Best Mobile Broadband Deals

Want to find the cheapest mobile broadband packages?  Here’s a quick summary of the cheapest tariff for each mobile broadband provider in the UK, based on their monthly charges.

These are the cheapest mobile broadband deals in the UK

Operator	Package Details	Speed	Data Limits	Costs	Modem Cost	Buy Now
(18 Months)	for existing Orange customers only ideal for light/occasional users	up to 3.6Mb	500MB	£4.89 per month	Free (£3.99 delivery charge)
(18 months)	14 day guarantee Mac and PC compatible	up to 3.6Mb	1GB	£10 per month	Free (£1.95 admin charge)
(24 months)*	Access to WiFi hotspots. Mac and PC compatible.	up to 3.6Mb	3GB + Un- limited WiFi	£9.79 per month (for first 4 months – £14.69 thereafter)	Free
(18 months)	Access to WiFi hotspots. 7 day guarantee.	up to 7.2Mb	3GB	£10 per month (for first 3 months – £15 thereafter)	Free
(12 months)	Mac and PC compatible.	up to 7.2Mb	3GB	£15 per month	Free
(18 months)	Mac and PC compatible.	up to 3Mb	3GB	£15 per month	Free

Last updated 13 September 2009

* O2 offers an 18 month version of the same mobile broadband tariff for around £15 but without the 4 month promotional discounts.

If you want to pay less you’ll need to choose a Pay as you go mobile broadband deal although you’ll have to pay £30 to £60 for the usb modem upfront and some of the operators only offer a reduced product via Pay as you go.  e.g. Vodafone only offer a maximum 3.6Mb download speed.

It’s important to note that the cheapest mobile broadband packages offer the lowest data download limits. If you download too much data and go over your data limit you will be charged for each MB of data you download.  Below is a table with a summary of the charges, as stated by each mobile operator.

Before you sign up for a pay monthly mobile broadband contract make sure you have good coverage in the areas where you are going to use your the service.  We have links to the 3G and mobile broadband coverage checkers for all the providers.