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Almost every United Kingdom mobile broadband provider offers some type of the deal that includes within the price of a long-term monthly contract a free laptop computer. Dongles for laptops are also included. On one level these can be an excellent arrangement as they allow a person of limited financial means to receive a shiny new laptop computer and a built in Internet connection at one set monthly fee. That price can range from 20 to 35 pounds per month depending on the quality of the computer chosen. Most base level free laptop deals use a very basic mini notebook computer as their model. The mobile broadband can be purchased even on pay as you go dongles terms for around 15 pounds per month, so how can these deals that include netbook computers be classified as free? Indeed these free laptop deals are anything but. You may fully expect as a consumer to pay 50 to 100% over the mobile broadband contract price if that contract includes the laptop computer. A little basic arithmetic also shows us that when paying 15 pounds extra per month on a contract so as to received the laptop computer this equates to 360 pounds over the term of a two year contract. When you consider that the mobile broadband company purchases these laptop computers in bulk and at wholesale you can conclude that the company is actually making a profit on your free laptop computer.