Hi Thompson. The dongle is what I've been using for the last six months or more. You can get dongle and dongle plus data deals galore on Ebay. If anyone decides to go down that route it is worth checking how long the data lasts. If you use 3 Gig a month, for example, a data sim with 10 gig that only lasts for thirty days will probably not be the best deal you can get. If you are thinking of changing from an unlimited internet supplier you might not know how much data you use in a month.

Depending on your operating system you can get applications that keep a record of your data use. I'm on Linux and I use the free application called vnstat. This tells me how much data I use every day. for a couple of months before I quit my land line I kept a track of my data use so I had a good idea of how much data to buy.

My land line contract had been with Talk Talk and ending that contract turned out to be a very unpleasant experience. They tried to extend my eighteen month contract by two months and threatened me with legal action if I went too soon. The, as it turned out 'easy', solution was to say I was changing my address. After that there was no more problem.

I use pay-as-you-go deals and avoid contracts now. The more data you buy, the less you pay. You do have to check how long the data lasts. My current package is valid for twelve months but in reality it won't last that long. Keeping a daily track of my data use I can make sure I have a new data package available for when the current sim runs out. I've got several old sims I can top up but I often find better introductory deals on Ebay with a new sim. No contract means I can shop around for the best deal.

Occasionally the service can be intermittent. I don't know if this is because of local infrastructure problems or if it's down to the service provider, there were times when the land line service was worse.