Best For Broadband

How would you like to have broadband access without the need for a phone to be installed? With a dongle you can have mobile broadband access anywhere - at home, in a hotel, in the bar, on the train - in fact anywhere (well provided you can get a signal). Browse the web, pick up email from as little as £10 a month.

Dongles (small USB modems) are available from Carphone Warehouse for T-Mobile or Three on the following tariffs (prices correct at time of writing)

Three Broadband Plus
18 months - £15.00 a month - £49.95 USB modem
Up to 3GB of data allowance a month and speeds of up to 2.8Mbps

Three Broadband Lite
24 months - £10.00 a month - £49.95 USB modem
Up to 1GB of data allowance a month and speeds of up to 2.8Mbps

T-Mobile Web n Walk Plus
18 months - £29.00 a month - FREE USB modem
Up to 3GB of data allowance a month and speeds of up to 1.8Mbps

T-Mobile Web n Walk Plus
24 months - £15 a month - FREE USB modem
Up to 3GB of data allowance a month and speeds of up to 1.8Mbps

You can also check out the latest offers from the mobile providers direct and it’s worth checking coverage before optting for either T-Mobile or Three. Three expect to roll out their Turbo Network next year offering 2.8Mbps speeds.

Also worth checking is the cost of extra data allowance should you go over the monthly limit. If you expect to be an extensive user then Three also offer a 7GB allowance on their Broadband Max option - plus there’s good news for lite users too with the introduction of pay as you go mobile broadband tariff.

So which dongle should you choose? Well, Three are leading the charge with Mobile Broadband, offering a range of reasonably price tariffs compared to T-Mobile. The Pay as You Go option may well be ideal if you’re unsure if using a dongle is right for you. Three also offer more generous data allowance packages, which is a surprise given T-Mobiles mobile phone Web n Walk deals.