actually I'll think it is against the contract rules to share the internet connection provided over cellular

I have one of these and I am using a 3 USB dongle - works great: http://www.dovado.com

I can definitely recommend the product.

Dennis

What a load of bull my friend is on there 18 month contract option for there 3G lives on the 20th of 1 of the estate flats in Hull.

After 8pm or after midnight he can never get a connection hardly and when it does according to AVG updater he's download at wait for it..... 2.9kbps and it never gets any higher.

God help the idiots who fall for this on what they would get 3's Mobile BB is the worth in the country.

And speaking of my friends MB I'm going in to get his contract cancelled for him only got 8 months left and it's never worked but he's so lazy to do anything about it. And if they don't a nice call to trading standards or OFCOM should get them to understand where I'm coming from.

Draytek recently (I think?) added a feature to their 2800-series routers via a firmware update, which allows one to use certain USB HSDPA dongles as a backup connection..

It's worth Googling for if you're a little more serious about the quality of your network.

On the other hand, if you know anything about Internet access in the UK, you'll realise that the mobile operators haven't got a bloody clue as to the meaning of the term 'Internet SERVICE PROVIDER'.

So the billion range of 3G routers and wireless routers doesn't exist?

http://au.billion.com/product/3g.php

We keep a few in stock, note also G and N support :) 

"only solution" indeed.

D-Link just added a new feature to some of it's existing and new routers. They call it SharePort and it utilizes the USB port on the back of certain routers. One function is the ability to connect a 3G USB modem to it and share it with anyone connected to the router. So you can connect either via CAT-5 or WiFi to the router and access the internet via the 3G modem.

Some of the routers capable of this are the DIR-825, DGL-4500, DIR-855, DIR-628, and DIR-655.

Utter nonsense indded, but only if you're happy to leave a PC or Mac on 24x7... and let's be honest many people don't want to do that. So maybe he has a point. Kinda.