Its the Vodafone K3565 and its unlocked, just what I need to use here in 
Jersey on the Airtel Vodafone network (different from UK Vodafone). They 
charge £ 49 for it over here with £ 10 credit and I paid £ 25 with no 
credit but it is unlocked. I currently tether my mobile phone but the 
USB Stick will come in handy. I presume you can get them for practically 
nothing in the UK?

"Nick Le Lievre" <nicklelievre@jerseymail.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Its the Vodafone K3565 and its unlocked, just what I need to use here in 
> Jersey on the Airtel Vodafone network (different from UK Vodafone). They 
> charge £ 49 for it over here with £ 10 credit and I paid £ 25 with no 
> credit but it is unlocked. I currently tether my mobile phone but the USB 
> Stick will come in handy. I presume you can get them for practically 
> nothing in the UK?

I have seen some places give them away

Essex Laptops - Andy Usher wrote:
> 
> I have seen some places give them away

Thought as much, I could of got the UK vodafone K3565 dongle for £ 26.58 
delivered from Amazon with 1GB of data to use next time I am in the UK 
but that one is locked to Vodafone UK.

A friend bought one of those for £ 30 from the Vodafone site thinking it 
was unlocked and when he got it found out it would not work over here on 
Airtel, luckily for him the Airtel shop over here got him an unlock code 
so he was able to use it.

I did not fancy having to go through Airtel Jersey to get an unlock code 
so looked for a Vodafone one which was already unlocked, in case it 
arrives locked I should be able to take it into the Airtel shop for an 
unlock code, but I am sure that it will be unlocked as advertised.

Then only downside is that I have forfeited my 1GB SIM to use on the UK 
Vodafone next time I am there as the one being sold on eBay is without 
the 1GB sim, but it would be practically no use to me anyway and would 
prefer to have an already unlocked dongle.

It seems to get a free one over here you need to be on an expensive 
monthly contract.

"Nick Le Lievre" <nicklelievre@jerseymail.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Essex Laptops - Andy Usher wrote:
>>
>> I have seen some places give them away
>
> Thought as much, I could of got the UK vodafone K3565 dongle for £ 26.58 
> delivered from Amazon with 1GB of data to use next time I am in the UK but 
> that one is locked to Vodafone UK.
>
> A friend bought one of those for £ 30 from the Vodafone site thinking it 
> was unlocked and when he got it found out it would not work over here on 
> Airtel, luckily for him the Airtel shop over here got him an unlock code 
> so he was able to use it.
>
> I did not fancy having to go through Airtel Jersey to get an unlock code 
> so looked for a Vodafone one which was already unlocked, in case it 
> arrives locked I should be able to take it into the Airtel shop for an 
> unlock code, but I am sure that it will be unlocked as advertised.
>
> Then only downside is that I have forfeited my 1GB SIM to use on the UK 
> Vodafone next time I am there as the one being sold on eBay is without the 
> 1GB sim, but it would be practically no use to me anyway and would prefer 
> to have an already unlocked dongle.
>
> It seems to get a free one over here you need to be on an expensive 
> monthly contract.

trade site but target components www.tc24.co.uk were giving them away max of 
10 per customer not long ago

Essex Laptops - Andy Usher wrote:
> 
> trade site but target components www.tc24.co.uk were giving them away 
> max of 10 per customer not long ago

Only of any use to me if they were unlocked which they probably were 
not, the 3 dongle selling for £ 5 a while back could be unlocked 
apparently as can they all its just a case of getting hold of the right 
information/tools for FREE.

"Nick Le Lievre" <nicklelievre@jerseymail.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Essex Laptops - Andy Usher wrote:
>>
>> trade site but target components www.tc24.co.uk were giving them away max 
>> of 10 per customer not long ago
>
> Only of any use to me if they were unlocked which they probably were not, 
> the 3 dongle selling for £ 5 a while back could be unlocked apparently as 
> can they all its just a case of getting hold of the right 
> information/tools for FREE.

They were from 3

Essex Laptops - Andy Usher wrote:
> 
> "Nick Le Lievre" <nicklelievre@jerseymail.co.uk.invalid> wrote in 
> message news:1_LAm.492471$Ta5.479494@newsfe15.iad...
>> Essex Laptops - Andy Usher wrote:
>>>
>>> trade site but target components www.tc24.co.uk were giving them away 
>>> max of 10 per customer not long ago
>>
>> Only of any use to me if they were unlocked which they probably were 
>> not, the 3 dongle selling for £ 5 a while back could be unlocked 
>> apparently as can they all its just a case of getting hold of the 
>> right information/tools for FREE.
> 
> They were from 3

Maybe its a bit of work to get the unlocking info maybe not, the 
advantage for me in getting the Vodafone dongle is that they use the 
same one over here albeit unlocked.

In the worse case scenario that the eBay one ends up being locked I 
should be able to get it unlocked by the Airtel shop like my friend 
did... but if all goes to plan I've got an unlocked one for £ 25 which 
still works out £ 14 cheaper then buying over here.

Not quite as good as free or £ 5 but then I would need to do the 
unlocking myself and would probably not have the support of Airtel over 
here to fall back on seeing as the dongle was not even a Vodafone one 
like they already use over here.

"Nick Le Lievre" <nicklelievre@jerseymail.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message 
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>
> Not quite as good as free or £ 5 but then I would need to do the unlocking 
> myself and would probably not have the support of Airtel over here to fall 
> back on seeing as the dongle was not even a Vodafone one like they already 
> use over here.

Recieved my Vodafone K3565 USB Broadband dongle today, installed the VMC 
software and selected Airtel-Vodafone as network... it connected first time 
and seems to be a little faster then when tethering my phone...