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Wifi help please for the tech minded 19:32 - Feb 24 with 2024 views

So i am having to spend a bit of time over at my Mum's house at the moment. I need to use my macbook for work when i'm staying there. She has no broadband and my Vodafone phone signal in the area is too weak to hotspot effectively.

Someone mentioned a dongle - does that come prepaid - how does it work?
Looking on the interweb it seems i can buy a dongle easily enough but how do i load it up with data?

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Wifi help please for the tech minded on 19:57 - Feb 24 with 1947 views

Lanhoop

A dongle is basically a slightly more efficient phone hotspot. It uses a SIM card from a phone provider. You may be better off switching supplier for your mobile to one with a better signal at your mothers house.

Wifi help please for the tech minded on 20:15 - Feb 24 with 1906 views

dubaistu

Wifi help please for the tech minded on 19:57 - Feb 24 by Lanhoop
A dongle is basically a slightly more efficient phone hotspot. It uses a SIM card from a phone provider. You may be better off switching supplier for your mobile to one with a better signal at your mothers house.

Buy an eSIM from another network provider and run it off that data package

Wifi help please for the tech minded on 20:22 - Feb 24 with 1886 views

BlackCrowe

Wifi help please for the tech minded on 19:57 - Feb 24 by Lanhoop
A dongle is basically a slightly more efficient phone hotspot. It uses a SIM card from a phone provider. You may be better off switching supplier for your mobile to one with a better signal at your mothers house.

Thank you...can't switch phone provider...work phone contract.

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Wifi help please for the tech minded on 20:23 - Feb 24 with 1879 views

BlackCrowe

Wifi help please for the tech minded on 20:15 - Feb 24 by dubaistu
Buy an eSIM from another network provider and run it off that data package

And put the e-sim in my mobile Stu when i want to hotspot?

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Wifi help please for the tech minded on 22:01 - Feb 24 with 1739 views

baz_qpr

e-sims are not physical if you have an iPhone X or later or recent android its a QR code which will then give you access to that network. You buy online and then activate.

Obviously you need to know which networks have good coverage at your mum's house.

You can do that here https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/mobile-coverage

Then you need to check from esim provider which network they are using

Wifi help please for the tech minded on 07:04 - Feb 25 with 1537 views

BlackCrowe

Wifi help please for the tech minded on 22:01 - Feb 24 by baz_qpr
e-sims are not physical if you have an iPhone X or later or recent android its a QR code which will then give you access to that network. You buy online and then activate. Obviously you need to know which networks have good coverage at your mum's house. You can do that here https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/mobile-coverage Then you need to check from esim provider which network they are using

super helpful, thanks baz

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