As you know, there are several Internet Service Providers, who can give you a mobile broadband connection such as mobi-data.co.uk for example. Due to this fact, selecting a broadband connection is not an easy task, especially if your purpose is personal or sometimes a hybrid form of personal and professional uses.
Just as any other product or service, you have to consider a few factors, when you choose the broadband connection for you. In this article, we would tell your major ones of such factors. It would be nice if you can include these factors in the criteria list, and you can choose the most suitable broadband for the use.
Coverage
You know this fact is very much important! Just as you consider the case of mobile phone connection or sometimes more than that, coverage of the network has a huge significance while purchasing the broadband connection. If your area has a lower coverage of network, the speed will be altered accordingly. Even though the ISP might be offering a speed of 10Mbps or something, your speed would be noticeably low if there is coverage insufficiency. Preferably, it will be good if you can take a demo of the service in various parts of your house itself and purchase the service only if the network can offer sustainable speed.
Type of Modem
Currently, you can purchase different kinds of modems from the market. Despite other models, the USB modem and the Wi-Fi counterpart are the popular ones. USB Modems are plug-and-play devices that you can use with any device with a USB port. On the other hand, Wi-Fi Modems are more productive, because you can connect around 5 or more devices simultaneously to the modem, and hence enjoy high-speed internet in all those devices. If you are about to purchase the broadband connection for home use and want to use it in different devices, you should be wise enough to choose the Wi-Fi based modem. In addition, you should check the maximum speed of the modem before paying, and thus you can ensure the performance!
FUP of Plan
Most of ISPs has a Fair Usage Policy for most of their plans, especially prepaid ones. The FUP is quite simple! FUP sets a specific amount of bandwidth as the limit, from which onwards your speed would be decreased. Although the ISP may say that the plan is ‘unlimited’, it will have some limitations after FUP. In most cases of FUP, the speed after FUP is something quite small, and you cannot probably manage the speed, especially when compared to the actual speed of plan. So, if you do not want to face such a pathetic decrease of speed, you should make sure that the speed after FUP is a usable one.
Monthly Quota & Charges after Quota
If you have chosen the postpaid plan for the connection, you have to be concerned about your monthly quota along with the charges per MB/KB once you have crossed the quota. For instance, in the plan of a specific amount, the ISP would charge you a specific amount per MB once you have crossed the monthly quota. In some providers, the rate per MB would be very high whereas on the other, it would be less. Hence, if you do not want to spend that much, it is better to choose the ISP, which charges less per MB after the monthly quota.
A Demo Is Must
You should not go blind behind the labels of the ISP. Even though they might be offering speed, it might be slow in a few locations. Thus, you should have a demonstration of the provider, and if the speed matches with offered one.
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