Broadband News & Mobile Broadband News

Virgin Media Student Broadband Deals Launched

By David L — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:37:32 +0000

Virgin Media (virginmedia.com/student) has launched a range of new student broadband deals that are available on a shorter 9 month contract.

Ideal for students who do not require broadband during the summer months, Virgin Media’s wireless broadband deals are perfect for sharing and do not require a telephone line, which means there’s no line rental to pay.

Up to 10Mb broadband speeds are available for £20 a month over 9 months, while up to 20Mb speeds cost £25 for the first 2 months, followed by £30 a month for the remaining 7 months.

Students can also opt for up to 20Mb broadband speeds plus unlimited weekend phone calls to UK landlines for £15 a month for 2 months, then £20 a month thereafter – so long as they take a Virgin phone line for £11.99 a month.

A broadband activation fee of £20 applies, although this is waived for students with an NUS Extra card.

Students can also get 15% off whatever they spend on their Virgin mobile and mobile broadband every month if they sign up to Virgin Media’s student discount for NUS Extra cardholders.

Virgin Media’s super-fast fibre optic broadband network covers 55% of UK households. Its download speeds were found to be twice as fast as its rivals in a recent OFCOM broadband speed test study.

Interested readers can find out more at the virginmedia.com website.

O2 Offers Short Broadband Contract For Students

By Steve T — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:10:45 +0000

O2 (o2.co.uk/broadband) has launched a short broadband contract option for students as part of a major revamp of its home broadband packages.

New customers switching to the ISP now have the option of taking an O2 Broadband package on a 30 day contract as opposed to O2’s standard 12 month contract period.

Perfect for students, anyone in rented property or for those who require flexibility, the 30 day contract option is available for an additional fee of £29.99. This is a one-off fee on top of the monthly O2 Broadband package cost.

O2’s revamp of its broadband packages has led to its 3 core packages being replaced by new ones that are tailored to customers’ daily consumption or usage needs, as opposed to headline download speeds.

O2’s move to providing packages based on customers’ specific needs follows a recent survey of 2,000 consumers which found that UK broadband users could be wasting over £700 million a year on broadband speeds they simply did not need.

O2’s new broadband packages, known as ‘The Basics’, ‘The All Rounder’ and ‘The Works’ are currently available with the first 3 months subscription free of charge.

After month three, prices start from £8 a month for ‘The Basics’ package which provides broadband speeds up to 20Mbps together with a 20GB monthly download usage allowance.

Customers can also opt to switch their home phone line rental to O2 and pay from just £7.50 a month.

Interested readers can find out more at the o2.co.uk website or at our
O2 Home Broadband review.

Virgin Media Broadband Deals Get Free Installation

By Sue A — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:25:08 +0000

Virgin Media (virginmedia.com) has launched a free installation offer worth £40 across many of its broadband only and broadband and phone deals.

New customers switching to Virgin Media Broadband can qualify for the free installation offer by ordering any of Virgin Media’s 10Mb, 20Mb or 50Mb broadband packages which come with a Virgin phone line and unlimited weekend calls to UK landlines.

Prices start from £5 a month for Virgin Media’s 10Mb broadband service and weekend calls, while the 50Mb package, costing from £15 a month, also includes free activation, worth an extra £20. Virgin Media telephone line rental is £11.99 a month.

New customers not wanting a Virgin phone line can opt for a broadband only package and pay from £15 a month for up to 10Mb speeds, £25 a month for up to 20Mb speeds and £33 a month for up to 50Mb speeds.

All Virgin Media broadband plans have an unlimited download usage allowance (a fair use policy applies), free PC Guard security and a free ‘N’ wireless router.

Virgin Media’s fibre optic broadband network covers 55% of UK homes. Its download speeds were found to be twice as fast as its competitors in a recent OFCOM broadband speed test study.

Interested readers can find out more at the virginmedia.com website.

T-Mobile Broadband Pay As You Go Dongle Now £8.99

By David L — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:08:15 +0000

T-Mobile UK (t-mobile.co.uk/broadband) has reduced the price of its pay as you go mobile broadband dongle to just a one-off £8.99.

New customers ordering the T-Mobile PAYG dongle online with a £10 top up can also get 30 days free mobile broadband access when they buy their first day’s usage for £2.

A fair usage policy of 2GB applies for the 30 days, with no additional charges or run on rates applying for going over the 2GB cap, although T-Mobile may restrict a customer’s use.

When the 30 days end, customers can simply top up again and pay for the days they need – either £2 per day for 0.5GB of data usage, £7 per week for 1GB or £15 for a month for 2GB.

T-Mobile Broadband provides download speeds up to 4.5Mbps and was recently voted ‘Best Mobile Broadband’ by What Mobile.

Interested readers can find out more at the t-mobile.co.uk website.

BT Summer Deals 3 Months Free Offer Continues

By Steve T — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:17:33 +0000

BT (www.BT.com/summerdeals) has confirmed that one of its popular BT Summer Deals, offering 3 months free broadband and phone calls, is set to continue until the end of September.

The offer which generates savings of up to £89.97 on the standard bundle price, provides up to 20Mbps BT Total Broadband speeds together with unlimited anytime phone calls to UK landlines free for 3 months, followed by just £15.99 per month thereafter.

The BT Total Broadband Option 1 package provided features a 10GB monthly download allowance, unlimited W-Fi minutes at over a million hotspots across the country and a free BT Home Hub wireless router worth £89.99.

Around the clock Freephone broadband help from a UK landline is also included.

BT’s Unlimited Anytime Calling Plan also offers anytime phone calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers and free customer support.

There’s also no connection fee charged for new customers requiring a new BT phone line to be installed or re-connected in order to take advantage of this offer – which means a further saving of £127.99.

BT Summer Deals are available to order online only, so interested readers are advised to visit the www.BT.com/summerdeals website for further information and to order online.

BT Infinity Broadband Deals Reduced To £7.49

By Sue A — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:48:54 +0000

BT (BT.com/infinity) has reduced the price of its BT Infinity Broadband and phone calls package to just £7.49 a month.

Previously £19.49 a month, new customers can now get the BT Infinity Broadband and calls package for £7.49 a month for the first 3 months, followed by £17.99 a month thereafter.

The package includes broadband speeds up to 40Mbps, a 40GB download allowance, free BT Infinity Home Hub, free engineer installation and unlimited weekend phone calls to UK landlines.

BT Infinity is BT’s next generation fibre optic broadband network which provides super-fast download speeds up to 40Mbps, together with upload speeds up to 10Mbps.

BT is rolling out its new fibre optic broadband network across the UK, with four million UK homes expected to have access to BT Infinity enabled telephone exchanges by December 2010.

Interested readers can check when BT Infinity Broadband will be available in their area by visiting the BT.com/infinity website and choosing the region where they live.

BT Connection Charge Free For New BT Phone Lines

By David L — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:08:53 +0000

BT (BT.com) has launched a free connection charge offer for new customers switching to BT who need a new BT phone line installed or re-connected.

The new offer means new customers can save themselves the one-off BT line connection charge of £127.99.

In order to qualify, new customers must order online a BT Broadband and Phone calls package, the cheapest of which is currently £6.99 a month for the first 3 months, followed by £13.99 per month after.

This package provides up to 20Mbps broadband download speeds plus unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines and 0845/0870 numbers.

A free BT wireless router (known as the BT Home Hub), worth £89.99, is also included in this package.

New customers requiring a new BT phone line and a phone calls package, but with no broadband, will need to pay a one-off £29.99 connection charge, which will be added to their first bill.

Readers can find out more at the BT.com website.

BT Summer Deals £6.99 Offer Ends Monday

By Steve T — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:17:30 +0000

BT (www.BT.com/summerdeals) has confirmed that one of its BT Summer Deals offering broadband and calls for £6.99 a month, is ending at midnight on Monday the 23rd August.

This online only deal, available exclusively at the www.BT.com website, offers up to 20Mbps BT Total Broadband plus unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines for just £6.99 per month for the first 3 months, followed by £13.99 a month thereafter.

The broadband part of the package includes a 10GB monthly download usage allowance, a free wireless BT Home Hub worth £89.99, unlimited Wi-Fi minutes at hotspots across the UK, plus around the clock customer support.

The phone calls element of the package includes unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers, BT Answer 1571 and free customer support.

BT are currently waiving their connection charge for new BT phone lines, which means new customers requiring a new BT telephone line to be installed can currently save £127.99 by ordering this BT Summer Deal.

This is one of BT’s best value deals so far this year, so interested readers are advised to visit the www.BT.com website for more information and to sign up online before Monday.

BT Extend Free BT Vision Box Offer

By Sue A — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:42:25 +0000

BT (www.BT.com/btvision) has extended its free BT Vision box offer until the end of the year, saving new and existing BT customers £45.

Known as the Vision+ box, the BT Vision set top box enables viewers to watch live Freeview channels including Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2 and ESPN, plus on-demand entertainment over their BT Broadband connection.

The Vision+ box is free to existing BT Broadband customers who take a BT Vision Value pack. Prices start from £7.50 a month for the Bronze Value pack which offers subscribers the choice of 2 viewing packs from Films, Sport, Kids and Music.

BT Vision viewing packs can be swapped each month, while individual shows from other packs can be watched on a pay per view basis from as little as 39p a show.

Existing BT Broadband customers requiring just the BT Vision box or a single BT Vision viewing pack will need to pay £90 for the set top box – and £11.99 per month should they wish to watch Sky Sports 1 or Sky Sports 2.

New customers to BT can sign up online to a broadband, TV and calls package that costs £32.99 a month and receive the BT Vision box for free.

This £32.99 package provides broadband speeds up to 20Mbps, the BT Vision Bronze Value Pack with 4 TV viewing packs, plus unlimited UK weekend phone calls.

Readers can find out further information on all these options at the www.BT.com/btvision website and order their BT Vision package online.

TalkTalk Broadband Free For 6 Months

By David L — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:52:49 +0000

TalkTalk Broadband (TalkTalk.co.uk) has launched a 6 months free offer on its Broadband and Phone ‘Essentials’ package.

New customers ordering the TalkTalk Broadband and Phone Essentials package online at the TalkTalk.co.uk website can save themselves a total of £41.94 over the first 6 months of their 18 month contract – with the Essentials £6.99 monthly fee being applied as a credit to a customer’s first 6 bills.

Monthly telephone line rental of £11.49 still applies together with a one-off connection fee of £29.99.

The TalkTalk Essentials package provides up to 24Mbps broadband speeds together with a 40GB download usage allowance, free wireless router and free customer & technical support.

Unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines and 0845/0870 numbers are also included together with free voicemail and free privacy features.

The 6 months free offer is available to 80% of UK households that are located within TalkTalk’s next generation broadband network.

According to the TalkTalk website, savings of up to £197 can be made by switching from BT to TalkTalk’s new offer.

Interested readers can find out further information at the TalkTalk.co.uk website or by phoning TalkTalk on 0800 049 7865.