BT Offers UK’s Cheapest Home & Mobile Broadband

BT has today launched the UK’s cheapest home and mobile broadband offer with prices starting from just £7.78 a month.

The offer is available online only at www.bt.com to new BT Total Broadband customers signing up to either BT Total Broadband Option 1, 2 or 3 on an 18 month contract.

BT’s cheap home & mobile broadband bundle provides up to 8Mb wireless broadband speeds at home together with up to 7.2Mb mobile broadband speeds when away from the home using the BT dongle and a laptop.

BT customers will simply need to plug the supplied BT dongle into their laptop and they will be enjoy mobile broadband access over either the HSDPA or 3G network in a matter of minutes – with the service covering 80% of the UK.

A 1GB monthly data allowance is provided with BT Mobile Broadband, which means users can send 300 e-mails, surf the web for 400 minutes, download one film, 48 photos, and 144 songs. Customers who need more than 1GB of data a month can easily top up their usage by paying an additional £10 for 1GB.

John Petter, Managing Director of BT’s Consumer Division, said: “This is an absolutely fantastic deal, the most complete home and mobile broadband for only 56p a day is a no-brainer. Now you can use broadband wherever you are without worrying about the cost.”

John continues, “You can use mobile broadband on the train, in the coffee shop or in the park for all the things you go online for, to look at your e-mails, check the football results, or watch Britain’s Got Talent star, Susan Boyle on YouTube.”

BT’s £7.78 per month price point for BT home and mobile broadband option 1 applies for the first 3 months, followed by £15.65 a month thereafer. A one off charge of £49.99 also applies for the BT Mobile Broadband dongle.

Total costs, excluding telephone line rental, over 18 months is £308.18, with same deal from Orange and Virgin Media costing £528.48 and £435 respectively – which means BT customers save at least £125.

BT Broadband customers now have access to the UK’s most complete broadband solution in and out of the home. There’s BT Home Broadband using the BT home hub, BT Mobile Broadband using the BT dongle and free BT Wi-Fi minutes at BT Openzone hotspots across the UK, including Starbucks coffee houses. There’s also access to 400,000 BT FON Wi-Fi hotspots around the world.

BT Mobile Broadband can also be purchased on its own, with the 1GB prepay USB modem dongle costing a one off £129.99. An 18 month contract applies with users getting 1GB of data usage a month.

Readers can go to the BT.com website for more information, or to our BT Broadband review.