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Ipad 3g version?

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perry245

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Hi so i am thinking about buying an ipad in the uk and was wondering that if i brought the 3g version will i have to pay extra a money to use the 3g!
 
In the U.S. 3G for the iPad will be supplied by AT&T and you will not be locked into any contract. You will be able to purchase the service on a month by month basis and will be able to do this on the iPad. Therefore you need only use it when you want or need it.
 
Tom G. said:
In the U.S. 3G for the iPad will be supplied by AT&T and you will not be locked into any contract. You will be able to purchase the service on a month by month basis and will be able to do this on the iPad. Therefore you need only use it when you want or need it.
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OP is in the UK with no AT&T so not applicable.:D
 
perry245 said:
Hi so i am thinking about buying an ipad in the uk and was wondering that if i brought the 3g version will i have to pay extra a money to use the 3g!
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I have just written a blog with a cheap solution for you, I cannot think of a cheaper way of getting 3G internet on the move that will let you surf from an iPad (or any WiFi enabled device) than this.

http://www.freeipadblog.co.uk/blog/2010/03/24/how-to-get-cheap-mobile-wifi-mifi-for-your-ipad/

For those of you that dont want to read my blog, basically I'm suggesting that you get a scruffy/cheap (or scruffy and cheap) cellphone with WiFi that will run an app like Joikuspot - then use it is as a WiFi hotspot to get online on the move.
You can then pick whatever data tariff suits you best.

I know this is basically MiFi - but I think it's a cheaper, more flexible way of doing it.
 
No...access to 3G networks is free for all in the world except those in the US. :rolleyes:
 
guycross said:
You have to pay for 3G internet access in Europe too, and South America (where avilable)

so where is it free exactly?
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The original question is not as silly as it appears to some.

O2, a UK operator gives free and unlimited mobile internet with its pre-paid iPhone package. Somebody in Slough must have thought about the iPad long and hard.
 
kernkraft said:
The original question is not as silly as it appears to some.

O2, a UK operator gives free and unlimited mobile internet with its pre-paid iPhone package. Somebody in Slough must have thought about the iPad long and hard.
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£10 a month ($15US) is not free.
 
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