Orange launches £4.89 per month mobile broadband

by Scott Bicheno on 5 August 2009, 10:50

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Telco tussle

Telco giant Orange has unveiled what it claims to be the lowest pay monthly mobile broadband price plan on the market.

You can now get mobile broadband for £4.89 per month, with a free dongle, as long as you don't mind signing up for 18 months and being restricted to 500 Mb per month usage allowance.

There's one other catch: the Orange Internet Everywhere service is only offered as an additional deal to existing Orange mobile and home broadband customers.

Orange has also announced three Early Bird mobile broadband tariffs, apparently designed for insomniacs, which allow unlimited use between midnight and 9am on top of the standard allowances.

The mobile broadband market is getting ever more competitive in anticipation of the next generation of netbooks, smartbooks and mobile internet devices, with the telco channel expected to be increasingly where many consumers acquire these devices.

 

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Posted by XA04 - Wed 05 Aug 2009 11:30
Get what you pay for. You won't be able to get a decent signal most of the time if it's anything like my phone contract.
Posted by Steve - Wed 05 Aug 2009 11:45
My T-mobile Pay as you Go 3G dongle is much more competitive.

It's ~£30 to buy, then £2 a day (£10 a week, £20 a month I think) and there's a 3GB monthly FUP (soft limit).

Surely such a scheme is better for light users?
Posted by TheAnimus - Wed 05 Aug 2009 11:49
or, better still the 3 mobile monthly contract one, £15 for 5gig.

or sign up for 18 months, £15 for 15gig.
Posted by chrestomanci - Wed 05 Aug 2009 11:59
Steve
My T-mobile Pay as you Go 3G dongle is much more competitive.

It's ~£30 to buy, then £2 a day (£10 a week, £20 a month I think) and there's a 3GB monthly FUP (soft limit).

I guess that would depend on how much you plan to use it. If you expect to be a very light daily user, (perhaps reading email and a few blogs on the daily train ride to work), then the Orange deal would be a better option, if not then pay the extra to get a higher bandwith cap with T-mobile.

The Press Release
There's one other catch: the Orange Internet Everywhere service is only offered as an additional deal to existing Orange mobile and home broadband customers.
Is that only Orange mobile pay monthly customers or is it open to pre-pay customers as well? If so, then it would not be much of a catch as it would be easy and cheap to get hold of an Orange SIM (usually for free), register it, and then hardly ever use it.
Posted by oolon - Wed 05 Aug 2009 12:03
I have the T-Mobile deal as Steve outlined, I think its a better deal for someone who want it for high days and holidays, the orange deal might be better for someone who wants a little every day. The thing I liked about the T-Mobile deal was I could use the whole 3 GB quota in one day. Also T-Mobile do not charge for over quota which quite a few telecos do, at VERY expensive rates. I would be interested to know what the over quota rate is on this orange deal.

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