The popular 3G forum has seen a little discussion sparked by ‘The_Fellowship’, who asks whether he can place the SIM card from his 3 Mobile Broadband dongle in to a 3G phone, thus using it as a modem. This is so he can use the modem wirelessly over Bluetooth instead of using a USB lead.

Wenklaw thinks it shouldn’t be a problem as the same content is delivered whether it’s through the USB dongle or a mobile phone. Alan_semple adds to the discussion, explaining that although the access point names (APN) are different (3internet for the dongle, three.co.uk for the phone), they both work on either device. He continues: “The 3internet APN has a shorter number of hops” when going to a URL, and confirms “a SIM card with the £10 “Mobile broadband Add-on” will work, and you can access the internet via the Bluetooth modem”. Alan also notes that a SIM card with the £5 internet add-on will not work in a USB modem!