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Posted 5 September 2008
3 HALF PRICE BROADBAND FREE DONGLE IS BACK 18 MONTHS CONTRACT FOR EVERYONE!GO THROUGH QUIDCO
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Hi everyone, I was keeping an eye on the offer waiting they put it back....Even if you are not an existing customer!
1gb at £5 a month
5gb at £7.50
15gb £15 a month.
You still get quidco, even though is not great:
£1.50 for 1gb
£12,50 for 5gb
£27.50 15gb a month.
1gb at £5 a month
5gb at £7.50
15gb £15 a month.
You still get quidco, even though is not great:
£1.50 for 1gb
£12,50 for 5gb
£27.50 15gb a month.
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sorted byI had this problem earlier in the year when I bought mine I was told in the shop that it would not be affected if I cancelled my phone contract. I sent htem a message through my online accout saying if this was not the case then I wanted the broadband contract cancelled. I was phoned by 3 and was told that it did noy matter if I cancelled my phone it would still be half price , I got them to email me confirming this. I am sure there will be a problem as I cancelled my phone contract 2 weeks ago and I am in my notice period, but if they do try to up the price they will have a fight on thier hands
"Offer available direct from 3 only until 30th September 2008 on a new Mobile Broadband Lite, 5GB or 15GB price plan when either: (1) an existing customer on a Pay Monthly phone or mobile broadband price plan later subscribes to a new Mobile Broadband plan; or (2) when a new approved customer subscribes to a new Pay Monthly price plan and a new Mobile Broadband price plan at the same time; (3) when a new approved customer subscribes to a new Mobile Broadband price plan and subscribes to a second Mobile Broadband price plan at the same time; or (4) when an existing Pay Monthly customer upgrades to a new Pay Monthly price plan and subscribes to a new Mobile Broadband price plan at the same time. The new/second Mobile Broadband price plan must have a minimum term of 18 months. Customers will lose their continuing eligibility for the half price mobile broadband plan if they terminate their existing plan prior to the end of their Mobile Broadband minimum term agreement. In other words the two plans have to run concurrently. Offer must be mentioned at the time of order as it cannot be applied later and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. 50% discount will be forfeited if either contract is in arrears or disconnects from the 3 network (for whatever reason). Terms apply. See instore or three.co.uk"
So Pay Monthly only. Plus if you cancel your phone contract you lose the 50% discount.
I'm more tempted by the Vodafone deal already posted (3GB x 12mth contract @ £15 - £90 Quidco plus free ****** Nokia PAYG phone)
Assuming Quidco tracks, £90 for free modem and 12mth contract with no dependency on a phone contract sounds better to me.
That said if 1GB/month is enough the 18month x £5 = £90 deal is OK if you are sure you will keep up the phone contract.
btw this is perfect as an additional line, it can't replace home broadband as the ping is too high for online gameplay.
Nothing, really you can have a look here:
three.co.uk/per…omp
I will probably get the thinner huawei e160g because they have good compatibility with linux.
Personally I'm surprised he could even play that the latency on mobile based "broadband" would be worse than an old 56k dialup connection.
No certainly not. I started out well at around 150k/ps (still under but ok) but weekdays it would barely go above 20k, and even then you didn't want to move incase the signal fluctuated. Even with a full signal it was impossible to get anything near old 512kbps broadband. (To make this clear, I had a 3.5g full signal at all times, it just seemed to sometimes work faster in different parts of the room).
Also I had an issue where I topped up £15, went to add it on as 3gb via my 3 account online but constantly got an error. I then called 3 on 444 to find out why. What they didn't tell you is 444 is charged so by calling them I ate into my £15 top up and they said I could only top up £10 now as I didn't have £15, more like £14.xx. Naturally I was furious but they would not budge and the delay on the line between me and the call centre wherever in the world did not help, as were the language issues. It's not made clear that PAYG net topups are ONLY activated on the first my3 page and NOT on Buy Add Ons on any other 3 page. I know this only applies to PAYG but I suspect the same 'help' desk is the point of call for subscribed users too.
I switched to Be and pay £28 pm inc phone for 24mbit u/l. I know the 3 solution offers freedom and no phone, good for say, uni. But try if you can the PAYG first, see the speeds you get. You can always sell the dongle, on ebay mine went for £3 under what I paid for it.
Look it up to check - the worst I have heard so far was in the £30 000s.
In Dundee, pretty much all areas, I'm getting between 300Kbp/s to 1600Kbp/s, which is great. It's fantastic for surfing, and I even used it in my office for a week to test if it could replace our business line.
Of course, it couldn't, but it was still very usable. Ping time is high to most UK sites at around 120-150ms.
But when you buy your modem with three, you get a few days to return it if you're not happy. If I was getting 150kbps at best and 20k below, I wouldn't have kept the damn thing for more than an hour before going back to the shop!
People really should be aware of what they're getting into when they buy one of these. And the person who bought this to play xbox 360 on...sigh....
People - learn your stuff before you buy it and you won't be disappointed!
I have just contact them to ensure that they honour what I was told when I took the contract out.
You do get a few days but once you activate the mobile broadband you actually only have 3 days to decide - after that you are binded for the full duration of the contract.
Wow where did you hear about the £30k story?
By the way I believe you can put a cap on your account to ensure you don't go over your limit. Something about setting your credit limit to zero.
I would say though if you use VOIP - 3 seem to slow down SIP on purpose - Skype works fine but other protocols for VOIP work but with such a delay that it's almost unusable.
I received £32.50 at the end of July after taking out a contract in May
Steve
I use mine to browse check email and a few hours of internet radio and its all good
Wouldnt switching to PAYG still cover you for the offer?
Some report a good service others a bad almost unusable service.
I don't like long contracts as prices can change quickly and you are stuck with your contract.
If you go over your limit for the month it can get really expensive.
One good thing about another mobile provider T Mobile they don't charge if you go over but I believe they email you if you do it regularly and suggest a more expensive plan.
3 have a poor reputation for their customer service desk.
One will take the 7mb rolled out in november, the others wont apparently (Manchester & London)
The one that looks like a USB Memory stick I believe
ok speed for general stuff
i have 3gb for £7.50 pm which i think is just about enough
5gb for the same price is a good deal imo
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The only reason I sined up was because of the £80 quidco deal but this has been declined for no reason. Quidco don't want to know and 3 have told me to report quidco to the Trading Standards!
My advise would be to steer well clear and go with a more reputable company like Vodaphone or 02.
Does any one know of a way to get out of a 3 contract bearing in mind the service doesn't properly work?
Any help would be much appreciated!
One difference is the E160G dongle has a slot to take a micro SD card so can also act as usb storage device.
I haven't confirmed this in the flesh as such but there are instructions for inserting the card on the 3 website for this dongle.
It works really bad for me, slow speed, keeps disconecting (and I live in London). I am sick of complaining (they keep me on the phone for about 30-40 minutes each time) and I pay for this....
Can I get out of the contract in any way?
With mobile broadband the more customers they get the more chance more and more people are trying to connect to the same mast. Unless of course they keep increasing the masts and capacity at each mast.
3 of course has a monthly PAYG tarriff which helps those who don't want to sign a long contract so if they get decent reception might be OK.
Unfortunately there seems to be a lot of unhappy 3 mobile customers out there,especialy their Irish service.
Hopefully the UK service is better.