Mobile Broadband In South Africa

[Salamat]

Searching through posts here, am I summarising correctly....

For someone frequently visiting South Africa

1, I could buy a dongle here, but would have to pay to get it unlocked.

2, If I have an unlocked dongle, I should be able to get a sim in South Africa but I will need to learn various settings for the software to connect.

3, I could buy a dongle (Vodacom) in South Africa which may, or maybe not, be unlocked that I can also use in the UK. Anyone know if they're locked or not?

4, If I get a dongle in South Africa, I can probably find a sim to use in the UK, from a well known auction site, but again I'll need the settings to connect.

Anything else I need to consider, or anything simpler?

Salamat

[Retired-Matt_Vo]

Hi Salamat

You are spot on really with everything you have said all these options will be available for yourself

In regards to getting a South African dongle and purchasing a SIM from ("from a well known auction site") why not consider a UK 30day rolling SIM only contract so it gives you the best possible value for your money

Thanks
Matthew
eForum Team

[Salamat]

Hi Salamat

You are spot on really with everything you have said all these options will be available for yourself

In regards to getting a South African dongle and purchasing a SIM from ("from a well known auction site") why not consider a UK 30day rolling SIM only contract so it gives you the best possible value for your money

Thanks
Matthew
eForum Team

Thanks for the reply. I'd possibly mistakenly got the impression that you couldn't get a sim only for the dongle, so I'll look at that option. Thanks

Salamat