Due to the problems over the weekend with Virgin Mobile and loss of Internet, I thought it was time to review my back up plan.
We had in place 2 existing options.
1. Connect via a phone line – Virgin impose a daily charge.
2. Use the Internet (Pay as you go) Dongle.
Both options have one major drawback, only 1 computer is able to connect to the internet.
So I have sent off for a mobile broadband router. Using my existing dongle several computers will be able to share the connection from the Dongle – you can even use a mobile phone instead of a dongle to obtain the internet connection. There were two models available, a mains only or a battery/mains. Because this is only a back up system I have selected the cheaper one – mains only.
So next time there is a problem with my Virgin Broadband we will be able to share the dongle.