If you are an existing 3 mobile customer you can now get a huge 50% off the monthly price of mobile broadband, meaning you can get their 3.6Mbps broadband from as little as £5 a month with free usb dongle included. The half price discount is available on all 18 and 24 month mobile broadband contracts.
the special offer prices are:
- up to 1gb £5 per month with free dongle (usually £10 per month)
- up to 3gb £7.50 per month with free dongle (usually £15 per month)
- up to 7gb £12.50 per month with free dongle (usually £25 per month)
to qualify for the discount you simply enter your existing 3 mobile phone number during checkout - for more information please visit the 3 mobile website
We have created a new section of our site dedicated to business mobile broadband packages you can now compare dedicated 3G business broadband in the same way as normal mobile broadband.
Both T mobile business and vodafone business have a number of services designed specifically or the business traveler including free wi fi hot spot access and roaming bundles to allow you to use your mobile broadband abroad for more information see our mobile business broadband section.
Following vodafones £15 a month mobile broadband deal & its massive advertising campaign sales of the USB dongle device in vodafone stores are reported to have increased dramatically with one store member reporting
‘We’re selling about 50 per month now. It used to be five per month.’
This increase looks set to continue as the demand for mobile broadband continues to grow in the UK
source: Mobile Today
for more information please visit the vodafone website
Customers buying 3 Mobile broadband can now chose the new slimline USB stick instead of the standard pebble type modem . The new stick offers the same speed and performance as the traditional 3 modem but eliminates the need for the short usb cable by plugging directly into your machine , this is likely to appeal to laptop users who are looking for the most lightweight and portable modem.
Vodafone have been offering a similar USB stick for sometime now and has proved a great sucess for them and im sure 3 stick will be just as popular for more information please visit 3 Mobile Broadband
3 Mobile has reduced the price of its prepay mobile broadband dongle from £99.99 to £69.99 whats even better is that existing 3 customers get a further £50 discount meaning they can get the dongle for £19.99 for more information on the price cuts please visit 3 Mobile
If you already are a pay as you go or contract mobile phone customer then if you sign up to 3 mobile broadband before the 31st of march you will only have to pay £19.99 for the usb dongle modem instead of the regular £69.99 normal price - all you need to do is enter your account number and mobile number during checkout
Offer available until 31/03/2008 while stocks last to existing customers registering on Broadband Lite, Broadband Plus or Broadband Max or Pay As you Go customers purchasing a Broadband Add-On (Add-on valid for 30 days from activation). Maximum discount is up to £50 off the applicable purchase price of USB Modem. Minimum term contract applies to contract customers. Service limitations and terms apply.
visit 3 mobile for more information
If you have Huawei E220 modem then you can update the firmware to be 7.2Mbps capable instead of the standard 3.6Mbps you can read more about it and download the updated firmware for vodafone and t mobile below
http://www.mobileconnected.co.uk/huawei-e220-72mbps-firmware-update/
http://lastmile.t-mobile.co.uk/datacardhelp/user/page.phtml?page_id=98
With the advent of mobile broadband and recent price cuts , 3G broadband is becoming more and more attractive to the home user particularly customers without a phone line or who are experience speed / connection issues with their adsl broadband.
Many home users now use mobile broadband to access the internet but one problem seems to be that allot of these users have more than one PC laptop xbox etc that all require internet access. At the moment the networks USB Dongle modem is aimed squarely at single laptop users and haven’t catered from these pc network users.
There are a couple of solutions however to share you 3G mobile broadband connection over your network
You can set up a traditional Internet Sharing setup http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126 the main disadvantage of this is that one pc needs to remain powered on to act as a host
The second solution is to get a router from Dreytek that you can plug the USB dongle and even some mobile phones into, this with then act as a normal wireless router to allow you to share the internet with the rest of your network the devices supported by the routers are
- Huawei E220 (T-Mobile, Vodafone, 3 etc.)
- Telstra HSDPA USB Modem
- 4G System XSPlug P3
- Zapp Telemodem Z020
- Option GlobeSurfer iCON 7.2
- Option Globesurfer iCON
- 4G System XSPlug P3
- ZTE AC8700 3G
- Benq EF91
- Nokia N70
- Nokia 6233
- Nokia N95
- LG U8380
- Telstra Next G 3G USB
- ZTE AC8700
- ZTE MF62
for more information visit http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/vigor2800.html
A lot of people have contacted me who are having trouble installing and getting the 3 USB dongle installed on Intel based Mac’s it turns out that some additonal software needs to be installed for the bundled data card applications to work correctly. I have included links below to the files needed (the first is the USB dongle driver) - just remember they are only for Intel based Mac’s and Macbooks
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/10/10/276991/HuaweiDataCardDriver.zip
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/10/10/276991/HuaweiDataCardApp.zip
When it comes to the best looking usb dongle modems i think you have to hand it to 3 aswell as being able to choose between their standard black or shiny white modem for free you can also buy custom skins for the gadgets to transform them into something a bit more special
loads of designs are available from flags to floral patterns! the skins cost around £4.95 each
for more information please visit 3 mobile broadband
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