Watch Those Mobile Broadband Rates
Understanding your mobile broadband download limits will help you avoid receiving an enormous bill. Broadband Expert says that your bills could increase by as much as £200 per extra gigabyte of data downloaded.
One broadband comparison site states that the O2 and 3 companies charge the most expensive rates in this case, charging 19.6 and 10p per megabyte respectively. In spite of this, some companies offer much better deals in this respect, with Vodafone only charging 1.46p or just under £15 per gigabyte while T-Mobile does not even charge anything to users exceeding their download limits.
The commercial director of Broadband Expert, Rob Webber, has stated how difficult it can be to find information on these excess charges and advises how important it is to do your research since the fees can vary greatly between different providers.
The Daily Mail reported an example of these potentially enormous charges when a British man, Will Pierce, received a bill for nearly £22,000 after downloading videos during a skiing holiday in France.
