| Unlimited home broadband - also known as | | | | use policy on mobile broadband deals. |
| fixed-line broadband - is a familiar sight on the | | | | Of course, fair use policies are common-place |
| virtual shelves of the UK broadband market. | | | | amongst fixed line broadband but they are much |
| However, mobile broadband deals rarely come | | | | lower and much more strictly enforced amongst |
| with unlimited usage allowances despite an | | | | mobile broadband providers. |
| increasing demand from consumers. | | | | For example, the Orange unlimited mobile |
| There are a number of reasons why this is not | | | | broadband deal has a fair usage amount of 20GB |
| the case when it comes to broadband deals, | | | | a month, only a little bit less than the biggest |
| however, in particular with mobile broadband. | | | | usage allowance on the market 3 mobile |
| First, the market has set usage allowances at | | | | broadband 15gb. |
| fairly high prices per GB. Usually this works out at | | | | Going over these allowances can have serious |
| about £5 per 1GB, much higher than the price | | | | consequences - the speed of the broadband is |
| for home broadband. | | | | likely to be severely slowed and if there's an |
| Second, there's the question of the so-called | | | | ongoing problem you're liable to have your |
| capacity crunch in mobile broadband networks. | | | | connection cut off altogether. |
| Put simply, there's a premium on the space on | | | | In this sense, mobile broadband is never truly |
| the network with not so much a lack of coverage | | | | unlimited in the way that some home broadband |
| for individual consumers but a lack of individual | | | | deals can be. |
| deals that they can offer. | | | | For truly unlimited broadband using an ADSL or |
| Still some unlimited mobile broadband deals do | | | | cable connection, however, there are still fairly |
| exist for consumers to buy. | | | | few options. |
| However, as a result of the restrictions outlined | | | | Plusnet does a deal where you can have |
| above these do tend to come with a number of | | | | completely unlimited access through the night and |
| caveats for consumers. | | | | some other providers have been trialling similar |
| The first of these is a long contract which can be | | | | things but with mixed results. |
| inconvenient. Although it does offer better value | | | | If you had considered getting unlimited mobile |
| for money in comparison with shorter broadband | | | | broadband as a replacement for a home |
| deals the long tie in and lack of flexibility can be | | | | broadband some of these deals are available on a |
| extremely off-putting. | | | | short contract. |
| The second is more important to note: it's the fair | | | | |