Originally Posted by
dogle
justapax, so sorry if I failed to make myself transparently clear but hey the point of my Marconi allusion was to emphasise that a USB dongle does NOT need to be plugged into the box - as I said, it can be “ linked to my PC or laptop via a longish USB cable”, with excellent results.
Since you ask, FYI I last paid just under £50 delivered for a 120GB preloaded SIM good for 12 months, which will cover my needs for a year with 30 -40 % data to spare ... if you know of any better deals, please do tell!
If 10 GB a month is all you need, then fine. I download a lot of films from TPB, so I pay £ 9.95 a month (just under £ 120 a year) to Talkmobile. The rates haven't gone up in five years, when it was £ 9.95 a month for 60 GB, now it's 70 GB.
If you are in a Three coverage area, it can be even cheaper, but I found data rates horribly slow - around 1 Mbps as against Talkmobile (which uses Vodafone) typically 20 Mbps. I'd love 5G, but it's just not avaiable where i live.