O2 Broadband Review

O2 Broadband is a broadband service provider located in the UK that provides service for both home broadband users, as well as mobile broadband users on a variety of mobile networks.  O2 Broadband manages to offer solid service in both home broadband as well as mobile broadband, with a focus on “all around” value, rather than focusing on any one extreme (be it price, performance, or short contract length).

O2 Broadband’s focus on home broadband is centred on their unlimited plan, offering eight megabits per second of expected download rate with an unlimited download allowance.  Priced at just £7.50 per month, this makes O2 Broadband’s offering a relatively inexpensive unlimited broadband plan, all while maintaining a relatively high rate of data transfer.  In addition, those seeking a faster download rate can purchase a plan at £10.00 monthly for a 20 megabit per second connection.  Unfortunately, this offer is only available to O2 Mobile service users, and is priced at an unreasonable £12.50 monthly for non O2 Mobile users.

As far as mobile broadband goes, O2 offers a wide variety of plans, including pay as you go programmes providing service only on the days you need it.  This comes at a price of £2.00 per day, which is rather steep considering that O2 offers monthly service at £9.78 for a 3.6 megabit per second connection with a three gigabyte limit per month.  All in all, this offering does not stand out much among the competition, however when bundled with home service, O2’s mobile offering becomes far more attractive.