What happened to mobile internet /dongles?

8 replies

caravanette · 04/12/2019 20:26

I tried it in 2009 but it didn't work at my property . You don't hear of them now. Or am I mistaken??!

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QueenWhatevs · 04/12/2019 20:39

Wifi everywhere? Built in mobile internet in everything?

kitk · 04/12/2019 20:41

Data on phones is now so much cheaper that I can't understand why anyone would bother with a dongle that gave 30 mins of really shit internet for a tenner

Comefromaway · 04/12/2019 20:41

We had a dongle at work last year for one of the engineers to use his laptop Inn tje building site cabin.

MissConductUS · 04/12/2019 20:43

Most mobile phones can create a wifi hotspot/network using your cellular connection.

Dutch1e · 04/12/2019 20:44

I think because your mobile also functions as a Wifi hotspot for your laptop or other devices that the dongle is going the way of the beeper.

Pollaidh · 04/12/2019 20:45

You can just tether now, and mobile phone plans have insane amounts of data for fairly little money. Plus there's wifi everywhere.

Dutch1e · 04/12/2019 20:45

Oops, x-post with MissConductUS

lifeisgoodagain · 04/12/2019 20:59

They still exist, lots of DD's friends had data bank things at boarding school, she managed on just her phone

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