O2 broadband launched its services in 2007 and has gained widespread popularity since then as one of the leading mobile broadband providers in the UK. Its customer base keeps expanding each day as word spread of their fast and reliable broadband service complimented by excellent customer service. Over the years this mobile broadband provider have copped award after award and extensive positive customer feedback.
O2 has a range of mobile broadband packages which are competitively priced. They offer the best value packages for customers such as pay as you go, rolling one month, and the 18 or 24 month contracts. Their existing mobile phone customers who want to go on the O2 Home Broadband service are given a discount when they sign up. Their site can be found at www.O2.co.uk .
There are three types of mobile broadband packages on offer. These are the Pay & Go Starter Kit, the Pay & Go dongle only, and the Pay Monthly packages.
The Pay & Go Starter Kit allows customers to get online quickly and comes with a dongle equipped with either 1GB or 2GB of pre-loaded data. It is ready to use and can be replenished when it expires. All it requires is that you buy data access everyday or monthly.
All O2 mobile broadband offers include unlimited public Wi-Fi with BT Openzone at hotspots across the UK. This allows you to use as much Wi-Fi as you like.
The Pay & Go dongle only or pay as you go contract allows you to get online while you are on the move. This package comes with a dongle without data. The customer access data by buying it daily or monthly based on how often they go online. The cost to get online can be as little as £2.04 per day for a 500MB allowance.
The Pay Monthly packages are suitable for customers who go online frequently. It comes with either a 3GB or a 10GB monthly download allowance and facilitates the sending of a lot of emails and a lot of website browsing. With this package you buy the dongle and get 1GB of data to use. This is activated as soon as your 30-day rolling contract begins. Customers can get additional usage at a charge of 2.4p per MB.
The speed of each package is subject to network coverage and the customer’s location. Your mobile broadband access will last for 30 or 90 days, starting on the date you first use the service or until the data allowance you were given or paid for runs out.
The mobile broadband service provider has recently expanded their services by offering mobile broadband on laptops. They have an impressive array of free laptops which comes with long-term mobile broadband contracts. If you are already an existing O2 mobile user you can get O2 Home Broadband for just £8.50 per month. In addition to the data allowance in your chosen package, in the UK you will have unlimited access to Wi-Fi at public hotspots with BT Openzone. There is also free access to O2 Wi-Fi hotspots. Mac computers cannot connect to BT Openzone.
Before signing up you can check if there is O2 3G coverage in your area. Coverage can sometimes be patchy in rural areas so it is best to carry out this check especially if you are in such an area. Checks can be made online at their website using their Coverage Checker to gain updates and information on O2 coverage.
There are several factors which can affect the mobile broadband speed and connections. These include the number of persons or the network at the time, the type of building you are in and where you are at the time you attempt to connect.
A major benefit to all O2 mobile broadband customers is the access to unlimited public Wi-Fi with BT Openzone at hotspots across the UK. This free Wi-Fi access is a great experience for customers as they save on download allowance by connecting to the wireless broadband when it’s possible.
O2 mobile customers on either the pay-monthly or the pay-as-you-go plan are able to take advantage of cheaper broadband costs. They can also have their emails forwarded to their mobiles free of cost and they can send free texts from their PC every month.
O2 mobile broadband customers have access to a free 24-hour, UK-based technical support and customer service. They also benefit from the latest security software from McAfee, for free, once they sign up for O2 Home Broadband service.