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You can so long as the Dongle you have is unlocked or compatible with your chosen provider. They are like mobile phones and can be locked to a provider but can also be unlocked. If you look on E bay you get plenty of unlocked ones much cheaper. I think i paid £15 incl postage fora brand new one which was on 3 network but unlocked which I took to Spain and used with my Masmovil Sim no problems at all.

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Like you I have an old 3 dongle but some providers won't do a sim only deal and insist you buy their dongle.Dont know if Carrefour fall into that category:)

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I wasn't aware of that but I do know you can just get a sim card from Masmovil who like carrefour use Orange as a provider. Worth looking at good rates I have had no problems with them run it all on line when I am over there.

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Most days I have internet at the library but the Carrerfour deal seems a good back up at only 3 euros for the odd days I don't:) although 100mb isn't a lot of surfing in 24 hours

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Anybody know what happens if you go over the 100mb (the girl in Carrefour didn't) funny as she's trying to sell the product;)

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When mine was nearing the daily limit they sent a sms to the dongle. I think on a previous spell with them they then went to slow mode

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Thought that might be the case......how slow is slow mode......dial up speed? Or slower.......

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We've just got rid of our Vodafone dongle, as it had got very unreliable and slow.

We've replaced it with wireless broadband from Broadband4Spain, with a small aerial on the roof to receive the signal from their transmitter. It costs 29€ (inc IVA) per month and we are getting just under 6mbps. We had to pay 6 months upfront to cover the installation charges and first 6 months of service, then we pay nothing more until the 6 months are up. After that we pay by the month, and can cancel the service if we are not here (doesn't affect us but might suit people who divide their time between Spain and the UK) with no reconnection charges when we want it back on. We're very happy with it so far.

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I went over the limit a couple of days ago. Usually I don't go over but there were a 7 updates for Windows that got downloaded. So it's also worth bearing that in mind if you only use the dongle infrequently.
It sent me a sms alerting me I was approaching the daily limit. It should have gone to dial up speed after that but seems to have carried on at around the same speed but every 10 minutes or so dropped the signal and I had to reconnect.

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How long do you get just surfing forums like this one?

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That's a good point. The best thing to do is turn off Windows Auto Update and download them manually when you have access to a free WiFi connection.

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On the daily allowance I have no problem but then again I only dip in and out.
If you have a dongle you can check the statistics to get some idea of what you are using.
I have got to say it suits me fine.