[billabob]

Ive got a 3 network £15 pm usb modem, looking to upgrade handset to a Samsung Soul or N95 on contract, is it possible to take the internet sim out of the modem into the phone?? If so what benefit would you see?

[Ben]

Hi, welcome to Talk3G!

I believe it's possible, yes, but you probably wouldn't want to. The only benefit would be the data allowance, which one assumes you could then use on laptops/PDAs/computers by bluetooth or cabled connection to the handset. AFAIK dongles don't include any call/text/etc allowances, so regular phone usage would be expensive.

[3GScottishUser]

This is a strange request but I can confirm that I was unable to use a standard 3 PAYG sim in a PAYG dongle. I wanted to use the credit on the SIM but apparently the ones supplied with dongles are provisoned for such use and ordinary SIMs are not.

All very confusing and I gave up and bought some credit after chasing 3's CS for a few days. Mumbai just had no idea how to solve the issue.

[miffed]

Thats interesting ! I am happily using a 3 (handset) PAYG SIM in my E220 - it is actually an ex-contract SIM which switched to PAYG at the end of my contract.

I have also used the SIM that came with the Dongle in me E90 (albeit briefly ) but all I did was check "MY 3' and ring CS - I did not even get as far as putting any credit on it,