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Can anyone recomend a dongle that....
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will let me watch about 2 hours of normal stream tv a day?Or where to compare prices,I just am not sure of the name of what I am looking for,for example,does watching TV count as downloading or browsing?
The reason I ask is I want to watch the TV on my netbook when the house broadband is either switched off or getting hogged so the TV is jerky and unwatchable,so OH thought maybe I should get my own.I dont mind PAYG or monthly contract,whichever will suit.
Thanks for any replies
Aya
The reason I ask is I want to watch the TV on my netbook when the house broadband is either switched off or getting hogged so the TV is jerky and unwatchable,so OH thought maybe I should get my own.I dont mind PAYG or monthly contract,whichever will suit.
Thanks for any replies
Aya
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Not going to happen.
For example one hour of watching iPlayer takes about 700MB of data to be downloaded, so to watch 2 hours a day for a month would require about 42GB of data to be downloaded.
PAYG dongles give you 1GB of use for about £20, so to watch Iplayer for two hours a day on a dongle is going to cost you about £840
Even taking the cheapest I can find, which is O2 at £15 for 3GB a week it's going to cost you about £50 a week, or £200 a month
(and that would assume a dongle would even give you enough speed to watch streaming)
(oh, and anything you can see or hear on your computer from the internet is downloading)
For example one hour of watching iPlayer takes about 700MB of data to be downloaded, so to watch 2 hours a day for a month would require about 42GB of data to be downloaded.
PAYG dongles give you 1GB of use for about £20, so to watch Iplayer for two hours a day on a dongle is going to cost you about £840
Even taking the cheapest I can find, which is O2 at £15 for 3GB a week it's going to cost you about £50 a week, or £200 a month
(and that would assume a dongle would even give you enough speed to watch streaming)
(oh, and anything you can see or hear on your computer from the internet is downloading)
p.s.
The price for the O2 one assumes that once you go over the 3GB limit for the £15 cost the next 3GB would cost £15 too, the chances are it would actually cost more than that for exceeding the limit,
Dongles are only suitable for light use, such as a little browsing and checking emails, they are not suitable for watching streaming media.
Also, why on earth would the house broadband be switched off??? it's meant to be on all the time.
The price for the O2 one assumes that once you go over the 3GB limit for the £15 cost the next 3GB would cost £15 too, the chances are it would actually cost more than that for exceeding the limit,
Dongles are only suitable for light use, such as a little browsing and checking emails, they are not suitable for watching streaming media.
Also, why on earth would the house broadband be switched off??? it's meant to be on all the time.
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