Jackie, The number for T-Mobile customer services from a non-T-Mobile phone is 0845 412 5000, so not quite as bad as 8p a minute! Caroline. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jackie Cairns Sent: 12 October 2007 15:41 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Mobile phone network cards Yes Mark I agree about a card over USB, that was my thought exactly. But the chap in T-Mobile said USB would be better because there are so many laptops out there with different slots that they can't keep up with which ones to cater for. He also said the cards are quicker, which you would expect. The guy told me too that the cards don't support Vista, but whether that's an assumption on his part, or is really the case, I don't know. People scare-monger when there is a new OS about. I'm not with T-Mobile, so I'll need to get hold of a national Customer Services number to ring from the landline, doubtless at about 8p per minute or something stupid. But I'll let you know what I find out. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Threadgold To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 2:41 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Mobile phone network cards Let us know how you get on Jackie. I am going to ring and ask about it at some point, as I'm with T mobile anyway. I want to know a little more about the modem and sim card arrangement . i do prefer the pcmcia card that I use on the vodafone network as you can fit it and leave it there. Using a usb modem is just something else to have to pack and take with you everywhere. But if the price is right, and all that. Cheers. Mark Threadgold The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie Cairns Sent: 12 October 2007 14:34 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Mobile phone network cards Mark, thanks ever so much for this. I did ask in the shop if they were doing it on a pay-as-you-go basis, and they said no. But I'll print off your message and take it down, or perhaps give their Customer Services a ring. Brill. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Threadgold To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 2:18 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Mobile phone network cards 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 ---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.8/1064 - Release Date: 11/10/2007 15:09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.8/1064 - Release Date: 11/10/2007 15:09 __________ NOD32 2590 (20071012) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com