#“Save a packet on O2 Mobile broadband. Cancel and re-subscribe”
I've had O2 mobile broadband for something like 2 years. I haven't used it much at all in the past few months and cancelled it a few weeks back. It was costing 30 p.m. for 10GB.
However the ongoing problems with Eircom DSL every single night from 7pm to midnight has been driving me insane. Throughput drops to almost 0bps. The feedback I see on Twitter is that I'm not the only one and Cork seems to be particularly bad.
So I finally setup the big assed external antenna connected to a Huawei E176 dongle and all seemed ok on that front as a backup. But Vodafone mobile broadband in Bandon is brutal due to really minuscule backhaul.
Yesterday I trotted off down to the O2 Shop in Bandon to sign up again. Now I'm getiing 15GB a month for 16.99 (normally 19.90). So my top Monday money saving tip - check your O2 bill. if you are giving them 30 a month for your dongle, cancel it.
Quick update on the external antenna. Yes it works in the attic, yes I get HSDPA but the throughput is very poor. So I'm going to have to bite the bullet and mount it outside somewhere where previous tests showed good throughput.
Second quick update - the E176 works perfectly plugged into my Billion Router.