A few months ago my mobile phone contact was coming to the end and therefore I decided to look around for some cheaper deals.  Also with mobile broadband growing and growing all the time I thought that I should give that ago to.  I found that Three were the best in terms of price and I thought that 5 months on I would reflect on the service I am getting.

When the Three company first came out a few years ago now there were the inevitable poor reviews of a second rate service and therefore I was wary at first about using them.  However it seems that recently they have improved the level of their coverage and I knew one or two friends that had mobile phones on the Three network.  Therefore I decided to take a look.  Wanting both a new phone contract and a start with mobile broadband I thought that I was in a better position and I was right.  Therefore I was set up with a £12 a month phone contract (100 mix and match) and a half price mobile broadband deal at £5 per month (1GB download limit).  This is excellent value for money at just £17 per month for the two contracts.

So five months on, what has been my experience of using Three?  Well I have to say that overall they have been excellent (touch wood!).  I have always managed to get a very strong signal with my mobile (Nokia 6288) and I have had a consistent 1MB broadband connection with the mobile surfing.  There has only been one occasion when the broadband was slow (around 70kbps).

So what are my top tips for buying mobile broadband?

• There is nothing wrong with Three mobile broadband and it provides excellent value for money (cheaper that their competitors)
• A 1GB limit is plenty as long as you are not going to be using your mobile broadband for watching BBC iPlayer our YouTube videos etc.
• You won’t use it as much as you thought you would, so don’t spend too much on it - a 1GB limit is fine
• Try signing up with a new contact as a new customer as there are significant savings to be made.