Showing posts with label mobile broadband. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mobile broadband. Show all posts

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Twitter clocks up 5 billion

Social media site Twitter has clocked up 5 billion tweets. Nevermind the fact that a reasonable percentage of those will be drivel...

We're finding that Twitter is increasingly important and we're using it to successfully drive traffic to the iSM (Information Services Monthly) site - http://www.ismonthly.com, as well as those of clients like MobileBroadbandSupermarket (MBS).

Increasingly, we're finding new applications too - along with MBS, we're planning to use twitter to generate regionalised feedback on the quality of service from Mobile Broadband network providers, so we can enhance the service on their site, but also use it as the basis for regional pieces of PR across the UK.

Read more about the 5 billionth tweet here - http://bit.ly/26b8rI

Friday, 2 October 2009

MobileBroadbandSupermarket.co.uk launches FREE student guide to Dongles

Free guide seeks to help student’s make informed decisions and save money

MobileBroadbandSupermarket.co.uk, the online comparison service, has launched a web –based student guide to help students choose the best mobile connectivity to suit their circumstances.

The document is hosted on the MobileBroadbandSupermarket.co.uk site at:- http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/studentguide

The guide is free to everybody - so students can download it, but it’s also being made freely available to webmasters on student sites and forums and editors on student publications.

Andy Gott, the managing director of MobileBroadbandSupermarket.co.uk, said:
“We published this guide to help students avoid some of the pitfalls involved with mobile broadband contracts, such as hidden charges and service performance issues. With so many students now considering mobile broadband as an alternative to land line based broadband, these considerations are becoming more important for students wanting to set up a broadband connection during their time at university.”

“We've timed the publication to coincide with fresher’s weeks up and down the country, as this is the time when many students start to think about how they're going to get connected to the internet.”

Recent research has shown that Pay as you go mobile (PAYG) broadband deals are extremely popularity among undergraduates living on a limited budget. Some reports have suggested pre-paid mobile broadband sales have risen by over 70 per cent

Whilst students are aware of the flexibility of some of these deals, some packages incur hidden charges and performance issues. The PAYG dongle route also offers students an alternative to land lines and arguments about usage and billing with house and flat-mates.

With the launch of the student guide, MobileBroadbandSupermarket.co.uk are seeking to add clarity to the marketplace and help students to avoid the pitfalls.

Andy Gott added: “We want to ensure that students can make an informed decision based on the dongle deals that best meet their requirements, rather than marketing hype.”

The PDF student guide is entirely free to use and redistribute - and it’s less than 160kb (which is smaller than many web pages), so shouldn't cause any problems for webmasters who decide to host it on their sites.

In addition, MobileBroadbandSupermarket.co.uk are happy to advise anybody requiring any technical assistance to upload the guide to their sites.

The document is hosted on the MobileBroadbandSupermarket.co.uk site at:- http://mobilebroadbandsupermarket.co.uk/studentguide