I think I've found the perfect Christmas present for students and other people with a laptop who need to get out more.
A Mobile Starter Broadband Kit from 3 that allows you to work and play on your laptop - surfing the net, sending emails and so on - from anywhere and at any time.
All you need to do is plug the USB Modem that comes with your kit into a USB socket on your computer and you'll be connected to the internet via 3's mobile phone network.
Look Mum - no wires!
It really is that easy.
And you can plug the modem into your laptop while out and then your PC when you get home if you want (providing it meets the requirements - older PCs might not support it).
You can be at home, in the park, at your granny's, down the pub, and as long as it is somewhere you can get a mobile phone signal you will be able to connect to the internet.
And the best thing of all about it is that there are no contracts to sign. The Modem comes pre-loaded with credit and when the credit runs out you just top it up like you would a Pay As You Go mobile phone.
You can buy a 3GB Mobile Broadband Starter Kit complete with modem and credit for £69.99.
This gives you a data allowance of 3GB that can be used over a period of three months. That works out at 1GB of data allowance a month, but you can use it when you want to over the three months. Once that 3GB allowance has gone then simply top it up again.
To give you an idea of what 1GB of data allowance means in real terms, you could send 650 plain text emails AND surf the web for 30 hours AND download 30 two minute videos AND download 60 music tracks with 1GB.
There is also a 12GB Mobile Broadband Starter Kit which gives you a data allowance of 12GB that can be used over a 12 month period and costs £149.99. And there is a 24GB Mobile Broadband Starter Kit which gives you a data allowance of 24GB that can be used over a 24 month period and costs £249.99.
If you think 1GB per month on average wouldn't be enough, when your allowance has run out simply buy a PAYG Top-Up giving you more. A 30 day 3GB allowance costs £15.
Or consider a contract deal. For £30 a month you not only get a monthly allowance of 5GB and a free USB modem, you also get a free laptop too on a 24 month contract!
For more details or to order a Mobile Broadband Starter Kit get yourself along to the 3 website.
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