I recently needed to use my Eee PC whilst on the move, no problem at airports and other areas with (sometimes) free wi-fi but I ended up in a Travel Lodge where they wanted ten pounds extra to use the wi-fi, so instead I bought a “3″ sim card for a tenner and it came with 1 gb of internet use.. more than enough for me to answer a few emails and surf a couple of websites.

I had my trusty Novatel Merlin XU870 in my bag and my USB adaptor so that it plugs into my Asus Eee PC, I slipped in the “3″ sim and the next thing I knew I was surfing at true broadband speeds via HSDPA at nearly 3 mbps… amazing.

My Novatel Merlin is the most flexible of data cards as I can connect it to:

• Expresscard directly
• USB Via USB Adaptor
• PC Card Slot via a Caddy
• PCI slot via a PC Caddy and PCI Adaptor.

All the adaptors and the datacard itself came from Tim at www.edgethailand.com who always seems to have the best prices and a wealth of information that you just wont find elsewhere. Thanks Tim.

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