3 Mobile Broadband

Just noticed that 3 have increased the monthly download cap of their basic mobile broadband service to 15GB. This will set you back €19.99 inc. VAT per month.

I must say I’ve been rather impressed by the service I get from my 3 mobile broadband dongle thingie. The coverage in Navan and Dublin has never failed me and it even works on the delightful 109 bus between those two points!

It wouldn’t even give a sniff of a signal anywhere I went in Wexford, however, and roaming broadband in Berlin proved unsuccessful but overall it’s a very good service.

I don’t depend on the service on a daily basis, I use it when I’m stuck, travelling, or out at a customer’s site. E.g. I only used about 7MB out of the 15GB allowance last month! Perhaps if I had to depend on it I mightn’t have such a glowing report but, such as it has been for me, I give it a hearty thumbs up.

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