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Ok folk now I may have found one solution but one that I really only want to be temporary for the time being.
Last week I changed my providers phone plan it included an upgrade to a Google Pixel phone and the bundle came with a Samsung Tab 4 plus a few other goodies that beat my current plan by $3 a month. Now the Tab 4 came with a sim card and can be used as a mobile modem. it is sitting next to the machine as I type connected via wifi
The only thing that I need to find out is how much data I can use through the Tab 4 without overdoing it - the mobile broadband modem I already had does cost a lot of money and I have an idea they told me it would be cheaper to use the Tab 4 than the small (and very slow) modem I said I have already.
The young bloke did run me through the bundle and mentioned something along those lines but as always one gets bombarded with so much info I have forgotten exactly what data allowances are etc etc So I shall find out tomorrow just what is what but at least the speed of the connection now is blazingly fast:)
By the by the Google Pixel is in my mind much faster than the Samsung S5 I had and the battery life is phenomenal - plus it is bloat free - you only have on it what you want. But if you are thinking of the Google Pixel then best go for the XL model because mine (the straight Pixel) is limited to 32GB internal storage - no SD card access and the XL is slightly larger and has more internal storage.