is to hope for the wireless network and

borrow a cup of internet

paul11974 · 13-12-2006, 21:30

he will be on the outskirts of Milton Keynes well approx 7.4 miles from the city centre which i hear has free wireless access but not sure if it will get that far

i have just seen this lot http://www.mipcards.com/ 2000 minutes @ ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£10 seems pretty reasonable for dial up

dilli-theclaw · 13-12-2006, 21:40

Well I put free dial up access into google and it popped up a few up. So have a look on there.

I guess it depends on how much it will be used.

dtweek · 13-12-2006, 22:33

I think you can still get the Dial up CDs in tescos. Cost in nominal as I believe it's charged at local rates, and if it's just for a few days that should be fine. But there are loads. AOL always have a free trial, but personally I'm not a big fan of AOL. But Tesco, Currys etc should all have free CDs in store.

grandmaster · 13-12-2006, 22:38

Try this

http://adial.co.uk/

dtweek · 13-12-2006, 23:06

Nice. Have saved for the inevitable day that the Broadband dies

dragon · 13-12-2006, 23:15

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Originally Posted by grandmaster

Try this

http://adial.co.uk/

oh your mean 08456653000
user uk2
pass uk2

i can recite it from memory, isn't that sad

Nikesh · 13-12-2006, 23:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by grandmaster

Try this

http://adial.co.uk/

Hey thanks for that, might need it in the future

grandmaster · 14-12-2006, 10:46

No worries,
I keep it handy for the odd occasion.
Although now i have unlimited data package on my phone so i dont think i'll use it again.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dragon

oh your mean 08456653000
user uk2
pass uk2

i can recite it from memory, isn't that sad

Now that is sad, although saying that i can still remember the phone number to mortgage point from a radio advert i heard many years ago. Its weird what sticks in your mind and what does'nt...

paul11974 · 14-12-2006, 12:49

but 0845 numbers are not free now are they

grandmaster · 14-12-2006, 13:09

No 0845 is local call rate i think.

Shaun · 14-12-2006, 17:27

No, it's about 4ppm.

paul11974 · 14-12-2006, 19:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaun

No, it's about 4ppm.

ouch i think the best deal is http://www.mipcards.com/ so far at 0.05 per minute

Shaun · 14-12-2006, 21:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul11974

0.05 per minute

0.5p