T-Mobile data offer in the UK
 

Hello,

Has anybody successfully used T-Mobile's 1£ per a day offer? In T-Mobile store they told me this offer was only valid for WAP use and not working with a laptop GPRS/EDGE/UMTS modem. Is this true?

Please advise...

Thomas

I should be able to check this out in about 3 weeks, mainly for standard internet connections using laptop and a mobile phone supporting at least GPRS.
Be patient please :).

Question - UK Data Plans for Short Visits
 

I wouldn't be surprised by that. Orange claims to offer PAYG data plans for £4 for 4MB. Elsewhere on in their web site, they say that all you need to access 3G is a 3G phone, and that it is available with Pay Monthly and Pay as you go. Has anyone tried that?

I'm going to be in the UK for 5 days later this summer, and would like 3G access so I can put the Euro-only 3G band on my phone to good use, while at the same time avoiding my roaming charge of $15 per MB. If Orange works, it would be about 1/8 the price.

If not Orange, what about other plans? I'm looking for a SIM only, and I want 3G.

I did it January. I plugged it in an E61 and did just about everything with it.

But did you connect E61 to a laptop to work as a modem? Or did you just use E61 mobile browser?

Yes I tethered (see point 2), but it really doesn't matter for reasons outlined in point 1.

First, the E61 is not really a Wap browser. It is full html. It also pulls e-mail off the same tunnel to an Exchange Server that MS-Outlook uses. The reason I'm saying this is that with modern PDA phones, it is not that easy to tell whether a person is using a notebook or a PDA. For example, the Opera Browser for Windows Mobile 5 can be told to identify itself to a server Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, you can stream video, stream sound, or even watch your Slingbox off a PocketPC.

Second, yes I tethered. I avoided massive downloads, but I did connect up. My hotel charged 10 quid a night for internet (cheap by London standards) so I didn't buy it. I left my notebook tethered for hours at a time, but I mostly checked e-mail and browsed. The one time I had a large download, I took my notebook to my buddy's place and did it over his DSL connection.

Stu

Did you do Orange or T-Mobile? Were you getting 3G speeds, or GPRS/EDGE speeds?

I used TMobile's Walk N' Web. I actually have an Orange OVP Virgin contract SIM but I didn't want to give up that tariff by changing so I just purchased a TMobile SIM for my E61 and used another handset for voice.

I was pulling 3g and the connection speed was great. I only wish that the unit did HSDPA in the US as well. (In North America, it is limited ot EDGE).

I have tested it yesterday and can confirm that T-mobile's Pay-As-You-Go prepaid SIM indeed works in my laptop with UMTS modem. I don't do any high volume downloads so cannot comment on the speed and volume limitations.

My UMTS modem indicates the connection type is 3G. It works really good so it probably is 3G in practice as well...

The only issue is with pictures/images on the web pages, it seems like T-mobile is reducing their size so they have degraded quality. Perhaps there is some way to prevent this?

Cheers,
Thomas

Gemini, as an experiment, try sending your connection through the DNS servers at OpenDNS.com, viz:
* 208.67.222.222
* 208.67.220.220

I didn't try that, instead I went through a VPN and it worked. Thanks anyway.

By the way, I forgot to write that the declared max fee of 1£ per a day turned out to be truth, but again - I didn't download a lot, just few megs.

Thomas

T-Mobile PAYG
 

I used a T-Mobile PAYG SIM in a datacard in my laptop from around September 2006 to June` 2007 as my sole home connection to the internet.

384Kbps, (whatever that means, constantly, for £1 per day.

I understand that if they spot what you are doing, they will take some action, but I dont know what.

Also used it in an unlocked T-Mobile Vario II, both independently, and connected to the laptop as a modem - no problems.

Hi!

I am going to visit London in a few weeks and I'm interested in this data offer of T-Mobile UK. My idea is to use my K610i as a modem for my laptop.

I hope you can answer some of my questions: :o


- Is it possible to use VOIP or are there any ports blocked by T-Mobile?

- Where is the best place to buy the PAYG SIM? Is it only avaible at T-Mobile stores or are there other places to buy one?

- How much is it at stores? I have only found information about the price if you order it online... Or my english is too bad :rolleyes:

- Do you have some information about the latency (ping) of the 3G network in London? I am going to stay in Kingston upon Thames (SW 16).

- How do I credit the PAYG card? Are there any scratching cards to buy? Which amounts are avaible?


Thanks in advance for your help! :):):)

Using T-Mobile that way, tethered, is against the terms of service, and using it for VoIP is specifically listed as being against the terms of service.

Ok, but do you know if it is possible to use a T-Mobile PAYG that way?

Ask me in a few days. I'll be in London Saturday and I'm certainly going to give it a try.

Did you see my post further up the thread - I used a T-Mobile PAYG SIM in a datacard in my laptop from September 2006 to June 2007.

It worked at 3G speeds, it cost £1 per day with no apparent limits, and nobody told me to stop. 3G is fast enough for VOIP, (I use 3G for VOIP from italy to the UK), but I didnt use it for VOIP as I didnt want to push my luck, but I'm sure it would work.

The short answer is YES.

Now I just need to find a cheap 3G phone then :)

T-Mobile data offer in the UK
 

PhotoJim, Richard 100002,
Now I need you to step beyond the UK. I particularly want to use the WEB for local access in Normandy for perhaps 2 weeks next year - one week prior within the UK for set-up and checking usage, one week in-country for determining holiday sites. This would be purely for holiday period, no more = no tethering/no contract/ etc..
I do not need anything other than evening WEB access - no E-mail, no phone.

I am unsure as to download amount - with graphics curtailed to small pics, perhaps no more than 50 MB per evening.

On my broad-band desktop (4 MB/s), searching for "modem access", "GSM" and "suppliers" has led to 2GB in ~30 days, just trawling phone cos, SIMs and costs.

All I need is a 1 month SIM - I think? Orange/Vodafone/?

Any thoughts/suggestions/hope you can help, please.
Cheers,
roj

I can't help you with France, alas. I didn't research French providers as I'm not heading there on this trip.

T-Mobile is really good for data in the UK. If they operate in France, they'd be worth exploring.