Mobile internet at home or on the move

Advantages: Easy to install. Broadband with a phone line
Disadvantages: Connection speed dependent on O2 signal strength.

...Due to circumstances beyond my control I was unable to persuade BT to supply me with a standard home phone line and am unable to receive any form of broadband through the ?Pay & Call? line that they would allow, but I still wanted to be able to access the internet. So I spent a little while looking through my options and decided that Pay As You Go mobile broadband through O2 was the best solution. In order to access the mobile broadband I had to purchase a suitable modem and this, the E160 was on sale in Phones 4 U at a pretty reasonable price of £24.99 (it?s also available free on the pay monthly option). For under £25 I received a fairly small box containing the modem itself, a USB lead, quick start guide, terms and conditions and SIM card. I was surprised that there was no driver disc or user manual but soon discovered that both are...

sandemp 09.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of O2 Mobile Broadband Dongle Usb Modem E160

Mobile Internet Access

Advantages: Mobile Internet access wherever you go..
Disadvantages: Good rate only when connected to 3G

...Background for the purchase I happened to buy this Mobile 3G data Card for internet access since i had to have internet connection whenever i go to the client's place. Its difficult to get internet connection nowadays since most of the clients have their own secure wireless networks and we do not have access to their wierless networks when we are using our laptops. Purchase process. I had to purchase two cards, one for myself and another one for my colleague. The First purchase i made it from a Vodafone shop in Hounslow High Street, and the process was simple, they had to do the credit checks etc. and once that was through, the deal was finalized and invoiced. The Offer was, that i get the 3G data Card free when i went in for the Unlimited Plan which is 49 GBP a month. Thereby i save 49GBP (cost of the card). There are other...

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Review of Vodafone Mobile Connect Card 3G/GPRS

Internet Mobile - great Idea.

Advantages: Free to use, good way of communicating on-line.
Disadvantages: none

...You may have noticed recently there has been a lot of new technology in the area of internet mobiles, this isn't actually an internet, but what it actually does is allows you to sen SMS messages to other internet mobiles or to actual UK mobile phones free of charge. This is a great way of contactin your friends without needing to come off-line, it is the free alternative to using yourown mobile while you are online. There are a few sites offering these such as www.unimobile.com (the one I use) and www.breathe.com. I have never used the breathe one sio I couldn't give an opinion on it but the unimbile one is great, it is a fast download and is quick and easy to use, and it has lots of different skins and ringing tones, just for fun. I hope this is of help to you, thank you....

colin16 13.08.2000 · Read review
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Review of unimobile - internet mobile

Mobile internet?! ha! ha!

Advantages: Ease of use....work through clear menus
Disadvantages: Nowhere near enough choice

...Having heard a lot about WAP (Wireless Application Protocol, basically text-based internet) I recently decided to splash out and upgrade my phone, utilising this exciting new technology. I connected to BTcellnet's 'Genie' service, basically because it was the only one available at the time. Don't make the same mistake I did. Almost from the moment I took the phone out of the box, there were problems. The thing refused to connect to the internet, so I called the helpline: it was anything but. After 15 minutes of being bounced around like a ping-pong ball in a tumble-drier (at 30p per minute) I finally found someone who would help. Although polite and sympathetic, she was poorly trained. ("Let me just check that, sir"). Eventually, all was sorted and I got to try out the internet. The phone (Motorola Timeport) incorporates...

jimjamyaha 17.07.2000 · Read review
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Review of Genie Internet

Love is there on the internet

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...***Forgive me if the category choice for this seems a little odd . The only other close one was Online Dating, which in my mind ties in with dating websites and suchlike, and really doesn't apply to my situation . Also, this review is probably not going to be particularly useful to anyone - it's simply me documenting my experience of an internet relationship . Please rate it as you find it, but bear in mind my category dilemma *** I first met Phill in September last year. I'd been playing an online multiplayer game for about 3 years up to that point, when I started to get a little tired of always playing with American players - nothing against them, just the timing of activities never seemed to work for me . So, I asked on the games forums if anyone had a UK linkshell (similar to a guild) they'd be happy for me to join, I got a reply...

Thehonesttruth 17.06.2009 (20.06.2009) · Read review
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MONEY LAUNDERING AND INTERNET FRAUD - THE FACTS

Advantages: Plenty of ignorant people to defraud in the world
Disadvantages: I'll find you

...Today, I would like to compose a somewhat in depth look at money laundering, internet fraud and scams in general. Ciao does not have a specific category for what I will discuss, but this category suits the purpose for best of all and I hope will be of interest in any case. As a background and for some kind of context - I work for the UK government preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. My work consists of educating businesses who operate money transmission services, bureau de changes and those who accept particularly large cash payments from customers. I also enforce legislation which ultimately can lead to financial civil penalties and criminal prosecution leading to prison sentences. I also have a keen interested in associated activities such as internet scams; "get-rich-quick" schemes and other methods where...

coleecip 20.02.2008 (22.02.2008) · Read review
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CIAO's Internet

Advantages: Sourse of inspiration and much usefulness. An easy place to start your ciao-ing. Gets great reads.
Disadvantages: You may not eb interested in the internet, but this is where it all happens (mostly)

...Let me first make this clear; this is my opinion on the internet section on Ciao, and not the internet as a whole. With all the time I spend on the Internet, I’d forgive you all for thinking it was my number one favourite thing in the whole big wide World. Its raining though (lots), so this year, I’ve had my first real introduction in to the ways of the web. However, with its overall growth in popularity, all around the globe, it comes as no surprise that Ciao’s Internet section is as popular as it is. I think (actually...I KNOW), it’s been one of my most successful areas of writing in. This is mostly because this section is where you’ll find the opinions on Ciao itself. They actually provide probably less actual help than some others, but are always an interesting read. Opinions on ‘How...

BJEEE 08.02.2001 (10.02.2001) · Read review
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Review of Internet

My Supermarket Mobile

Advantages: Cheap, easy to get started, good coverage, clubcard points
Disadvantages: None so far

...So here we go again another review brought about by the fact I had to move to keep my job (long story and will be covered when I write the review of my employers when and if Ciao list them). Sadly for Orange their network doesn't cover Lydd camp - just the area outside it but no signal penerates the camp fence oddly enough. So while on my hunt for a working network I checked the O2 website and found they claim to have full coverage across the camp, not long after this I remembered the handset and SIM I was given by the nightclub I used to work for but was on Tesco mobile. Dont worry I've not lost it, Tesco mobile and O2 are pretty much the same thing because Tesco buy the 'spare' satellite time from O2 to operate their network. Which means that while the Tesco sell the SIM's and the handsets its O2 that owns and operates...

scuba_angel 19.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Tesco Mobile

Kaspersky Internet Security - average protection

Advantages: Provides basic tools for anti virus, easy to install
Disadvantages: none really, just prefer AVG.

...As a university student we have to pay a rediculously high amount for tuition fee's so the college I am doing my foundation degree in offers free laptops for the duration of the course. The laptop comes fully equipped with Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 and it really does the job. Most anti virus software is available for free with the opportunity to upgrade however it is worth it from a business perspective, to buy something like this. Kaspersky - available from http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/kis25orkav30?THRU&reseller=43021&gclid=COjpgZPllp4CFVtn4wod6BIzlw - is a security software which provides anti virus protection and identity theft protection. I often purchase things online and I, like anybody, have downloaded applications. Loosing work for university would be incredibly frustrating so I am pleased with the protection available...

kayleaf 19.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 (PC CD)

.BT internet

Advantages: very easy to install, three packages to choose from.
Disadvantages: You get disconnected after every two hours.

...BT INTERNET When I got my new pc one of the first things I wanted to do was to get the Internet, so I kept asking my mum to get the internet and telling her about all the good prices on offer out there and that I really needed it for my home work (lol). Then about six months later she telephoned BT and asked them for one of their Internet installation disks. When the disk arrived in the post I had to install it because no body else knows much about the computer. I found the installation process and signing up extremely easy and very fast. I think BT Internet is one hundred percent the best, because of many things, such as, it is very easy to install and set up, and it is quite simple and fast to register all your details and other things such as method of payment etc, There are three packages to choose from with BT...

jtsguy 01.12.2001 (08.04.2003) · Read review
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