New Laptop Life

With the dawn of mobile broadband more and more focus is being shifted onto broadband on the move – it is more important than ever for commuters to be able to access their work when on the train, and for businesses who employ freelancers or people who work from home, it is ideal to be able to communicate with each other as if sat in the same office. This can all be achieved using mobile broadband. The difference between a home broadband connection and a mobile broadband connection is that no wires are needed to access the internet using mobile broadband. All you need is a laptop and a dongle – a modem through which you access the web. The other main difference is that mobile broadband uses 3G in order to connect to the internet, which means that you can surf online wherever there is a mobile phone signal – which is extra handy if you are outdoors or travelling somewhere.

As an extra incentive to join the mobile broadband revolution, many retailers are offering a free laptop with their mobile broadband packages, to help users get started with the service. For many packages, it really is as simple as plugging in the dongle, and off you go. Mobile broadband is available on pay monthly packages where you are tied into a minimum contract (as with a mobile phone) or on Pay As You Go. When you consider many mobile broadband packages offering a free laptop start off as little as £17.50 a month, it is definitely worth thinking about making the leap and going ‘mobile’.