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  • Portable battery-powered devices you can use at home or on the move
  • Share internet with up to 32 devices over WiFi at the same time
  • 4G and 5G ready devices
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Three 5G Broadband

Unlimited Data
£11.00 a month 24 month contract Three See Deal
6 months half price 5G
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Three 4G MiFi

Unlimited Data
£12.00 a month 24 month contract Three See Deal
6 months half price
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£19.00

Three 4G MiFi

Unlimited Data
£14.00 a month 12 month contract Three See Deal
6 months half price
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Vodafone 4G Mobile Dongle

4GB Data
£6.00 a month 24 month contract Vodafone See Deal
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Vodafone 4G Mobile Hotspot

4GB Data
£6.00 a month 24 month contract Vodafone See Deal
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Vodafone 4G Mobile Dongle

4GB Data
£7.00 a month 12 month contract Vodafone See Deal
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Vodafone 4G Mobile Hotspot

4GB Data
£7.00 a month 12 month contract Vodafone See Deal
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£251.99

Netgear Nighthawk M1

5GB Data
£10.00 a month 1 month contract O2 See Deal
EU roaming included
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£72.00

Alcatel Pocket hotspot 4G

5GB Data
£10.00 a month 1 month contract O2 See Deal
EU roaming included
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Mobile broadband enables you to stay connected to the internet at home, on the move and even in your car and better still you don't need a landline or even a contract to get switched on. All you need is a mobile broadband dongle or Mobile WiFi device and away you go!

Browsing on mobile broadband is now faster than ever thanks to a new breed of 4G mobile broadband dongles that take full advantage of the new faster 4G networks offered by UK operators. In many cases it can offer faster speeds than a fixed line broadband connection and also reach areas that fixed line broadband cannot.

There are various different types of mobile broadband devices, different operators to choose from and a host of different contracts and Pay As You Go plans to choose from.

Who offers mobile broadband deals?

All of the major UK networks offer mobile broadband, so there is a wide range of deals to choose from.

EE Mobile Broadband

O2 Mobile Broadband

Three Mobile Broadband

Vodafone Mobile Broadband

Mobile Broadband devices

There are are number of different mobile broadband devices designed for slightly different purposes.

Mobile WiFi

Mobile WiFi (or WiFi) enables you to share internet with a number of devices simultaneously over a personal WiFi hotspot.

These clever devices take a single mobile broadband connection and broadcast it over a personal WiFi network meaning you can connect up to 10 WiFI-enabled devices at once. All of the Mobile WiFi devices below also enable you to connect to your PC or laptop using a USB cable.

Alcatel Pocket Hotspot 4G

EE 5G WiFi EE 4G WiFi

Netgear Nighthawk M1

Netgear Nighthawk M6

Three 4G MiFi

Vodafone 5G Mobile Hotspot

Vodafone 4G Mobile Hotspot

 

Dongles

4G dongles are perfect for plugging straight into your laptop, MAC or PC's USB port and can prove cheaper if you don't need to share internet with multiple devices.

Alcatel Dongle 4G

Vodafone 4G Mobile Dongle

 

Frequently asked questions

What is 4G Mobile Broadband?

You might think that 4G is just about smartphones, but there are any number of portable devices that could benefit from an internet connection, be it a tablet, a laptop, an e-reader or even a handheld console. With 4G mobile broadband you can essentially create a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot that’s with you wherever you go, thereby allowing you to get those things online.

How does mobile broadband work?

4G mobile broadband works in much the same way as standard 4G, except rather than getting a signal to your phone, you get one to a USB stick or MiFi device, which can then either be plugged into the device that you want to give internet to or used to create a wireless signal which multiple devices can connect to.

What’s so good about mobile broadband?

The obvious advantage is that it gives you access to the internet on any and all of your devices, wherever you happen to be. You might be able to rely on Wi-Fi when at home, work or the local coffee shop, but on the train or in the middle of nowhere you’ll likely find that there’s no signal.

So this is a way to get online with devices that don’t have built in 4G capabilities. The same idea has existed with 3G for a while, but the advantage of 4G mobile broadband is that it’s a lot faster.

In fact, 4G can be so fast that in some places it’s even a viable alternative to fixed line broadband at home.

What are the drawbacks?

While 4G mobile broadband can certainly be fast it can also be expensive. We’ll get into specific costs in the section below, but suffice to say it still tends to be more expensive than 3G. It also often has quite strict data limits, which are less of a factor with standard Wi-Fi.

These vary between tariffs and networks, but you’re not likely to find one with unlimited data, even on networks like Three which offer unlimited data for phones.

The coverage still isn’t perfect. The leading operator (EE) has made decent inroads and currently provides over 92% of the UK population with 4G, but that still leaves a number of areas which won’t get a 4G signal. While O2 is currently hovering around 70%, Vodafone’s last update put it at 68% and Three’s coverage is at around 63%.

When you can’t get 4G these devices will switch to a 3G signal, but even then there are signal dead zones, plus 3G is slow and you could find yourself paying a premium for slow speeds if you regularly find yourself in 3G areas.

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