Customers who sign an 18-month contract at the Carphone Warehouse for the Complete Mobile Broadband Package from 3 Mobile can get a free laptop.

The Dell Inspirion laptop is the same as offered to AOL last year and will cost punters £35 a month, for this you will get a 3 mobile broadband modem dongle, 3GB of data downloads and 200 texts each month, extra data can be bought for 10p per Mb. Coverage is boasted at 85 per cent of the UK with connection speeds hitting up to 3.6Mbps.

Although this may sound steep compared to fixed broadband alternatives, for anyone needing data on the move this may be the 'complete package'.

An alternative is a mobile broadband deal from T-Mobile which is cheaper at £20 a month but customers will have to make a one-off payment of £199 for the laptop and pick up a longer contract of 24-months.