Compare and Review the Virgin Mobile 10 GB Broadband Plan

Virgin Mobile has come a long way since it was launched in Australia in 2000. Even way back then it had a wide range of mobile plans to choose from. Although the plans it offers its customers today are hardly recognisable to the ones of the past. This is because of the technological advancement made in this area since that time. For instance when Virgin Mobile opened its doors for the first time there were only 360 million people online in the entire world. By 2011 there were more than 1.7 billion. There was no Facebook, MySpace or Twitter.

Top 10GB Mobile Broadband Plans

Plan	Details	Data (Peak/Offpeak)	Speed (Kbps)	Price	Sign Up
Virgin Postpaid Mobile Broadband 10GB + USB Modem	Portable mobile broadband with USB modem & 10GB. Suitable for medium level internet users of online content on web-surfing, emails, moderate online multimedia content (music & video streaming). Term available on 12 Months.	Unlimited	3600 / 256 kbps	$39
Virgin Postpaid Mobile Broadband 10GB + WiFi Modem	Portable mobile broadband with wifi modem & 10GB for up to 5 simultaneous users. Suitable for medium level internet users of online content on web-surfing, emails, moderate online multimedia content (music & video streaming). Term available on 12 Months.	Unlimited	3600 / 256 kbps	$39
Virgin Postpaid Mobile Broadband 10GB BYO	Portable mobile broadband with 10GB (BYO MODEM). Suitable for medium level internet users of online content on web-surfing, emails, moderate online multimedia content (music & video streaming).(NO MODEM INCLUDED) No Contract.	Unlimited	3600 / 256 kbps	$39

Today Virgin mobile broadband plans are delivered to its customers by the Optus 3G (Dual Band)/HSPA network. This network is one of Australia’s widest. It gives complete coverage to all the capital cities of Australia apart from Darwin, as well as the Gold Coast and most of the larger provincial cities. The actual cover can be viewed on the Optus 3G website. This means that no matter where you live in Australia’s urban areas you will most likely have coverage.

Virgin Mobile Broadband Means Freedom

When you experience the freedom Virgin mobile broadband can give you, you will wonder why you haven’t signed up previously. No longer will you be tied to your fixed line PC at the office or at home. If you wish you can do your work in the park, or down by the seaside, just as easy as you can inside four walls. When you go on holidays you can keep in touch with friends and family  on Facebook or Twitter as if you were still back home. You can also contact clients whenever you need to do so no matter where you may be at the time. Students can download study material while out camping. Many people use their Virgin mobile broadband plan as a back up to their fixed line ADSL or ADSL2+ fixed line PC’s just in case of a power blackout when they are not out and about somewhere. The uses you can put your Virgin mobile broadband to are endless. One of the popular mobile plans Virgin  are presently offering their customers is the Virgin Mobile Broadband 10 GB USB Modem plan.

Virgin Mobile Broadband 10 GB USB Modem Plan

The main features surrounding this particular plan includes the fact that is comes with an expandable memory which supports up to 8GB on a microSD. The whole plan is easy to use and compact and if you find you are only part way through the month and your data allowance is running low you are able to purchase ‘top-ups’ to keep you going. A good thing about Virgin mobile broadband plans is that you will never get a bill at the end of the month demanding payment for excess data usage. When your data allowance runs out, and you haven’t purchased any extra in ‘top-ups,’ you will have to wait until the start of the next monthly billing cycle for your new monthly allowance to be reinstated. In other words it is you who are in charge at all times. To lower your costs even further you can bundle this plan with your home phone and save a further $5.00 each month thereafter.

The Finer Details of the Virgin Mobile Broadband 10 GB USB Modem Plan

These main details are few and simplistic and include the following:

1. Contract. Yes there is a contract, it is over 12 months and costs $468.00. The monthly cost is $39.00. There is no set up fee or any other costs whatsoever.
2. Data allowance. The data allowance allocated monthly is 10GB. If this is found to be insufficient you can purchase further amounts as ‘top-ups.’
3. Speed. Downloading speed on any mobile connection will depend a lot on your distance from the tower delivering the signal and the number of people using it. But if everything is going fine you should be able to expect speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps.

You Can Now be Online Wherever You Go

The days of not having access to the internet every time you have to leave your desktop PC are no more. At least not when you have a Virgin Mobile 10 GB Broadband Plan. Such a plan will keep you connected no matter where you might be. You could be commuting on your way to or from your office. Be on holidays or simply having a weekend away. All you need do is to plug in the USB modem and thanks to the Optus 3G network you will be online. It is truly that simple.

The mobile broadband market in Australia has never been at a higher point. All internet service providers, including Virgin, are offering faster and faster mobile broadband connections. As the present 3G network, such as that Virgin are presently using, has reach what we all thought was the fastest mobile speeds possible, along comes 4G. This latest development is presently being put into use in all Australian capital cities.