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Old 24-01-2008, 21:40   #1
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Three mobile internet - dual SIM adapter

Well I bit the bullet and bought a 3 Sim in the hope that it would work well with laptop and my K800i on their £10 a month 1GB offer.

Well the good news is it does. I've managed to save myself £99 on their modem as it works great.

Only problems is that as I'm using my Virgin SIM for calls and texts it means if I want to use my laptop while away (or check something online with opera mini) I'll have to swap SIMS. I think that'll get a bit boring.

I bought a dual adapter but it's one of the ones where you have to cut them to size. Reading online some say that this sim adapter won't work with 3 SIMS and that by cutting them you can damage them as the chip is bigger than normal.

I can't seem to find one online that states it works with 3 SIMS. Anyone seen any or know of any that work. I'd rather not cut them if possible.
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Old 25-01-2008, 00:34   #2
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Re: Three mobile internet - dual SIM adapter

Sorry I can't help mate, but I was thinking of getting the usb modem, can you educate me, what speeds are you getting, costs etc.... or a link.

TIA
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Old 25-01-2008, 07:42   #3
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Re: Three mobile internet - dual SIM adapter

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Sorry I can't help mate, but I was thinking of getting the usb modem, can you educate me, what speeds are you getting, costs etc.... or a link.

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Old 25-01-2008, 15:49   #4
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Thanks for the link JB, what I probably should have said was that I wanted to know what speeds Shaun was getting from his 3 sim / phone combo, if it's decent enough I might go that way as well, save on the cost of a modem
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Re: Three mobile internet - dual SIM adapter

Sorry, I know on my N95 when i'm in a HSPDA area I get nearly 3 gig download. I'm assuming the USB dongle will do about the same.
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Old 25-01-2008, 20:46   #6
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Sorry, I know on my N95 when i'm in a HSPDA area I get nearly 3 gig download. I'm assuming the USB dongle will do about the same.
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I think you mean 3Meg?
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Re: Three mobile internet - dual SIM adapter

Thats the one lol....just realised
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Re: Three mobile internet - dual SIM adapter

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Sorry, I know on my N95 when i'm in a HSPDA area I get nearly 3 gig download. I'm assuming the USB dongle will do about the same.
I have the N95 8 gig with voda, supposedly unlimited data but the guy in the shop said more like 3 gig IIRC, I might have to check that. I don';t wanna bill using it as a modem when I'm working away. Just looking for the cheapest way of doing it, maybe also, something that might sustain a bit of online gaming, am I asking too much
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Old 27-01-2008, 17:20   #9
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Re: Three mobile internet - dual SIM adapter

I get variable results Bop. The signal here at home isn't brilliant but I get good enough to surf pages - wouldn't want it as my main connection but it's o.k.

Haven't had chance to try it at work yet but will tommorow - signal should be better there.

For now I get:





Edit - saying that after reading about those last two look o.k. speed wise. I think the odd issue I'm getting with droped pages is a dropout in signal due to it being poor here.
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Re: Three mobile internet - dual SIM adapter

Thanks for the reply Shaun.
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Re: Three mobile internet - dual SIM adapter

Connection was much better today - got the full 370 consistently all afternoon while downloading files at work with no drop outs.

Suppose I could spend the £100 for the modem but 370 does me for what I want while out and about. Web pages are snappy and that's the important thing for me.

As for the Sim adapter I've ordered one from EBay - will just have to chance it I guess.
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Old 28-01-2008, 19:55   #13
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Re: Three mobile internet - dual SIM adapter

I'm sure i read somewhere that sim adaptors are not suitable for use with 3G sim cards.

Be carefull...
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Re: Three mobile internet - dual SIM adapter

Is this what you want

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/4989.htm

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Re: Three mobile internet - dual SIM adapter

Damn your upstream is bad !

I was thinking of trying 3 as I have a sim but please dont dual sim. It's very flakey uses a hell of a lot of your battery for some reason as reported on the forums.

Heres my upstream on orange.



Details here : http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/34478796-post8.html
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