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MiFi E586 Wireless Router
579 reviews
PAYG Mobile Wifi with 3GB data included - £84.99
(data worth £15, valid for 3 months)
Huawei E585 Wireless Modem allows you to connect up to 5 different Wi-Fi enabled devices at once.
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MiFi E586 Wireless Router
579 reviews
FREE £18.99/mth 24
months
7.2Mbmax speed 15 GBper month
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MiFi Broadband 15GB Extras: HSPA+ Mi-Fi router, available in black or white, connects up to five Wi-Fi devices
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MiFi E586 Wireless Router
579 reviews
£49.99 £15.99/mth 1
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7.2Mbmax speed 5 GBper month
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MiFi Broadband 5GB Extras: HSPA+ Mi-Fi router, available in black or white, connects up to five Wi-Fi devices
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MiFi E586 Wireless Router
579 reviews
£84.99 PAY AS
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7.2Mbmax speed £2.99/500MB/day
£10/1GB/30 days
£15/3GB/30 days
£25/7GB/30 days
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MiFi PAYG + 3GB data Extras: HSPA+ Mi-Fi router, available in black or white, connects up to five Wi-Fi devices. 3GB data included (valid up to 3 months).
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MiFi E586 Wireless Router
579 reviews
£49.99 + VAT £13.32+ VAT/mth 24
months
Undisclosed 15 GBper month
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Premium Business MiFi Broadband 15GB Extras: New high-speed HSPA+ Mi-Fi dongle (up to 21Mb) available in black or white, connects up to five devices to the internet at once, wirelessly.
BUSINESS CUSTOMERS ONLY
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T-Mobile Wireless Pointer
FREEfor 3 months
312 reviews
FREE FREE £12.50 after 3 months 18
months
4.5Mbmax speed 3 GBper month(fair use policy)
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Wireless Pointer - Business Pay monthly Extras: Unlimited browsing: no extra charges over 3GB fair usage, but downloading/streaming restricted at peak times
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T-Mobile Wireless Pointer
312 reviews
£59.99 PAY AS
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4.5Mbmax speed £2/day
£7/week
£15/mth
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Wireless Pointer - Pay per day Extras: £10 initial minimum top-up required.
Unlimited browsing:
Fair use policy 250MB/day, 500MB/week, 1GB/month - No extra charges over fair use limit but peak time downloading/streaming may be restricted.
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Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi R205
271 reviews
£75 PAY AS
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7.2Mbmax speed £15/2GB/30 days
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PAYG Mobile WiFi + 60 days' usage Offer (Ends 31 May): Win a WiFi bundle including Amazon Kindle, Nintendo 3DS and Samsung SH100 digital camera - worth £359
Extras: 500MB data included. Additional data costs £15 for 2GB. 30-day money back guarantee.
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Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi R205
271 reviews
£49 £20/mth 1
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7.2Mbmax speed 2 GBper month
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Mobile WiFi Offer (Ends 31 May): Win a WiFi bundle including Amazon Kindle, Nintendo 3DS and Samsung SH100 digital camera - worth £359
Extras: Connects up to five devices to the internet. If you go over 2GB/mth extra data costs £15 for 1GB. 30-day money back guarantee.
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MiFi E586 Wireless Router
579 reviews
FREE £10.87/mth 18
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7.2Mbmax speed 1 GBper month
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MiFi Broadband 1GB Extras: HSPA+ Mi-Fi router, available in black or white, connects up to five Wi-Fi devices
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T-Mobile Wireless Pointer
FREEfor 3 months
312 reviews
FREE FREE £8.50 after 3 months 24
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4.5Mbmax speed 1 GBper month(fair use policy)
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Wireless Pointer - Business Pay monthly Extras: Unlimited browsing: no extra charges over 1GB fair usage, but downloading/streaming restricted at peak times

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3G mobile hotspot

This site contains all of the best deals and offers for mobile internet from the likes of 3 Mobile, Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2 and Orange, all of which will deliver 3G broadband to laptops or netbooks with ease. You’ll also find plenty of 3G broadband options in the shape of different dongles and Wi-Fi connectivity packages too.

The secret to getting yourself the cheapest deals and offer is to spend some time using our tables to compare the different packages here in the UK before you buy. It’s also advisable to have a look at the many different reviews from fellow consumers too, with options on everything from the cheapest dongles through to the premium 3G internet packages. It’s also a great place to find out more about your options when it comes to setting up a 3G mobile hotspot.

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3G mobile hotspot – what is it?

Having wireless broadband is one thing, and most laptops will allow you to do this. All you need to do is sign up for a 3G broadband package, get yourself a dongle and plug it in. But the big difference with having a mobile broadband hotspot is that it allows more than one internet ready device to connect to the web, rather than just one solitary laptop or netbook.

If you’ve got two or three computers that need to connect to the mobile internet then creating a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot could be the best way to go. Thanks to some of the new and highly innovative products coming to the 3G internet marketplace, it’s now possible to connect more than one mobile broadband device via gadgets such as the 3G mobile hotspot gizmos that are currently available.

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Mobile hotspot UK – get connected

These mobile WiFi hotspot devices often work on battery power and are a little like wireless routers in that they enable users to share their 3G broadband signal across more than one machine. If you can connect to traditional Wi-Fi hotspots then all well and good, but these little gizmos come into their own when there is no available wireless hotspot available in the local vicinity.

Setting up a mobile wireless hotspot is surprisingly quick and easy and makes more sense for many people than trying to share out a 3G USB dongle supply. What’s more, you’ll find that being able to distribute your mobile broadband signal in this way will more than likely prove to be much more cost effective than having multiple contracts or accounts to supply several machines.

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3G mobile hotspot

One thing to remember with a 3G mobile hotspot gadget is that it will largely depend on what the quality of 3G broadband signal is available as to what kind of speed and efficiency of service that you get. What’s more, adding more and more devices to the mobile hotspot could also hamper the quality and speed of delivery, because more machines using it will mean a pared down service.

Nevertheless, if you need to get out and about and want to share a mobile internet service, perhaps with family, friends or work colleagues, then going down the route of the mobile wireless hotspot can be a pretty good way of getting the job done. And, if you’re sensible about the way you use it, then the mobile wireless hotspot should stand you in good stead, but bear in mind that it’s not really designed for large volumes of downloading, much like any 3G broadband service.

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Mobile hotspot UK – where to find them

The good thing about using a 3G mobile hotspot device such as the ones we’ve outlined above is that, as long as you have access to the mobile broadband network across the UK, then you should be able to enjoy internet activity. Better still, you can spread the connectivity across a few devices at the same time. There are numerous products that allow you to do this right now, so compare the deals and offers available in our tables to get a better idea of what’s on the market.

With 3G networks improving all the time, it seems likely that the popularity of 3G mobile broadband hotspots will be booming over the coming months and years. What’s more, with extra demand for these products and services we should see more cheap deals coming through. So, instead of just looking for the cheapest dongles, laptops and broadband internet packages, keep an eye out for the 3G mobile hotspot devices that could transform the way you access the internet on the go.

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