I use the Vodafone mobile connection and I find it very good, even though I'm in a little village in Wexford. It's €19.99 per month. You say your brother has a landline - if he also has a mobile phone, then he can get rid of the landline and the monthly charge for line rental. By using a combination of the mobile phone and the mobile broadband, then he can communicate with the world as though he has a fixed landline. It's hard for a lot of us to do, but I think we should get rid of the fixed charges for things like landlines (also SKY or Cable TV - use FreeSat).