Hot-Spot or Mobile Broadband

O2 have become the first Broadband provider to sell Home and Mobile Broadband together in one package.  For £20 you get their 3GB Mobile Broadband package, including unlimited Wi-fi hotspot access with The Cloud, and they give you their entry level home broadband package free for one year. That saves you £7.50 per month.

It seems like a good deal if you live in an O2 Broadband area but want to get Mobile Broadband too.  I’ve actually got O2 Home Broadband and it’s super-fast, running up to 19Mbps at my old house on the top package.  Worth a butcher’s.

3 are widely reported to be rolling out a new range of deals this August which will combine a free laptop with a £30 to £40 per month Mobile Broadband tariff. The contract will last 24 months and include 5GB of downloads per month.

This could be the ultimate student package, or a great way to purchase a second PC for your home whilst getting the benefit of mobile broadband whenever you need, with a generous download limit.

This is similar to Carphone Warehouse’s free laptop offers when you sign up to AOL for your home broadband, a deal which has proved very popular. Keep em peeled for the launch of the deals in a few days time on 3’s website.

GadgetStylist.com has just published a Beginner’s Guide to Mobile Broadband. There’s loads of useful info about what Mobile Broadband is, how it works and some suggestions about finding the best deal for your needs. Have a look and let us know what you think about it by adding a comment here!