Your mobile broadband equipment will consist of either a USB dongle, and a wire to connect the dongle to your computer, and a sim card which you insert in to the dongle.
Or
a USB data stick which just plugs straight in to your PC/laptop,
Ensure the sim has been activated, this may reqire a call to the provider or by entering a pre supplied pin number during installation or may even be pre-activated
Connect the dongle to any available empty USB socket on your PC / laptop
Setting up the the equipment is simple in Windows XP, just plug the USB modem into your computer/laptop and it loads and and configures itself , on completion you are ready to connect to the network.
Mac users will need to load a driver CD but again nothing too taxing even for a technophobe.
Common conection problems
Check the sim has been activated
unplug the replug the dongle into your PC / laptop (to avoid damaging your equipment always use this procedure)
Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in bottom right-hand corner of the screen
Double-click "(your modems name) Mass Storage USB Device" and select stop
At the prompt, pull out the USB modem
try another USB socket