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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.
BT Launch 3 Months Free BT Broadband Online Offer
BT have launched a 3 months free BT Broadband offer for customers who bring their phone calls to BT.
From today, new customers or those switching back to BT can get their broadband free for the first 3 months when they order either a broadband and phone calls package or a broadband, calls and digital TV package.
The offer is available online only at BT.com and follows BT’s recent £30 off your BT bill offer which is still valid when ordering broadband only packages on the BT website.
The new offer means BT’s entry level broadband and phone calls package, which includes free evening & weekend phone calls and free calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers, is free for the first 3 months, followed by £15.65 a month thereafter.
Further information can be found at the BT website, BT.com, or at our BT Broadband & Phone Calls review.
BT Launches I-Plate To Increase Broadband Speeds
BT has today launched the BT I-Plate filter to help increase customers broadband speeds.
Available at the BT online shop for just £11.74, the BT I-Plate is a unique filter that helps stop any interference affecting the broadband signal.
Commenting on the launch, a spokesman for BT said, “We think that the I-Plate can certainly play a part in delivering higher broadband speeds to people suffering poor performance.”
Problems with broadband connection speeds are often caused by interference to the broadband signal by other household appliances such as microwaves and telephones. The BT I-Plate stops all this interference and in tests has proved to increase speeds by 1.5Mbps and even up to 4Mbps.
The I-Plate is now on sale at the BT Shop website, with the company expected to launch a large marketing campaign in the summer to drive awareness and sales.
Statistically it is thought that around 7 out of 10 homes will be able to use the new I-Plate from BT.
BT Broadband & Free 0845 / 0870 Calls A Hit
BT Broadband and phone packages which include free 0845 / 0870 calls are proving a hit with customers who are eager to cut their spending as the recession bites.
Customers are switching back to BT in their droves, buoyed by the fact that they only need pay from just £7.78 a month for an 8Mb wireless broadband package that also includes unlimited evening & weekend phone calls to UK landlines – And free calls to 0845 and 0870 phone numbers.
Customers can also add BT Vision, (BT’s pay per view digital TV service) to their broadband and phone package for free and simply pay as they go for the live sport and latest blockbuster films they want to watch.
A Freeview digital TV recorder is also included for free with BT Vision, enabling customers to pause, rewind & record live TV, not to mention watching the 40 Freeview channels as standard.
BT is currently the only UK telecoms company offering free 0845 and 0870 calls. This means for their customers, there’s no charges for calling their banks, doctors surgery or energy provider – to name but a few.
Further information on the BT Broadband and phone call packages, including fee 0845 and 0870 calls, can be found at the bt.com website.
Readers can also visit our BT Broadband and Phone review for more.
BT Gets Fibre Optic Broadband Go Ahead
BT has been given the go ahead for its new super-fast fibre optic broadband network.
The network will cover 10 million British homes and it is set to offer speeds up to 20 times faster than the current 2Mbps average, with up to 100Mbps possible.
The Observer reports:
“After intense negotiations over the past few weeks, Ofcom will propose a new set of rules on Tuesday that will include a change in the way that BT’s networks business Openreach operates so it can start delivering broadband speeds up to 20 times faster than the current average.”
The new fibre optic broadband network will be constructed by BT over the next three years at a cost of £1.5bn. It will be made available to BT’s rivals, with Ofcom’s new rules enabling BT to profit from this.
BT’s broadband rival, Virgin Media, are already offering 50Mbps broadband speeds to customers in parts of the UK. The company also plans to upgrade around 2.6 million customers from their current 2Mbps speeds to 10Mbps absolutely free.
It is certainly great news for consumers, with BT’s new fibre optic broadband network also sure to spark competition from LLU providers like the Carphone Warehouse owned TalkTalk.
Overall over the next few years the UK’s broadband industry is set to undergo a huge restructure in order to bring it up to the government’s targets.
As BT prepares its new super-fast network, many consumers are set to benefit from new super-fast broadband access and services.
Black Home Hub Now Free With BT Broadband Option 1
From today, BT’s new 2.0 black home hub wireless router is available for free when you order BT Broadband Option 1 online.
The new wireless home hub from BT provides up to twice the wireless range of any other UK broadband supplier and is proving to be a popular device for wireless broadband users.
BT Broadband Option 1 costs from £7.95 a month and includes free evening and weekend UK calls. You can also get a free digital TV Freeview recorder when you add BT Vision (BT’s digital TV service) to your online broadband order.
For more information go to our BT Broadband review.
