Reviews show 3 has the fastest and cheapest Mobile Broadband

PC Pro magazine recently conducted reviews of the five major mobile broadband service providers and the results found that 3 offer the lowest charges and the fastest overall connection speeds.

3 topped the poll when compared to the deals for mobile broadband on offer from Orange, T-Mobile, 02, and Vodafone.

Results show that users taking out mobile broadband access through 3 would get the quickest connection speeds and the lowest prices when compared against the top 5 mobile broadband providers.

The results of the review revealed that the highest speed recorded was 2.6Mbps as opposed to the advertised speed of up to 2.8Mpbs. This was the closest to advertised speeds out of all providers.

When tested in inner city London, the average speed was around the 1.6Mbps mark, which compared well against the test results of the other service providers that were being reviewed.

“3 offers the cheapest monthly broadband tariff, but also recorded the fastest connection speed of the five networks tested here. Connection speeds were consistently between 1 and 2Mb, providing comparable performance to Vodafone.” PC Pro Magazine commented.

Although 3 scored highly overall, there was a slight negative comment concerning the connection speeds when using mobile broadband on trains that travelled through deadspots in which its performance was lower than overall.

Although the case, 3 did beat the average speeds of the other service providers and came the closest to matching the speeds advertised.

To compare all mobile broadband deals available from 3, take a look at our compare mobile broadband page or our 3 mobile broadband page.