Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband

Vodafone Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband

USB Modem £25 (with free 2GB 30 day TopUp included).

TopUp at £15 for 2GB of data. Note that TopUps expire after 30 days.

TopUps can be purchased online or instore.

(Prices correct as at 27 Mar 2011)

T-Mobile Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband

USB modem costs £19.99 and £10 Top Up purchase required.

Subsequently choose one of the following Pay As You Go options:
- £2 per day
- £7 per week
- £15 per month

(Prices correct as at 27 Mar 2011)

3 Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband

USB modem costs £20.99, which includes 1GB of data valid for one month, then choose Top-Ups as follows:

- £2 for 500MB of data
- £10 for 1GB of data
- £15 for 3GB of data
- £25 for 7GB of data

(Prices correct as at 27 Mar 2011.)

Note that once activated the above allowances will expire after 30 days. Top-Ups can be purchased online or wherever you see the Top-Up sign, e.g. supermarkets and petrol stations.

Top-Up must be activated online and converted into one of the Mobile Broadband Add-Ons.

Online service My3 allows you to check how much data you've used and how much you've got left.

O2 Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband

USB Modem £20.42 (PC and Mac compatible)

Then choose a TopUp as follows:
- £2.04 per day (200MB data allowance plus Unlimited Wi-Fi)
- £10.21 per month, valid for 30 days (1GB data allowance plus Unlimited Wi-Fi)
- £15.32 per month, valid for 30 days (2GB data allowance plus Unlimited Wi-Fi)

(Prices correct as at 27 Mar 2011.)

You can pay for further access (TopUp) online using your debit or credit card.

The TopUp will also allow unlimited access to over 7,500 Wi-Fi hotspots provided by The Cloud and BT Openzone throughout the UK.

Orange Mobile Broadband

Orange does not have a product that is marketed as Pay As You Go mobile broadband, but you can buy a modem with a short 30 day renewable contract as follows:

Orange E1752 USB dongle £29

£5 a month contract charge, then 5.1p per MB for data, capped at £40 per month.

(Prices correct as at 27 Mar 2011.)