Updated: Thursday 24 May, 2012
By Anthony Hill
If you’re a business user and want the internet in your meetings or on business trips, there are some really great business broadband deals on the market...
All mobile broadband providers offer business versions of their packages, with higher download allowances and better hardware than their regular consumer tariffs. Sometimes, they're even cheaper as well.
| Business 1GB (24 months) | Business 2GB (24 months) | |||
| Monthly charge | £7.50 (ex.VAT) | £13.50 (ex.VAT) | ||
| Dongle/Laptop costs | Free | Free | ||
| Usage limit | 1GB | 2GB | ||
| Speed (up to) | 3.6Mb | 3.6Mb | ||
| Minimum contract | 24 months | 24 months | ||
| SIM-only mobile broadband - 1GB (1 month) | Lite 1GB (18 months) | High-Speed MiFi - 1GB (18 Months) | iPad Micro Sim - 10GB (1 month) | |||||
| Monthly charge | £7.50 | £7.87 | £10.87 | £15.00 | ||||
| Dongle/Laptop costs | £1.95 | £1.95 | £1.95 | £1.95 | ||||
| Usage limit | 1GB | 1GB | 1GB | 10GB | ||||
| Speed (up to) | 7.2Mb | 7.2Mb | 20Mb | 7.2Mb | ||||
| Minimum contract | 1 month | 18 months | 18 months | 1 month | ||||
| Pay up front | ||
| Monthly charge | Pay as you go | |
| Dongle/Laptop costs | £39.99 | |
| Usage limit | Unlimited | |
| Speed (up to) | 4.5Mb | |
| Minimum contract | No contract | |
| Vodafone Business Standby | Vodafone Business Connected | |||
| Monthly charge | £3.00 (ex. VAT) | £12.50 (ex. VAT) | ||
| Dongle/Laptop costs | £10.00 | Free | ||
| Usage limit | Pay as you go | 2GB | ||
| Speed (up to) | 7.2Mb | 7.2Mb | ||
| Minimum contract | 3 months | 24 months | ||
Think carefully about your budget and the way that you’ll need to use your mobile broadband. You want the best value tariff, but also one that will meet your needs so that you don’t end up with big bills for exceeding your download limit.
And remember, the connection will work in any laptop, so you don’t need to get a package to “share” unless you want lots of people to use it at the same time.
Use the Broadbandchoices.co.uk price calculator to compare broadband packages and find a provider that's right for you.
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