Broadband News & Mobile Broadband News

Sky.com/FreeHD – Free Sky HD Offer This Summer

By Sue A — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:50:10 +0000

Sky (sky.com/freehd) is offering free HD (high definition TV) this summer to both new and existing customers joining or upgrading to Sky TV with HD.

Sky’s free HD offer means subscribers can enjoy a Great British summer of sport watching the likes of Euro 2012, Wimbledon and Formula 1 in stunning high definition picture quality.

Existing Sky TV customers upgrading to Sky TV with HD can get a free Sky+ HD box, free standard set up and the HD pack, containing up to 60 HD channels, free for 3 months (£10 a month thereafter).

New customers joining Sky TV with HD can get Sky’s complete TV Entertainment package half price for 6 months together with a free Sky+ HD box, free standard set-up and the Sky HD pack (with up to 60 HD channels) free for 3 months.

Priced at just £12.50 a month for the first 3 months (then from £22.75 a month thereafter), this Sky package also includes Sky Broadband plus inclusive evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines.

New customers ordering their Sky TV with HD package online will qualify for a free £25 Marks & Spencer voucher, while both existing and new subscribers can watch Sky TV on the move using the award-winning Sky Go app.

Interested readers can find out more and order Sky’s free HD offer online at the sky.com/freehd website.

BT.com/new – Free Unlimited UK Calls For 12 Months

By Steve T — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:28:10 +0000

BT’s brand new offer at www.BT.com/new is giving new customers free unlimited UK calls for 12 months when they buy great value BT Broadband for just £13 a month.

That’s a year of free chat to call any UK landline at anytime and also includes phone calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers too.

BT Broadband is the UK’s most popular broadband which, via its super smart Home Hub, gives a wireless broadband connection that’s unbeaten by other major UK providers.

The BT Home Hub uses ‘N’ and Smart Wireless technology which continually monitors a customer’s wireless channels and avoids interference from non Wi-Fi devices. It then selects the strongest channel for a customer’s wireless device (e.g laptop, ipad or smartphone) to use.

New customers switching to BT for this new offer will also be able to access free broadband on the move, by connecting to one of BT’s 3.5 million wi-fi hotspots across the UK (the world’s largest free wi-fi network).

BT phone line rental of £14.60 a month must be taken with this new offer, however, this can be reduced to a great value £10.75 a month when paid 12 months in advance with BT’s Line Rental Saver.

Orders placed online for BT’s 12 months free unlimited UK calls offer can also qualify for a free £25 Sainsbury’s gift card. There’s also an option to order a 6 months free BT Broadband plus evening and weekend calls package too.

Readers can find out more information and order online at the www.BT.com/new website.

BT Infinity 2 Broadband – 76Mbps Speeds For £20

By David L — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:19:22 +0000

BT Infinity 2 Broadband (www.BT.com/btinfinity2) has arrived offering customers up to 76Mbps broadband speeds for just £20 a month – and that price includes unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines.

The arrival of BT Infinity 2 follows BT’s upgrade of its network of fibre optic broadband technology, which now delivers broadband speeds eight times faster than the UK average.

BT Infinity 2 also features upstream speeds up to 19Mbps, which are currently the UK’s fastest and thus perfect for uploading photos and videos to favourite social media sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

The £20 per month BT Infinity 2 package, which reverts back to the standard £26 per month after 3 months, also features an unlimited monthly download usage allowance, advanced security and a free BT Infinity Home Hub wireless router.

BT is rolling out BT Infinity across the UK over the next 2 years with different locations being enabled to support BT Infinity at different stages.

With over 7 million homes now able to use BT Infinity, readers are advised to use the availability checker on the www.BT.com/infinity website to find out what BT Broadband products are available in their location and what speed they can expect.

UPDATE 4th May 2012: For a limited time only, orders placed online at www.BT.com for any BT Broadband package, including BT Infinity, now also qualify for a free £25 Sainsbury’s gift card voucher.

BT.com/hop – Rabbit To Your Heart’s Content With BT

By Sue A — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:12:14 +0000

New customers switching to BT at www.BT.com/hop can ‘rabbit to their heart’s content’ with BT’s free unlimited anytime UK calls for a year offer.

In order to qualify’s for BT’s free calls for a year offer, new customers must take BT Broadband for £13 a month over a 12 month contract period.

Orders placed online for this Broadband and Anytime Calls package will also qualify for a free £25 Sainsbury’s gift card provided by BT.

BT phone line rental costing from £10.75 a month is required with this Spring deal, while BT’s digital TV Essentials package can easily be added for an additional £4 a month.

BT Broadband download speeds up to 16Mbps are provided together with a 10GB monthly usage allowance and free Home Hub wireless router.

There’s also free Wi-Fi minutes available at over 3.5 million BT Wi-Fi hotspots across the country, while the free anytime calls for a year include phone calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers.

For those customers not wanting an anytime calls package, BT has also launched a 6 months free broadband plus evening & weekend calls deal that usually costs £13 a month – thus saving £78.

Interested readers can find out more on all these deals and order online at the www.BT.com/hop website.

Sky Spring Sale – 6 Months Free Sky Broadband & Calls

By Steve T — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:28:45 +0000

The Sky Spring sale (www.sky.com/springsale) launches today with Sky’s Unlimited Broadband & Talk Unlimited package now free for the first 6 months when ordered online.

Existing Sky TV customers who do not currently take Broadband and Calls from Sky, can order Sky’s Unlimited Broadband package with no monthly usage caps, plus unlimited anytime phone calls to UK landlines (known as Talk Unlimited), for free for the first 6 months, then pay just £12.50 a month thereafter.

New customers switching to Sky can order the Sky Unlimited Broadband and Talk Unlimited package without Sky TV and pay just £15 a month (after the first 6 months free) in the Sky Spring Sale.

New customers switching to Sky for the 6 months free Unlimited Broadband and Calls offer can also bundle this with Sky’s existing 6 months half price Sky TV offer.

This means new customers would pay £10 a month for the first 6 months (£32.50 per month thereafter) for Unlimited Broadband, Talk Unlimited, plus the Sky TV Entertainment pack.

The Sky TV Entertainment pack contains over 40 great digital TV channels including Sky1, Sky Living and Sky Atlantic, plus all Freeview TV and radio channels.

The Sky+ box is included for free, as is free standard set up saving £30. There’s also a free £25 M&S voucher available for orders placed online and useful additional services like SkyGo.

Sky phone line rental is required with all these packages and costs £12.25 a month.

Interested readers can find out more about the Sky Spring sale at the www.sky.com/springsale website.

Sky.com/Store – Sky Movie Rental At Sky Store For 99p

By David L — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:01:53 +0000

Sky’s new movie rental service, Sky Store (sky.com/store) has over 1,000 movies to rent from just 99p each and is instantly available to existing Sky TV customers through their Sky+ box.

New customers can join Sky TV for just £10 a month for the first 6 months (£20 per month thereafter) and enjoy pay as you go movies using the Sky Store.

The £10 a month subscription also includes a free Sky+ box, Sky’s most popular TV entertainment channels like Sky1, Sky LIVING & Sky Atlantic, together with Sky Broadband and unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines.

There’s also a free £25 Marks & Spencer voucher and free set up available for all Sky TV orders that are placed online.

Sky Store is the equivalent of having a having a huge movie rental store in your own home, all available instantly through your Sky+ box with any Sky TV package.

It’s part of Sky’s on demand service, which means there’s no Sky Movies subscription required.

Prices start from just 99p per movie for a range of all time favourite films, while all the latest movies released on DVD can be rented at the same release time via the Sky Store for only £3.49 each.

To enjoy Sky Store, Sky TV customers must connect their Sky+ box to any broadband router.

Interested readers can find out further information about the Sky Store movie rental service at the sky.com/store website.

BT.com/VisionTV – BT TV, Broadband & Calls For £4

By Sue A — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:55:39 +0000

BT (www.bt.com/visiontv) has unveiled a digital TV (BT Vision TV), Broadband and Calls offer that costs just £4 a month for the first 6 months when ordered online.

The deal, which reverts back to £17 a month after the first 6 months, features BT’s TV Essential package, up to 16Mbps broadband speeds and unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines.

BT’s TV Essential package includes a free BT Vision+ box (worth £199) which allows users to record, pause and rewind live TV.

There’s also access to all Freeview TV & radio channels, while the Catch Up TV service enables users to watch programmes on the BBC iPlayer on their own television.

All the latest blockbuster films and TV shows can also be watched on BT Vision on a pay per view basis, while premium channels like Sky Sports 1 or 2 can be added from an additional £12.90 a month.

The 16Mbps BT broadband speeds come with a handy 10GB monthly usage allowance, a free BT Home Hub wireless router, McAfee internet security and free Wi-Fi minutes.

BT’s £4 a month TV, Broadband and Calls deal requires a one-off £40 activation fee for the BT Vision TV Essential package and comes on an 18 month contract.

BT phone line rental is required and costs from £10.75 a month when paid upfront using BT’s Landline Saver plan. Customers paying monthly by direct debit for their BT line rental will need to pay £14.60 per month.

Free connection is included for those new customers switching to BT who need a new BT phone line installed or re-connected.

Readers can find out more information and order BT’s £4 a month deal online at the www.bt.com/visiontv website. Readers can also qualify for a free £25 Sainsbury’s gift card voucher when they order online.

BT.com/bestdeal – 6 Months Free BT Broadband & Calls

By Steve T — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:28:03 +0000

BT’s best deal (www.BT.com/bestdeal) has launched offering new customers 6 months free broadband and calls on an 18 month contract, plus a free £25 Sainsbury’s gift card voucher.

Available to order exclusively at the www.BT.com website, the 6 months free deal offers broadband speeds up to 16Mbps plus unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines – with the price reverting to the standard £13 a month from month seven.

The broadband has a 10GB monthly usage allowance and comes with the BT Home Hub, McAfee security, free Wi-Fi minutes and a free 24/7 helpline.

BT phone line rental, costing from £10.75 a month is required, while free connection (worth £127.99) is currently available to those new customers who need a BT phone line to be installed or re-connected.

New customers wanting BT’s anytime phone call plan can add this to the 6 months free package for an additonal £4.90 a month.

Alternatively, they could order BT’s £13 per month broadband offer which includes unlimited anytime UK landline phone calls for a year.

The £13 per month offer is available on a shorter 12 month contract period and also includes a free £25 Sainsbury’s gift card when ordered online.

Readers can find out further information on BT’s best deals at the www.BT.com/bestdeal website.

Plus.net/6months – 6 Months Free Plusnet Broadband

By Sue A — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:58:07 +0000

Plusnet (www.plus.net/6months) has launched a 6 months free broadband offer which includes unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines and 0845/0870 numbers.

Usually £6.49 a month, new customers signing up online for this package can enjoy up to 16Mbps Plusnet Value Broadband speeds that come with a 10GB monthly usage cap and free wireless router.

There’s also an unlimited usage allowance between the hours of midnight and 8am, which makes it a great time to make larger downloads, as customers won’t use any of their monthly usage allowance.

Free calls to Plusnet’s UK based and award-winning Support team are also included, anytime of the day or night.

Plusnet phone line rental is required with this offer and costs £12.99 a month when paid by direct debit or an equivalent of £9.49 a month if paid upfront using Plusnet’s Line Rental Saver plan.

A one off £49 may also be required should a new customer need Plusnet to install a new phone line.

Readers interested in taking advantage of Plusnet’s 6 months free broadband offer can find out more at the www.plus.net/6months website.

BT.com/deals – 12 Months Free Calls & £25 Voucher

By David L — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:07:52 +0000

BT (www.BT.com/deals) has unveiled a 12 months free unlimited UK calls offer for new customers who order BT Broadband for £13 a month.

New customers ordering this Broadband and Anytime Calls package online will also qualify for a free £25 Sainsbury’s gift card voucher that will be sent out by BT once the customer’s broadband has been activated (full details on claiming the voucher can be found on www.BT.com/claimvoucher).

The 12 months free unlimited UK calls applies to anytime phone calls to UK landlines and 0845/0870 numbers. Calls can be made for up to an hour after which charges apply – however, customers can hang up and redial before the end of the hour to avoid charges.

The broadband part of the package provides download speeds up to 16Mbps together with a 10GB monthly usage limit, which is plenty for most broadband users.

The BT Home Hub wireless router is included together with basic PC security and online storage. There’s also free unlimited Wi-Fi minutes available at over 3.5 million BT Wi-Fi hotspots across the UK.

BT line rental is required with this package and costs from an equivalent of £10.75 a month when paid upfront, or £14.60 a month when paid monthly by direct debit.

New customers needing a new phone line to be installed or re-connected in order to take the 12 months free calls offer can currently take advantage of BT’s free connection incentive which provides savings of around £128.

In a seperate move, BT has also launched a 6 months free Broadband plus unlimited evening & weekend phone calls deal, that normally costs £13 a month.

Interested readers can find out more on this and BT’s 12 months free unlimited UK calls offer at the www.BT.com/deals website.