Removing content control from your Vodafone USB dongle

I recently got a USB dongle from Vodafone, a super quick pro model, which I instantly fell in love with as it happily allowed me to check email, skype, play music through the office airport, and visit YouTube simultaneously. This love quickly turned to frustration when i went to visit Flickr, and a quickly familiar "Vodafone Content Control" window appeared. I was amazed, were Vodafone really telling me what I could look at? Maybe if was looking at dodgy sites i'd understand, but Flickr!!!!

Soon this censorship began to really bug me as any site outside of the mainstream was blocked, and so I searched for a solution. Vodafone forums weren't much help, and for all of the other users with the same problem, nobody seemed able to offer a solution.

So here goes - email webrelations@gb.vodafone.co.uk and they will do it for you. They simply need the long number from the SIM card, and the name of the person who owns the Vodafone account (will be you unless it's a work dongle like mine). And that's it. Mine is now allowing me the freedom i'd expect, and all is good.

Hope this helps.