Broadband News & Mobile Broadband News

You can now get O2 Home Broadband free for 12 months when you order O2 Mobile Broadband online for £20 a month. This is an exclusive online offer only and one we recommend you do not miss.

O2 Mobile Broadband provides speeds on your laptop up to 1.8Mb, has a 3Gb monthly download usage allowance and comes with a free O2 USB modem dongle that you plug into your laptop to connect to the O2 3G mobile broadband network.



There’s two O2 mobile broadband packages to choose from, one with an 18 month contract and one with a flexible one month contract where you pay a one-off £99.99 for the O2 USB dongle.

The free O2 Home Broadband Standard package (usual cost £7.50 a month) offers download speeds up to 8Mb and has an unlimited monthly download usage allowance.

You’ll get a FREE O2 wireless box for wireless broadband access in and around your home, plus have round the clock access to O2’s UK based customer and technical support if you need it.

Don’t miss this market leading mobile broadband offer. Find out more in our O2 Mobile Broadband review.

A mobile broadband craze is sweeping the country this summer as internet addicted Brits demand constant access to the high-speed internet using their laptops.

Recent research by T-Mobile Broadband has found that broadband through laptops is now such an important part of everyday life that Brits want to be able to take it with them absolutely everywhere this summer – even to the beach!



Mobile Broadband Is The New Beach Must-Have
Just under half of us (44%) think we should have access to the internet anywhere in the UK, but many are still stuck with the constraints of a fixed line connection. The beach may be an unusual place to want access to the internet, but one fifth of those questioned most want mobile broadband here.

Surf & Sup In Pub Gardens Also In Demand
Brits also stated other prime summer locations such as the pub, park and garden as their most desired places to get online. A fresh-air loving 44% of us want to log on whilst relaxing in the back garden, 32% want to be able to dial-up whilst on holiday and 8% want to surf and sup in pub gardens.

Richard Warmsley, Head of Internet and Entertainment services at T-Mobile said: “Mobile broadband has reached a tipping point and is now hitting the mainstream. Last year our research showed that only 3% of office workers wanted to work from the beach: one year on, the latest figures show that a staggering 44% of us now want to use the internet on the go, and an incredible 21% would like to use it at the beach.”

Huge Shift In Mobile Broadband Consumer Opinion
The research signals a huge shift in consumer opinion around broadband services. Consumers are used to taking their laptops out and about with them and they now expect to be connected to the Internet – whether that’s in the garden, at the office or in the park.

Take a look at our T-Mobile Broadband review for further information on the packages they offer.

You can now get a free Elenox Webbook (a mini laptop) worth £250 when you order Orange Mobile Broadband online at the Carphone Warehouse.

The Elenox Webbook is the perfect mini laptop for those who lead a busy life and with Orange Mobile Broadband it enables you to surf the Internet and access your email when you’re on the move.



The free Elenox Webbook has an 80Gb hard drive and 512MB of RAM. It comes pre-installed with Windows XP & Windows Media Player and has a 10.2 wide screen.

The Orange mobile broadband package provides speeds up to 1.8Mb with a 3Gb monthly download usage allowance.

This exclusive Orange mobile broadband and free laptop package costs just £25 a month and can only be ordered online at the Carphone Warehouse.

Please read our Mobile Broadband With Free Laptop guide to compare this deal with the other mobile broadband deals currently available.

The latest Vodafone Mobile Broadband adverts says its service is the fastest, most reliable mobile broadband in the galaxy – And only £15 a month.

We’re not quite sure about the galaxy part, but certainly in the UK Vodafone’s mobile broadband means you can download music and movies at speeds up to 7.2Mbps on your laptop, which is as quick as most home broadband and 14 times faster than standard 3G.



It’s also super reliable. You simply plug in the compact USB stick modem (Vodafone dongle) into your laptop and get online straight away with Vodafone’s fantastic mobile broadband coverage in the UK and abroad.

Vodafone have halved the price of its mobile broadband to just £15 a month for 3GB of web browsing and downloads. Alternatively, you can get a massive 5GB a month for £25 a month.

With 3GB you can browse the web for 100 hours, download 200 tunes and 100 video clips, plus send 2000 emails. If you want to keep an eye on how much you’re doing online, Vodafone’s mobile broadband dashboard gives you an idea of the data you’ve used.

Find out more on the fastest, most reliable mobile broadband in the galaxy with our Vodafone Mobile Broadband review.

With speeds up to 1.8Mb, O2 Mobile Broadband (for laptops) has now launched with prices starting from £20 a month with a free O2 USB modem dongle included.

There’s a 3Gb monthly data download allowance with users not being charged for going over this until the 31st October 2008 – thanks to a special promotion being run by O2.



The free USB modem dongle is available when you sign up to an 18 month contract, otherwise its a one off £119.99 if you take the rolling 1 month contract instead (known as O2 pay as you go mobile broadband / no contract mobile broadband)

You’ll also get unlimited access to 7,500 Wi-Fi hotspot locations in the UK through O2’s tie up with wi-fi specialists, The Cloud.

O2 mobile broadband is available to O2 customers only. More information can be found in our new O2 Mobile Broadband review.