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Samba overview

  • Offers free mobile broadband by allowing users to earn data credits for viewing ads
  • Earned credit does not expire
  • PAYG top-ups can be purchased from the Samba site
  • As well as the dongle package and standard SIM an iPad Micro SIM is also available
  • Best selling Samba mobile broadband deals

    About Samba

    The newest name on the mobile broadband scene, Samba Mobile is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) which uses the Three network.

    Samba's unique selling point is free mobile broadband access. In return for watching video advertisements users are awarded data credits, allowing you to surf without purchasing top-up credit.

    Ads can be watched through a web browser or an iPad, and earned credit does not expire, so it can be gathered and stored ahead of time.

    While not suited to heavy users who will quickly burn through the credit from an ad, Samba is perfect for occasional use. In particular the iPad Micro SIM is a brilliant low-cost option for getting an iPad online when away from a Wi-Fi network.

    Read our review to find out more about Samba Mobile.

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    • happy

      by terry taylor at 17:47 on 7 Mar 2013

      i think this is an amazing deal, sure there are times when there aren't many ads, but it is a free service, apart from the cost of the sim or dongle. I love it for my ipad and thinking of getting a dongle for my laptop.

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    • happy

      by Job CF at 03:02 on 8 Feb 2013 | registered | 1 post

      Kudos to BenA and Dilip for bringing this service to UK. I got the SIM for only £1 thanks to the code at MSE.
      I have been using it since 28 Nov and have 'earned' 5565.50 MB to date.
      First three days there were many ads to watch I received 711.50 MB.
      Daily average in December was 116.00 MB and 33.58 MB in January.
      Looks as if it will be less in February. Just an observation, not a criticism.
      I appreciate that this is a new service by a relatively small company. But I hope that they will address various issues raised by the users at Samba forum.

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    • unhappy

      by Tony at 09:57 on 26 Jan 2013

      The same problem as Seon, Data missing, Samba also telling me I've gone over my data limit when I had topped up, Data used quicker than normal and worst of all Samba keeps suspending there services without prior warning.... feel as though I've been ripped off?

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    • happy

      by Rees at 15:55 on 4 Jan 2013

      I've been using Samba since they launched last year and it's brilliant - swapped my Three SIM in my iPad which was costing me £10 a month and now get exactly the same service for free!

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