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1	398 reviews	£79.99	12GB data included	£10/1GB £15/3GB £25/7GB	3.6Mb	Go Check coverage>
1	Pay As You Go + 12GB	Extras: PAYG with 12GB data included (valid up to 12 months). Free delivery plus 14-day money-back guarantee.
2	398 reviews	£49.99	NONE	£10/1GB £15/3GB £25/7GB	3.6Mb	Go Check coverage>
2	MiFi Pay As You Go	Extras: Connects up to five devices to the internet at once, wirelessly. Free delivery plus 14-day money-back guarantee.
3	398 reviews	£39.99	3GB data included	£10/1GB £15/3GB £25/7GB	3.6Mb	Go Check coverage>
3	Pay As You Go + 3GB	Extras: PAYG with 3GB data included (valid up to 3 months). Free delivery plus 14-day money-back guarantee.
4	398 reviews	£29.99	1GB data included	£10/1GB £15/3GB £25/7GB	3.6Mb	Go Check coverage>
4	Pay As You Go + 1GB	Extras: PAYG with 1GB data included (valid up to 1 month). Free delivery plus 14-day money-back guarantee.
5	398 reviews	£69.99	3GB data included	£10/1GB £15/3GB £25/7GB	3.6Mb	Go Check coverage>
5	MiFi Pay As You Go + 3GB	Extras: PAYG MiFi router with 3GB data included (valid up to 3 months). Connects up to five devices to the internet at once, wirelessly. Free delivery plus 14-day money-back guarantee.
6	398 reviews	£59.99	1GB data included	£10/1GB £15/3GB £25/7GB	3.6Mb	Go Check coverage>
6	MiFi Pay As You Go + 1GB inluding car charger	Extras: PAYG MiFi with 1GB data included (valid up to 1 month) plus in-car adapter for using up to five laptops, games consoles, smartphones or other devices on your journey. Free delivery plus 14-day money-back guarantee.
7	398 reviews	£179.99	NONE	£10/1GB £15/3GB £25/7GB	3.6Mb	Go Check coverage>
7	MiFi PAY AS You Go + iPod Touch (8GB)	Extras: iPod Touch (8GB) included. MiFi router connects up to five devices to the internet at once, wirelessly. Free delivery plus 14-day money-back guarantee.

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Guide to mobile broadband pay as you go deals

As wonderful as it would be if all the mobile broadband providers priced their pay as you go mobile broadband deals and payg dongles in the same way, sadly we just have to accept this will never happen. New deals come along thick and fast, and its easy to get bamboozled by all the weird and wonderful connotations: here's a quick breakdown of the things to look out for when comparing mobile wireless broadband pay as you go internet services.

What's in a name: pay as you go mobile broadband?

Firstly, all of the mobile internet providers use a different name to describe what their mobile broadband pay as you go deal does: 'pay and go', 'top up and go', 'ready-to-go', 'pay per day' - just remember, it all adds up to the same thing: you are paying in advance for the amount of time, or GB of usage, that you want to use on the internet. Sadly this array of pay as you go mobile broadband branding adds an extra layer of confusion to proceedings, but that's marketing for you. What you need to do is look past the pay and go mobile broadband branding and focus on the nitty gritty. If you're undecided as to which pay and go mobile broadband provider to go with, this could be a key part of the decision, as will which pay as you go dongle you pick too.

Pay per day vs pay per GB

Have a think about how you use your pay as you go broadband dongle before you decide and compare which of these options is better for you. Essentially, both do what they say on the tin: you're either pay a specific segment of time (either one day, one week, or one month, depending on provider) or a specific amount of data use.

Pay per day deals come in a variety of shapes and sizes: you can pay in advance for a day, a week, or a month - even a three month chunk. Pay per GB deals mean you choose an amount of data you're going to use in the broadband dongle pay as you go package (much like choosing minutes and texts on a mobile phone pay as you go deal) and pay for that up front instead: you pay a certain amount per GB.
Just to confuse matters though, pay per day deals that fall under the umbrella of mobile broadband PAYG still have usage limits, while pay per GB deals have time limits. But don't despair! It's not as complicated as it sounds.

When you opt for a pay per day deal, you can't just download films 24/7: there will be a fair usage policy in place, or a set GB limit for the time period you've paid for. When you opt for a pay per GB deal, it will have an expiry date - after this time period expires, you've lost what's left of the data usage and will have to top up again to get online. The expiry time can range from 30 days to three months.

Choosing which pay and go

If you decide to go for a pay as you go mobile broadband dongle, you're going to have a time limit and a GB limit whichever option you choose. When you're looking at our comparison tables, it's also worth looking out for prices in the 'set up' column. This is the price you'll pay for the pay as you go dongle itself, which attaches to your laptop or PC, giving your laptop Internet, along with the initial cost of the data included with it. This can vary wildly, although the price of pay as you go dongles is coming down all the time.

The other key element to mobile internet, pay as you go broadband or otherwise, is coverage. This is becoming less of an issue as the providers beef up their 3G broadband networks, and those in major conurbations shouldn't see too much difference between them, but if in doubt click on the 'Providers' tab at the top of this page and click on the one you're thinking about signing up with from the drop-down menu. In the top right hand corner of each provider page is a 'Coverage checker' - click this, enter your postcode, and see what kind of signal you should get in the areas you'll most likely be using your mobile internet dongle, and you can check whether you would pick up 3G Internet.

Payg Dongle One-month contract

While pay as you go dongles and PAYG dongle deals are probably the most flexible option for occasional users, some providers now offer a 1 month contract option, which effectively means you only have to give 30-days notice to quit - almost PAYG but not quite. Pay as you go broadband dongle deals are many and varied though. Take a look at the range of 1-month mobile broadband contracts available if you're going to be a regular user but don't want to commit to a long contract.

Get the best dongle pay as you go deals

Packages featuring dongle pay as you go deals are always changing too, so revisit our comparison tables to keep tabs on the cheap mobile broadband PAYG options as they evolve. For example, one week you might see offers on O2 dongle pay as you go deals , while the next week it might be 3G dongle pay as you go packages that offer exciting new options. Pay as you go internet is still growing in popularity too and the range of pay as you go dongles seems to expand almost daily as well, from different UK proviers such as Vodafone, 3 Mobile, Orange and T-Mobile.

That's the great thing about our internet dongles price comparion charts because they're updated constantly meaning that it's much easier to pinpoint something like the cheapest pay as you go package or newly unveiled mobile broadband PAYG deal in one place, rather than trawling the web looking for mobile internet pay as you go news and reviews to decide which to buy.

Pay-As-You-Go Mobile Broadband Dongles

Independent guide to the best PAYG mobile broadband deals

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