Originally Posted by
spc354
I have one question: Your 3G dongle! Is the hardware locked into a Chinese provider? Do you need a post-paid account to use it? Can you get an unlocked dongle and use SIM cards that can be picked up anywhere?
By "dongle", I assume that both you and
jiejie are referring to USB modems. Since most smart phones produced within the last year support tethering (for ~5 devices, usually), these USB modems are rapidly approaching obsolescence. Just make sure that your phone is unlocked (or get it jail broken here), and pick up a Unicom 3g sim in country (electronics markets sell them, as do some newspaper stands). I use a dedicated WCDMA mifi router myself because it is faster than normal 3g, but I'm not sure if it's easy to pick up SIMs for these in other countries.
ETA:
See these threads for more info:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/china...et-primer.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/china...one-china.html