Jackie, My friend works for T mobile and he sent me the following email just yesterday. T mobile are indeed starting up a pay as you go data service using the usb modem you described. Worth asking in the shop about if you go back perhaps? ---- Original message follows; ---- We?ve now got a fantastic new addition to our range of web?n?walk mobile broadband services that?s a first for T-Mobile in a growing market. Pay-per-day mobile broadband launches for the first time in the UK as T-Mobile launches laptop surfing for never more than £4 a day. From November 1st, we will offer all new and existing customers the chance to surf at ultra-high speed in thousands of locations without a contract ? simply via a T-Mobile USB modem and their laptop. Richard Warmsley, Head of Internet on the Move, said: ?We know consumers value the flexibility of mobile broadband, accessing the internet for all the reasons they love, whenever they want, wherever they are. Now they can try this just £4 per day without the constraints of a fixed line. When they are ready, we?ll happily recommend a monthly mobile broadband plan, that gives them even more value at our new reduced prices. ;Arial;T-Mobile (UK) Limited Company Registered Number: 02382161 Registered Office Address: Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9BW Registered in England and Wales ---- Original message ends ----