{"id":1196,"date":"2012-07-04T13:22:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T12:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2012-07-04T14:25:22","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T13:25:22","slug":"samba-launch-free-ad-supported-uk-mobile-broadband-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/samba-launch-free-ad-supported-uk-mobile-broadband-service.html","title":{"rendered":"Samba Launch FREE Ad Supported UK Mobile Broadband Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sambamobile.com\" target=\"_blank\">Samba<\/a>, a virtual mobile network operator that uses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a> (3) platform, claims to have launched the country&#8217;s first <strong>FREE Mobile Broadband<\/strong> service today. Naturally there are a few catches.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Firstly, customers have to pay an initial <strong>one-off fee of \u00a32.99<\/strong> (plus \u00a32 delivery), which covers the cost of a SIM card and delivery to your home address (a USB Modem option will be available for around \u00a325 in the near future). Once joined you&#8217;d then be <strong>required to watch a few video adverts<\/strong> (this could be a several minutes long) each day in order to top-up your credit (2-3 mins daily equals about 500MB a month or 3-4MB per ad, which isn&#8217;t too bad). When the credit runs out you have to watch more adverts.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribers will also need to <strong>install a plug-in<\/strong> for their website browser or Smartphone app that directs them to the adverts and tracks if somebody buys one of the associated products, which will also result in additional data credit. The app\/plugin will also prevent adult content from being loaded and <strong>collects personal traffic data<\/strong>, such as your location, website visits, search times and more. That&#8217;s quite a worrying amount of detail.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Qv6RUWRrgA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately similar schemes, while quite attractive for casual users, have a habit of <strong>failing to return enough income<\/strong> to sustain themselves. Meanwhile crafty internet users almost always find clever ways to trick such systems into giving them credit without having to watch the ads, although that hasn&#8217;t happened to Samba.. yet.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand customers can just skip the ads and <strong>buy a standard data top-up<\/strong> but then there&#8217;d be little point in using Samba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samba, a virtual mobile network operator that uses the Three UK (3) platform, claims to have launched the country&#8217;s first FREE Mobile Broadband service today. 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