Funny you should say that Cris because Helen took the dongle to work intending to return it to the shop in the morning and instead sold it to a co worker who apparently has an account with every service provider in Britain and so just buys the sim offering the best deal each month . The lengths some people will go to eh
I prefer a home router as Helen has an ipad and i have a real computer and when the kids/grandkids visits they always have something else they need a connection password for .
Another 4 hours on the phone today revealed Plusnet have not sent my router because talktalk had placed a "cease" on my line preventing me from moving to another provider thus locking a broken connection (phone and internet) and removing any possibility it might get fixed even by there own engineers
So i have now agreed to accept fibre optic and a £65 charge for an engineer to visit my house to tell me there is nothing wrong with my own equipment and i will have a sex change and pay all of India's national debt and so they will lift the "cease" on my services .
As soon as i came off the phone to them i called Plusnet who will monitor my line and steal it just as soon as they can gain access , i then cancelled all direct debit to talktalk
Within 2 hours my home phone was ringing and tests are obviously taking place so i hope to be back online with Plusnet very soon .
Using my mobile phone as a router via tethering is a very useful thing to know though , connection is painfully slow but at least i can get online if i'm patient .