highlandjambo3 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Hi All, I am setting up a tour guide business to run concurrently with my guesthouse. One of the services I’d like to provide is free in car wi-fi (subject to connectivity of course), no smart comments, we do have electricity and busses now. Anyway, the easiest option I believe is to allow the use of my data, currently 2gb from my iPhone, if I have “roaming data & personal hotspots” set to on, so long as there is G3-4 signal, clients can use wi-fi in my car. My phone plan is £26 per month which includes my phone and my wife’s, I believe I could upgrade the data available should this not be enough per month, dependant of course on how often it’s used. So, I do believe there are other ways to do this, other tech items I could purchase to improve this.............. Does anyone have a better idea that is simple and not so expensive? I must warn you, reply like you are talking to a 5year old child 😊 I am no tech guru, pictures of items (or links) would be appreciated. thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Just a suggestion, I'm not in any way an expert. Get one of these i.e. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00INXBW3U/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_2oQmEbVAEXGJN Buy a sim only deal ( most can be bought on a monthly rolling contract), you should be able to get at least 10gb a month for a tenner and obviously larger allowance for more cash. Others may have better solutions 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuthy2k Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Not being funny but depending on how your in-car wifi gets used, 10GB could be eaten up in a day or two. If your passengers 2x kid's for example stream some movies or tv shows, you will be close to or over your allowance quite quickly. A 1hr TV show via netflix uses 1GB of data, stream in HD and it's 3GB of data. Personally, I would look at an unlimited data package for peace of mind, or if money was a restriction something like 50GB then give it a few months and determine average usage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUTOL Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Instead of buying a gadget you could use an old mobile phone and get a sim from whichever provider has the most coverage in areas you will cover. (plugged into keep charged and set as a hotspot) Voxi (vodaphone) do a sim with unlimited data for £30 pm. Or 8gb for £10 and unlimited social media use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) Edit: post deleted Edited January 30, 2020 by IronJambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlabalaba Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I use smarty , 30gb for £10 a month https://smarty.co.uk/plans/30gb-data?utm_medium=PPC&utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=PURE_BRAND_SMARTY_SITELINK&utm_content=e&gclid=CO7inJmnq-cCFVqChQodj9sHsA&gclsrc=ds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Smarty looks like a good un. It uses the 3 network, if that's any help regarding coverage in your area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 25 minutes ago, shlabalaba said: I use smarty , 30gb for £10 a month https://smarty.co.uk/plans/30gb-data?utm_medium=PPC&utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=PURE_BRAND_SMARTY_SITELINK&utm_content=e&gclid=CO7inJmnq-cCFVqChQodj9sHsA&gclsrc=ds Ok thanks........so, will this SIM card data only work with this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07147RC7F/ref=emc_b_5_t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 18 hours ago, shlabalaba said: I use smarty , 30gb for £10 a month https://smarty.co.uk/plans/30gb-data?utm_medium=PPC&utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=PURE_BRAND_SMARTY_SITELINK&utm_content=e&gclid=CO7inJmnq-cCFVqChQodj9sHsA&gclsrc=ds I have never heard of them but that deal looks incredible to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Winchester Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Quite a few companies offer unlimited data packs now but you might need to take a close look at the Terms and Conditions as I'm sure most will say they are for personal use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 6 hours ago, Dean Winchester said: Quite a few companies offer unlimited data packs now but you might need to take a close look at the Terms and Conditions as I'm sure most will say they are for personal use. I won’t tell anyone 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 7 hours ago, Dean Winchester said: Quite a few companies offer unlimited data packs now but you might need to take a close look at the Terms and Conditions as I'm sure most will say they are for personal use. Not only that, most will throttle back speeds massively after the fair use limit is reached, which I think is bullshit myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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