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3 Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband - Visit

	3 Pay As You Go modem from £20.99 which includes 1GB of data valid for 30 days. Three Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband Top Up cost: Pay Per Day £2.99 for 500MB, expires midnight after the day you bought it. Pay Per Month £10 for 1GB, expires after 30 days. Pay Per Month £15 for 3GB, expires after 30 days. Pay Per Month £25 for 7GB, expires after 30 days.
	3 Pay As You Go Mobile Wireless Modem for £71.99, pre-loaded with 3GB of data valid for 3 months. Top Up costs as above.

Three Mobile Broadband Contracts - Visit

	3 Mobile Broadband Contracts from £7.87 a month for 1GB of monthly data on an 18 month contract, which includes a free USB modem.
	Pay Monthly Mobile Wi-Fi modem (MiFi) plans from £9.91 a month on an 18 month contract, which gives 1GB of data usage per month and includes the Huawei E585 Wireless Hotspot Modem.

Free Netbook Deals from Three - Visit

Free netbook deals from £31.31 per month e.g. Samsung NC110 netbook. Get a free netbook on a 24 month contract with a 15GB monthly data allowance. Deal includes a free mobile broadband dongle.

Free Laptop Deals from Three - Visit

Free laptop deals from £36.42 per month. Get a free laptop on a 24 month contract with a 15GB monthly data allowance. The deal includes a free mobile broadband dongle.

Products and Pricing last updated 3 Sep 2011.

Our Product Recommendations for Three Mobile

If you are looking for a service to use on your travels we recommend the basic Pay As You Go modem.

If you are looking to use 3 Mobile Broadband as your main home connection, and anticipate heavy internet usage, then look at a contract, as data usage rates are cheaper.

As soon as you get your dongle, test it during peak working time hours and in the early evening, at the principal location where you will be using it. If it's not good enough, return it under the Returns Policy, remembering not to use the modem for more than three consecutive days otherwise you will invalidate the Returns Policy.

If you can't get a good signal, either try another mobile broadband provider or get home broadband.

Three Mobile Broadband Returns Policy

You are allowed to try out the mobile broadband modem to see if it works in your area. If the connection performance is not satisfactory, the modems can be returned to 3 within 14 days of delivery, but the modem and SIM pack must be returned in "as sold" condition.

For Pay Monthly modems, you may be charged for any usage of 3 services you made before returning the modem. You will be charged at 3's standard rates.

For Pay As You Go modems you must not have used the modem for more than three consecutive days as this will invalidate the Returns Policy. No refunds will be given for Top-Up vouchers or any remaining Pay As You Go credit.

Correct as at May 2010. See also mobile broadband returns policies.

Key Facts on 3 Mobile Broadband

Has a very competitive pricing strategy, and is usually amongst the cheapest mobile broadband providers.

Offers a choice of Pay As You Go mobile broadband or Monthly Contracts.

Free laptop deals and free netbook deals available.

Is a VOIP and Skype friendly network, i.e. allows Skype usage to come out of monthly data allowances.

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Mobile Broadband Products Available

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3 Mobile Pay As You Go USB Modem

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3 Mobile Broadband Mobile Hotspots (MiFi devices)

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3 Mobile USB Modem Compatibility

Huawei E353 and E367 modems are compatible with Microsoft Windows (2000, XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7) and the Apple Mac OS (10.4, 10.5 and 10.6).

Correct as at 4 Sep 2011.

Typical Connection Speeds

See our mobile broadband testing performed during Mar/Apr 2011 for some typical 3 Mobile Broadband speed test results.

In our preliminary testing performed in June 2010, the average mobile broadband speed we achieved, based on 12 different tests at three different locations, was 1.47 Mb/s. The best speed we obtained during this testing was 3.44 Mb/s.

Coverage

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Value for Money

3 Mobile is very good value for money. It has a fairly aggressive pricing strategy and is usually amongst the cheapest mobile broadband providers.

VOIP / Skype Policy

VOIP / Skype is allowed, indeed positively promoted. For Pay Monthly contracts, Skype data usage comes out of your monthly allowance.

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Mobile Broadband Awards Won

Winner of the Best Mobile Broadband category at the 2011 Mobile Industry Awards.

3 Mobile Broadband Usage Abroad

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