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Quick Tip - Cheapest Mobile Broadband Deals
What is mobile broadband?
Mobile Broadband essentially lets you connect your PC or Mac to the internet without the need to have access to a phone line or wi-fi connection.
What are the best deals for Mobile Broadband?
Here are some of the best mobile broadband deals in the market.
* Free if you choose the 3.6Mb USB modem. The 7.2 Mb USB modem costs £39
Want to find out more about Mobile Broadband? Why not read our new, in-depth Beginner's Guide to Mobile Broadband!
FAQs
What are the key benefits?
- Mobile Broadband lets you can use your laptop anywhere that has 3G coverage (which these days means most towns and cities in the UK) - whether studying at uni, browsing in Starbucks or working on the train.
- If you don't want, or have access to, a home phone line you can still get high speed internet access with Mobile Broadband. It can save you money too.
- You can receive download speeds of between 1.8Mb and 7.2Mb depending on the network and reception. The average home broadband speed people actually receive is 3Mb.
- If you move house a lot your mobile broadband connection travels with you.
- You can sign up to mobile broadband and be up & running within a day. No need to wait weeks for an engineer installation or MAC codes.
- It's very easy to set-up. You just plug the mobile broadband USB modem into your PC or Mac and within minutes you're up and running.
- There's lots of choice of provider and mobile broadband can be cheaper than home broadband! It costs as little as £10 a month!
- It's low risk -if you find that the reception in your area isn't good enough then you just cancel the contract in the first couple of weeks
How does it compare to home broadband?
We've all seen endless adverts that offer 'up to 8Mb' download speeds for home broadband from companies like Tiscali, BT and Talk Talk. In reality the average speed people receive in the UK is 3Mb according to an indepedent test recently quoted on the BBC News website. Mobile broadband speeds vary with provider and depending on the coverage where you are at the time.
What is 3G?
Essentially it's a technology that lets data transfer at very high speeds over mobile phone networks. It is the technology that enables internet browsing via mobile broadband, Over the years the download speeds it can achieve have grown to the point where they are beginning to rival the average home broadband speed.