Mobiles with WiFi hot spot capability

garywork

garywork

garywork

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Hi

i'm not a mobile guru - but if some smartphones have wifi hotpsot capability , does that mean dongles are past there sell by date ?

wifi hotpsots - would they be slower than dongles ?

just curious really

of course for older phones if the user needed internet capability then dongles would still be handy

i'm not suggesting run a company on one just a little home browsing on a laptop or 2

Q) I'm assuming you can still use it as a phone while all this is going on , for that old fashioned thing called "talking to people" ;)
 
There seems to be a big grey area as to whether mobile networks allow tethering.
 
I use it on my phone. If O2 can't provide me a fast connection on my broadband (0.5mb ftl) then I shall nail the bandwidth on their mobile network.
 
The One Plan on three has tethered fine for the last 2 years of my contract with my cheap android phone!
 
Use tethering from o2 just fine, had it confirmed to me before I signed up again. So handy to use with a tablet when needed.
 
Use my SGS3 on the Three One Plan tethered to an iPad 2
and have to say it is pretty good. Equal to dongles of say couple years old at least - the last time I had one.
Certainly no real lag on H+ signal.
Not sure if it is as good as the latest as no comparison.
 
I used my Android phone (I think it was my OneX) as my main internet connection in the house for 2 months while Virgin dug up my road.
It worked really well.
 
Its not just Wifi either, most phones will do Bluetooth and USB tethering too.

Dongles are designed for tethering style connections so come with tariffs to match. Phones tend not to come with tariffs that allow tethering, as the phone networks want people to buy dongles too.

Its obviously working, I know a lot of people with a 3G phone, a 3G tablet, and a 3G dongle for their laptop :rolleyes:
 
Ive been looking at getting a data sim to put in a smart phone for when I head south. I don't see the issue with something like the vodafone smart and unlocking it considering it would be miles cheaper than a proper mifi, 500mb for 3 euro a day rather than £3 for 30mb. Is it possible to do that or will the phone throw a hissy fit or something?
 
I use my HTC 8x to wifi tether with my GFs laptop. I think I used 800mb in the first week. I will laugh at my bill when it shows my usage this month.

Tethered hours upon hours on Netflix, 4od,iPlayer and even some other downloads I needed.

With 3 on the one plan, my gf has unlimited internet on three so she can watch all she wants on her mobile but can't tether. I wish my phone did usb tether as my home connection is beyond bad.
 
The majority of phones which have downloadable apps will have tethering.

All droids can tether natively. At least the last two galaxys I've had could.
 
garywork said:
Q) I'm assuming you can still use it as a phone while all this is going on , for that old fashioned thing called "talking to people" ;)
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I believe that at the moment EE's 4G network does not support voice so if you take a call you'll be bumped down to 3G for simultaneous voice & data.

Apart from that I believe it should work on all networks that do not block tethering and with most modern phones.
 
garywork said:
thanks for the information

as mentioned above, i'm thinking it would be handy if you had a tablet for
sharing the bandwidth
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Tethering on Three's One Plan works perfectly for us... One desktop, two tablets. The following speedshot was taken on the desktop while simultaneously streaming live TV to a tablet. It hits 25Mbps if nothing else is using the bandwidth. Gotta love DC-HSPA... who needs 4G??

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:D
 
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