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Portable wifi

Lettuce1962 — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:24:47 GMT

Is there a portable wifi device I can take with me to costa brava in case the hotel wifi is no good and I want to use my tablet of kindle, if so where do I get one and will it need a sim card and would I be able to top it up abroad

Re: Portable wifi

Bambino — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:29:10 GMT

@Lettuce1962 Look on Amazon.

Re: Portable wifi

MI5 — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:45:29 GMT

@Lettuce1962

You can't use O2 data only sims abroad, so you'll need to look at offerings from other networks for your data requirements.

Re: Portable wifi

Cleoriff — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:08:41 GMT

@Lettuce1962

I no longer travel abroad but do visit quite a number of holiday destinations throughout the UK where the Wifi is poor.

I take my PC or tablet. I have a Huawei dongle which needs a sim. I don't use O2,

I bought the dongle about 4 years ago.

I buy a data sim from Amazon. I always buy a pre-loaded sim and find the 3 network gives me the best coverage IN THE UK.

You need to check that any data sim can be used abroad.

Re: Portable wifi

Oxonian — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:55:48 GMT

I have a TP-Link M7350 4G LTE Mobile Wi-Fi Router which works well, is inexpensive and is available from major retailers.

The Netgear Nighthawk series are very highly though of, but are far more expensive.

I have no experience of using such devices overseas.