Well, here I said:
Shortly after September 3 will launch a ‘mobile broadband’ tariff with the USB modem and Datacard already available internationally. The existing data-only offerings will remain largely unchanged allowing full access by 2G, 3G and 3.5G, but a much more keenly priced tariff of 3.5G-only access with a larger data allowance will be made available for ~£20 per month.
…and today The Register announced 3’s offering as:
At £10 a month, the basic Mobile Broadband package (“Light”) gets you 1GB of data, while £15 gets you 3GB, and £25 up to 7GB. Data usage outside these buckets is charged at 10p/MB. 3 will throw in a free USB modem to existing customers, or £29 if you sign up for eighteen months.
3 will offer the service with five HSDPSA handsets, but using the phone as a modem won’t incur the wrath of the data cops, as it does with some other networks
The score? Well, it is going to happen so… (!)
- Date: Close enough – it’s ‘about to launch’ and it’s nearly September, but there were some heavy hints at this.
- Hardware: USB Modem – yes. Datacard – not mentioned (reckon it will show-up eventually)
- Price: Actually £10 to £25 per month so not far off the £20 considering the £10 package is for 1GB (same as X-Series), but I didn’t expect so many options assuming they’d go for something similar to the Irish offering.
7 out of 10?
