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Recently offers for free laptop deals have been drastically reduced in price. Or so it would seem when looking over a selection of offers from leading United Kingdom mobile broadband providers. 3 Mobile offers two price structures set at 17.50 and 25.00 pounds respectively. The difference in these being the amount of allowed download of 1 GB or 5 GB. O2 and Vodafone offer their free laptop contracts at the 25 pound figure. The primary difference between these offers is the specific laptop made available. One can choose between a Dell, Asus or Samsung model. Of course all of these deals include a free dongle as well. Prices on dongles for laptops have dropped drastically of late. So much so that even those people choosing pay as you go broadband options can afford to connect their laptop or desktop computer using pay as you go dongles. Even if one were to concede that all models offered were of equal value which they are not, there are other mitigating features that need to be looked into. The first of these is mobile broadband coverage. The fanciest laptop computer in the world is of little value if your provider’s coverage does not allow you complete ease of operation. And while many United Kingdom mobile broadband providers have attempted to make up for their shortfalls with unlimited Wi-Fi usage in specified hot spots this serves as poor compensation for those interested in total computing mobility. Before opting into any mobile broadband deal involving a free laptop, compare the price of that broadband contract without the free equipment.