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mobile broadband
does anyone reccomend mobile boradband?
we allready have a PC, that is connected using ordinary broadband. Im thinking of buying a laptop, and then converting to wireless.
However, i can get a free laptop, if i purchase mobile boradband at £30($60) a month. i read mobile's not as good as ordinary boradband, but for a free laptop (very good laptop), it it worth it?
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You probably only get the laptop if you agree to a 1 year or more contract. If so, and the mobile broadband price is more than regular broadband, then the laptop isn't really "free".
Compare the speeds of the two services. They will be written as download/upload. 1000/200 is 1000 kilobits per second(kbps) download with 200 kilobits per second upload. Upload speed is less important, but it should be at least one tenth of the download speed. Larger numbers are better. 1024 kbps is equal to 1 megabit per second(mbps).
If they have the exact same listed speed, mobile broadband will slightly slower than regular broadband because it has higher latency. High latency makes it less suitable for online video games and VOIP.
Mobile broadband is much, much better than WiFi. If you want to be able to access the Internet everywhere, then mobile broadband is your only option. If you're going to use the laptop around home mostly, compare speeds and prices.
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