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can a mobile broadband sim work in a phone

  • 21-03-2010 12:38am
    #1
    estreetb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭


    is it possible to put a mobile broadband sim in a unlocked phone and set up a mobile broadband apn to use the internet


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  • #2
    Boxfresh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭Boxfresh


    Yes.


  • #3
    estreetb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭estreetb


    can it receive calls


  • #4
    Boxfresh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭Boxfresh


    estreetb wrote: »
    can it receive calls

    Not too sure but I'm pretty sure it's possible.


  • #5
    estreetb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭estreetb


    why then do people use the ph sim which only allows bad value mobile internet data plan


  • #6
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    estreetb wrote: »
    why then do people use the ph sim which only allows bad value mobile internet data plan

    Because it has cheaper call and text rates?


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  • #7
    Solair
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    You can just add a broadband bundle on 3, the rest of them pretend there's a difderence between broadband and voice sims.

    Mobile broadband and 3G mobile services are the same thing.

    They just milk you for on handset data because they can.

    Technically, they could offer their mobile bb packages to any phone user.


  • #8
    dmn
    Registered Users Posts: 344 ✭✭dmn


    a lot of the time the mobile broadband sims are not provisioned for voice calls, just for data. so yes there is a difference a lot of the time, purposely done by the networks disabling this. you would have to check.


  • #9
    try
    Registered Users Posts: 189 ✭✭try


    For heavy duty phone surfing on the phone I would get an unlockrd mifi and carry it in your pocket within range of your phone


  • #10
    misetusame
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭misetusame


    Now, that's an interesting option, if not going a bit too far!

    It would allow people on, say Meteor, to buy a Vodofone mobile broadband SIM to put in the MiFi.

    For people who didn't know what it was, including myself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiFi


  • #11
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,659 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    Yes it will work, but for VF anyway the data sims all have a preset tariff for sms and calls which is far higher than what you'd pay on an actually "voice" sim.


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  • #12
    misetusame
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭misetusame


    Ya, so you'd get a Vodafone SIM for the MiFi for data only, and use your normal Meteor SIM in your phone to make all the calls. So the voice costs on the Vodafone shouldn't be an issue.


  • #13
    estreetb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭estreetb


    mifi is interesting

    for somone who mainly uses internet ans seldom calls and texts would the mobile broadband sim be the best option

    then cabbage or free webtexts can be used for texting


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