You could try...

Check to see if your mobile phone can connect to the internet via wifi (BT Fon).

Check to see if your mobile phone supports tethering.

If so, plug your mobile phone into your PC and you could use your mobile phone to connect to the internet.

Posted By: Larry Hagman on January 14th 2014 at 18:43:18

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Wrath tech help needed... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jan 14, 15:57:25
- You could try... (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Jan 14, 18:43:18
- Chairs all for the help, wrath rescue as normal! :) (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jan 14, 16:29:49
- To answer the uestion you actually asked DD. Yes a pre-paid dongle providing (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Jan 14, 16:12:04
  - Cheers MTS, bit of mine field as all the ones on amazon... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jan 14, 16:17:37
    - You can go to any operator, buy the dongle and sim and just use pre-paid scratch cards. (n/m) (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Jan 14, 16:33:24
- Or you may want to try Virgin Media as the cable installation may be quicker? (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Jan 14, 16:10:08
- What kind of mobile do you have? (General Chat) - lurd, Jan 14, 16:09:10
- you need one of these (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jan 14, 16:08:35
- If you go with BT you can use any BT wifi hotspot in the area (General Chat) - Yellow_Monkey, Jan 14, 16:07:56
- Hi Dubblies, congrats on getting the new place....! (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jan 14, 16:02:35
  - Cheers Chelts! Yeah, they all seem to have various incentives... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jan 14, 16:08:13
    - i'm on orange payg, ?15 a month for 3gb, not great value but it's ok because (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 14, 16:15:12
    - If you have a smart phone and 3G i'd just stick with that... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jan 14, 16:10:18
- You have wi fi on your pc/laptop? (General Chat) - pants, Jan 14, 16:01:09
  - Nope, don't have wireless on the old PC that's the thing Pants, it's quite old... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jan 14, 16:02:21
    - Something like this will work perfectly (General Chat) - pants, Jan 14, 16:03:44
      - I suppose it hasn't got a sim card and all that gubbins. Do you have a smartphone? (General Chat) - pants, Jan 14, 16:05:28
        
        Ah the BT open thing, didn't think of that, I will have a walk up there... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jan 14, 16:07:42
        
        Yeah, and if it's stable in the area because every one else has BT (General Chat) - pants, Jan 14, 16:09:27
        
        I've got a couple of dongles at home Andy (General Chat) - pants, Jan 14, 16:10:39
        
        Oo that would be awesome pants, I will check the area with my phone... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jan 14, 16:16:47
      - and then that will connect with the other thing, and I will have internet? Yes? (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jan 14, 16:05:10
        
        You could try... (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Jan 14, 18:41:00
        
        Not with the sim, no, you'd just get wifi networks (General Chat) - pants, Jan 14, 16:06:28
        
        so there isn't a gadget that would sort of make my computer.. (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jan 14, 16:09:11
- Moving in on Friday now, so a few days of luxury until then. :D (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jan 14, 16:00:55

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