The Best Mobile Broadband Deal

At the time of going to press (May 08) I've been trawling over the UK's mobile operators to find the best deal on Mobile Broadband products.

There are a few pitfalls to look out for. You have a mobile phone, your mobile may have 3G and an internal modem. Your laptop may be able to connect to the internet via your phone. Sounds like you have got it licked - so you call up you operator and get an unlimited web browsing bolt-on and away you go, right? Wrong!

The way the mobile operators look at it is that your mobile phone is one device that can connect to the net and the bolt on is for that device only- your mobile. Your laptop is another story, this is deemed as a net hungry device that needs a separate contract! These contract come in all shapes and sizes from pay monthly to pay as you go. Here I've tried to make sense of the minefield that is Mobile Broadband.

The main point I can make is that just because you are on a certain network for a mobile phone doesn't mean you should stay on that network for a mobile broadband contract.

I've found a site that compares the top mobile broadband packages:

Top Mobile Packages

Good luck, please post back when you have made your choice - people need advice.

posted by powderdust @ 19:53:00