3 mobile offer the least expensive mobile broadband service in the United Kingdom, beginning at £7.50 each month, and offering a great 15GB for just £15 every month. Maximum speeds are now 7.2 Mbps.

The USB modem is now available free on all excepting the one month contract. Download speeds are quicker than T-Mobile, and like Vodafone. The HSDPA network covers 91% of the United Kingdom population and is user friendly. Three are at present offering a variety of free PCs when you take out a mobile broadband contract. Best buy : Broadband Lite 1GB (£7.50 each month ) ; or 15GB Broadband (£15 a month ) with free modem. 3 mobile Broadband is the most well liked mobile broadband in Britain. The three network has the longest established 3G network in Britain, and so is a natural provider of mobile broadband services.

The service is easy to line up and use : you simply plug a modem ( or "dongle" ) into your computer's USB port, and you can then access the three broadband network from home, work or on the go. You can select between pay per month and Pay As You Go options. The Pay as you Go option offers info at the same cost as Pay Monthly, though you have got to get a modem, which currently costs 19.99. On pay each month the modem is free, except on the least expensive 1 month price list, where it costs £9.99. Join eighteen months, or take out a costly price list and the modem is free.

You can select an info allowance of between 1GB and 15GB every month. Mobile broadband the speed that you experience will rely on whether or not you are in an area with "wonderful coverage" ( i.e inside HSDPA coverage ), "good coverage" ( i.e. Inside 3G coverage ) or "debatable coverage" ( i.e. On the fringe of the 3G coverage area. 3's HSDPA coverage area now covers 91% of the United Kingdom population ( data correct in Feb 2009 ) and offers download speeds of at least of up to 2.8 Mpbs. Three now offers 7.2 Mbps coverage in Britain.

You can check coverage by postcode on the three web site. If you find the service isn't as good as you anticipated, you can return your three USB Modem inside a few days of purchase. If you bought it at a distance ( thru tele-sales or online ), you can return your three USB Modem inside fourteen days of invoice provided you haven't used your 3 USB Modem for at least three uninterrupted days. You'll also need to return the first boxed accessories and paperwork "as new".

Three claim that most folks on the HSDPA network can anticipate a speed from one Mbps to 1.5 Mbps. The 3 broadband modems are extraordinarily compact, and can be found in a range of colors : white or black. They even be individualized using "skins".BTW, if anyone is experiencing slow speeds with 3 mobile Broadband, one of our users, Paul Tait offers the following recommendation : right click the network icon ( 2 small flashing PCs in the bottom right hand corner of your screen ) and click connect to a network. Click the three usb modem but with the second button and click properties. In the window that turns up, push the configure button and another window will pop up showing the top speed.

Occasionally the maximum speed has been set to the default worth of 115200 which may cause your modem to be slow. If this is the case change it to 921600 and click OK. If this works for you, please let everybody know by sending off a review below. And thanks to Paul! [Reply by Pauline on 20 th May 2009 : Followed instructions re changing to quicker speed and it has worked brilliantly.