[asathorny]

Alcatel Y800 Mini WiFi - Devices | EE Help

I bought this tother day and I know that some of our club use tablets and thought I would share.

As you know I only work a few days a month, and then only if I am lucky, this is the only time I need access to the interweb through my ipad.

Since we are pretty much all skinflints who look for the BEST for the LEAST money I decided to share this with ya'll.  It cost me £70 and came to 6 gigs of usage preloaded.  The guy in the shop really, I mean RAELLY, wanted me to take a monthly contract for data.  I explained to him twice that I don't need a contract as my usage wasn't gonna be very high he eventually gave up and sold me the item for the £69  ...

I got it home and immediately set it up and connected my iPad Mini (after a little cuffufle finding the wireless key hidden under the cover) it zoomed onto the net at 4G.   So now when I am at work and some legal question arises I can go and find the case law to solve the problem.

My Ipad was 219 UKPS with wifi only, to have it with wifi AND 3G would have been another hundred and a CONTRACT....  so this puts me miles ahead of the dopes who pay the big bucks to MR Apple to have wifi and 3G.

I now have wifi and 4G for less money than Mr Apple wanted for 3G...

I seldom win but when I do it sure makes me feel good.   Oh and if there are any dopes who bought the expensive Apple with both just let me bask in this for a moment,  thank you 

[AlanHo]

Sounds like a smart move asa. However - how widespread and reliable is 4G.

My son-in-law who travels widely as a loss adjuster, has a company provided all-singing-all-dancing smartphone but he reckons he spends most of his time with a 3G connection cuz 4G is too thinly spread.

[asathorny]

Sounds like a smart move asa. However - how widespread and reliable is 4G.

My son-in-law who travels widely as a loss adjuster, has a company provided all-singing-all-dancing smartphone but he reckons he spends most of his time with a 3G connection cuz 4G is too thinly spread.

Yep, I am sure your right Alan, especially in the wilds of Flintshire.   Anyway, thanks for popping my bubble Alan 

[Dazzler]

Sounds like the bees knees Asa.

We have a wi-fi only table and 3g Wi-fi dongle which we use regularly when not at home.

It came with 5GB of data over 90 days included in the price (about A$80 I think at the time) much cheaper now 18 mths later.

Top it up once a year with 12GB for $180 which isn't cheap but seems to work for us!

[eye30]

I can beat your price Asa.

I pay zilch, NIL, zero for my wifi out and about with BT.

Just download the app pop in id and pw and connect to zillions of hotspots

[asathorny]

I can beat your price Asa.

I pay zilch, NIL, zero for my wifi out and about with BT.

Just download the app pop in id and pw and connect to zillions of hotspots

Lester, I think your having to many jovial boozy trips out.   If you re-read carefully you'll notice that I mention that I have WIFI like everyone else <sigh>...   
You can't get WIFI free or not in an area where wifi is not provided.

Let me try to make this more simple.   When I am in an area where there are not BT WIFI HOTSPOTS (and there are many of them) I can still access the web now using 3/4G....

I too have BT super fast, and I too have the BT APP on all my devices.   However as I often go over Pendle Hill, on them wild North Yorkshire moors, and also travel through the desolate area called WALES there aint too many wifi hotspots, so then's when my dongle thingy comes into it's own.

I do hope this clears this up for ya Lester...   I can't come over and explain, the hospital at Heswall has gone tits up and no0one will tell me why 

[AlanHo]

I've known my dongle thingy come into its own in desolate places in younger years..............

[asathorny]

Sounds like the bees knees Asa.

We have a wi-fi only table and 3g Wi-fi dongle which we use regularly when not at home.

It came with 5GB of data over 90 days included in the price (about A$80 I think at the time) much cheaper now 18 mths later.

Top it up once a year with 12GB for $180 which isn't cheap but seems to work for us!

I would have bought the dongle also Dazz, except (and this is annother major drawback with APPLE, there is no USB port)...   Why oh why did I buy this overpriced piece of crap)...   Bbut yeah there where a few dongles on display and all of them are/where a whole lot easier to set up then this alcatel Y800 thing.

It serves the purpose for now at a similar price to yours except my tops have a ninety day limit on the thieving ba***rds...

[asathorny]

I've known my dongle thingy come into its own in desolate places in younger years..............

     

[Dazzler]

Sounds like the bees knees Asa.

We have a wi-fi only table and 3g Wi-fi dongle which we use regularly when not at home.

It came with 5GB of data over 90 days included in the price (about A$80 I think at the time) much cheaper now 18 mths later.

Top it up once a year with 12GB for $180 which isn't cheap but seems to work for us!

I would have bought the dongle also Dazz, except (and this is annother major drawback with APPLE, there is no USB port)...   Why oh why did I buy this overpriced piece of crap)...   Bbut yeah there where a few dongles on display and all of them are/where a whole lot easier to set up then this alcatel Y800 thing.

It serves the purpose for now at a similar price to yours except my tops have a ninety day limit on the thieving ba***rds...

ours is wi-fi too asa . Upgraded from a plug in one ( but our tablet has usb anyway)

[eye30]

Asa i now understand why you need it. Thanks.

Re heswall, i passed near by a few weeks ago, on the wirral way, and cars in the car park and people outside smoking.

Has it now closed down?
Or just the type of patients you visit no longer being admitted

[asathorny]

Asa i now understand why you need it. Thanks.

Re heswall, i passed near by a few weeks ago, on the wirral way, and cars in the car park and people outside smoking.

Has it now closed down?
Or just the type of patients you visit no longer being admitted

I understand it's closed,  I believe another health care group have bought  if u hear anything Lester let me know.  Knowledge is power 

[eye30]

Asa i now understand why you need it. Thanks.

Re heswall, i passed near by a few weeks ago, on the wirral way, and cars in the car park and people outside smoking.

Has it now closed down?
Or just the type of patients you visit no longer being admitted

I understand it's closed,  I believe another health care group have bought  if u hear anything Lester let me know.  Knowledge is power 

Will do asa.

If the weather picks up late feb i may have a cycle up that way and if i do i'll pop past the place and see what name is on the door for you.

[Lakes]

ASA sorry your having troubles, i have no trouble at all getting my iPad online wi fi & never had storage problem with it yet, seems to hold a lot in it.
but i'm not into pc's like the nerds in here  but they are all tops in my book. my old windows 7 lap top just won't hook up to the same wi fi 3g i use, it did at one time, but now refuses to work online or go online ( will have to tell Tony )

Apple works for me, have not needed to buy anything to go with it yet, just different to the windows but in end they all do the same thing.

bit like having a manual car & clutch starting with flat battery , then buying an auto & getting a flat battery & thinking if i had a manual i'd clutch start it, you can push start an auto i have, just need to do it differently.  old dog new tricks.

[Dazzler]

bit like having a manual car & clutch starting with flat battery , then buying an auto & getting a flat battery & thinking if i had a manual i'd clutch start it, you can push start an auto i have, just need to do it differently.  old dog new tricks.

My head hurts! 

[FatBoy]

I have an iPad 2, which I purchased just after the iPad 3 was released in Australia.  An Android tablet was not an option for me as the Aviation Applications are all iPad based, and not approved on Android.  I use mine regularly in the air, which provides moving map displays and approach charts for all of Australia.

I weighed up whether to get the 3 or 2, and had a look at the differences.  At the time, the iPad 3 had 4G access (which didn't work on Australian 4G), and a higher resolution screen and camera.  I wasn't using it for high definition stuff so didn't need them.

All in all, I should have waited for the iPad mini, it fits much easier on a knee board. 

[asathorny]

So, I took my iPad to a local supermarket (the one which does NOT have free wifi) and this is the results with the gadget :-

[Dazzler]

So, I took my iPad to a local supermarket (the one which does NOT have free wifi) and this is the results with the gadget :-

I saw the arrow at Zero and thought (first off) just one of ASA's facebook jokes... 

Then I saw the figures at the top (pretty good)! 

[eye30]

I understand it's closed,  I believe another health care group have bought  if u hear anything Lester let me know.  Knowledge is power 

Asa,

Does this answer your question as to why visiting heswall ceased?

Here is an article from my local free paper site

http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/11025645.Care_watchdog_blast_for_privately_run_mental_health_hospital_in_Heswall/

[asathorny]

I understand it's closed,  I believe another health care group have bought  if u hear anything Lester let me know.  Knowledge is power 

Asa,

Does this answer your question as to why visiting heswall ceased?

Here is an article from my local free paper site

Care watchdog blast for privately-run mental health hospital in Heswall (From

Most enlightening, thank you....       No wonder we were never invited into patient areas <sigh>

[eye30]

I understand it's closed,  I believe another health care group have bought  if u hear anything Lester let me know.  Knowledge is power 

Asa,

Does this answer your question as to why visiting heswall ceased?

Here is an article from my local free paper site

Care watchdog blast for privately-run mental health hospital in Heswall (From

Most enlightening, thank you....       No wonder we were never invited into patient areas <sigh>

Asa,

As it has been sunny here today i went off on my push bike along the wirral way.

Did 18 miles so building up nicely to do the mega cycle trip at easter.

Got to heswall and from the ww the place looked deserted.  No cars in car park, no lights on , no windows open, no noises, no people visible in or outside.
It was like the mary celeste......

 Being nosey i went around to the road and the front of the building.

Sign at entrance says Regency hospital.
Looking up the drive the road surface looked as if no vehicles had been up there for a while, road had debris which would normally be cleared by vehicles brushing it away, and what i presume is the main entrance was in darkness, i.e. no lights on..

Hope this info give you more to go on and whether it is still operational?

[asathorny]

Thanks Lester, your a good man 

I think the place still belongs to the owners who will now have to decide, sell up, or, try again.   Trying again does not look promising.   I mean, all the start money has been spent once starting up the first time.  To do it all again they'd need very sympathetic bankers 

We'll just have to see what happens, a contact/ex employee has moved to another hospital which I serve and says that all the employees (some of whom have received no wages) have been summoned to a meeting there next week I think she said.  She clearly wont be attending as she is now happy and settled at this other hospital.

If I hear owt I'll let ya know, and visa verse I hope   

[eye30]

If I hear owt I'll let ya know, and visa verse I hope   

If i go out for a ride along the ww and i'm up near heswall i'll check the place out for you.

[Phil №❶]

Asa,

As it has been sunny here today i went off on my push bike along the wirral way.

Did 18 miles so building up nicely to do the mega cycle trip at easter.

Got to heswall and from the ww the place looked deserted.  No cars in car park, no lights on , no windows open, no noises, no people visible in or outside.
It was like the mary celeste......

 Being nosey i went around to the road and the front of the building.

Sign at entrance says Regency hospital.
Looking up the drive the road surface looked as if no vehicles had been up there for a while, road had debris which would normally be cleared by vehicles brushing it away, and what i presume is the main entrance was in darkness, i.e. no lights on..

Hope this info give you more to go on and whether it is still operational?

Sounds just like the beginning of the movie "12 O'Clock High"

Did you go back in time, eye 

[asathorny]

Oh it's much more sinister than that Phil.....     This could affect my income 

[Phil №❶]

Oh dear, hadn't realized that. 

[eye30]

If I hear owt I'll let ya know, and visa verse I hope   

If i go out for a ride along the ww and i'm up near heswall i'll check the place out for you.

Asa,

Out today on my pushy along the ww.

Went past the hozzie and had lights on outside and a few inside but car park was empty.

No bodies skulking around!

[AlanHo]

No bodies skulking around!

Unfortunate turn of phrase................

[eye30]

No bodies skulking around!

Unfortunate turn of phrase................

[asathorny]

I believe MHC Ltd have purchased it...    Now to figure out a way of making contact, bearing in mind that I may be perceived as part of the mob that sent it under (which is not true, I am an independent manager and having nothing to do with the day to day running, or treatment of the client group.

See, this is a bummer of being self employed, bring back the NHS and jobs fer life