Three mobile internet - dual SIM adapter

Shaun · 24-01-2008, 21:40

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.

bopdude · 25-01-2008, 00:34

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

jellybaby · 25-01-2008, 07:42

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Originally Posted by bopdude

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

http://www.three.co.uk/personal/prod...and_/index.omp

bopdude · 25-01-2008, 15:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by jellybaby

http://www.three.co.uk/personal/prod...and_/index.omp

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

jellybaby · 25-01-2008, 20:38

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.

Losttheplot · 25-01-2008, 20:46

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Originally Posted by jellybaby

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.

Sudden rush on 3 modems!
I think you mean 3Meg?

jellybaby · 25-01-2008, 20:53

Thats the one lol....just realised

bopdude · 26-01-2008, 00:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by jellybaby

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

Shaun · 27-01-2008, 17:20

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.

bopdude · 27-01-2008, 22:31

Thanks for the reply Shaun.

28-01-2008, 17:52

Full signal using hsdpa with £5 internet addon!

Shaun · 28-01-2008, 18:36

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.

28-01-2008, 19:55

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

Be carefull...

Hom3r · 28-01-2008, 20:14

Is this what you want

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

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http://www.m-99.co.uk/Mobile_Phone_T..._adapters.html

http://www.redferret.net/?p=6600

The Jackal · 28-01-2008, 21:02

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