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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 7:14 am
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Originally Posted by Scifience
If you're bringing a laptop and concerned that finding internet may be a problem, it might be worth buying a prepaid 3G USB modem.

Both China Unicom and China Mobile offer them; ask for a 3G上网卡.

Info on China Unicom's (in Chinese) is at http://3g.10010.com/3gshop/list_3.html
Hi - thanks for this info - just what i was looking for! I think (not being able to read the page).

Basically I have a netbook and will be staying in an apartment and would like to connect to the net. The apartment is not fitted out with any telecommunications facilities and has no phone line or incoming cables (if you can tell I'm not a techie!)

I'm guessing the USB modem is what I'm looking for? From the chinese page are you able to tell me the approximate costs? I would imagine I would need a pre-paid as i have no residency status in China.

I would usually surf for about an hour a day for email, airline info and the news (just text news, no video or voice content).

And help appreciated.

Regards

lme etc etc

EDITED: i just sent the link to a friend of mine in China and it is 80RMB per month prepaid for 1GB data. But the outright purchase of the USB was proving a little more complex to ascertain so I'll look into that when I get there. (you get the USB modem for free if you take out a one year plan, but not sure how it works for less time than that)
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