Q&A: What is the difference between mobile broadband and regular broadband?
Question by J: What is the difference between mobile broadband and regular broadband?
Since smartphones that have internet already come with access, and access on laptops can be gained from the nearest wifi point.
Oh, and what does ’3g’ daily usage mean?
Best answer:
Answer by mistyblue
Mobile is pay as you go, you use a little dongle in your laptop/computer.No contract
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Regular broadband refers to a home broadband connection where the internet comes into the house either via a cable (Virgin media in the UK) or via a telephone line. From within the home you can have a wired broadband connection or a wifi (wireless) broadband connection. This wifi connection has a limited range to about 100m
Mobile broadband uses a different technology similar to your mobile phone so you can get an internet connection wherever you can get a mobile phone signal. If you want mobile broadband you have to take out a contract with a supplier which includes a daily or monthly data allowance. This can be a pay as you go or a pay monthly type of contract. They will supply you with a 3G SIM card which fits into a mobile broadband dongle which is also supplied. You plug the complete package into your laptop to get mobile broadband.
3G daily usage is comparable to your mobile phone call usage, in the same way the your mobile provider will charge you for each call so the data used when you connect and upload or download from your mobile broadband laptop will use up your daily allowance that is provided when you takeout your 3G contract
Hope this makes it clear