Latest Broadband Deals
BT Fibre Optic Broadband Offers 3 Months Free
BT fibre optic broadband (BT.com/fibreopticbroadband), with super-fast download speeds up to 40Mbps, is now available for free for the first 3 months to Brits living in enabled areas.
The new promotion by BT means that the 5 million households that currently lie within BT’s fibre optic broadband coverage areas can sign up to the online deal – And enjoy the company’s most powerful broadband to date.
The deal, which includes a 40GB usage allowance and unlimited weekend phone calls to UK landlines, usually cost £18 a month and thus generates an instant saving of £54.
The BT Infinity Home Hub, BT’s fibre enabled wireless router is also included, as is free McAfee security, 5GB of online storage at the BT Digital Vault and unlimited Wi-Fi minutes.
Over 10 million UK homes are expected to have access to BT fibre optic broadband by the summer of 2012.
Interested readers can find out whether they can get the 3 months free deal by visiting the BT.com/fibreopticbroadband website.
Orange Broadband ‘No Tricks Just Treats’ 3 Months Free
The Orange (www.orange.co.uk/tricksvstreats) ‘No Tricks Just Treats’ promotion is offering 3 months free home broadband to existing Orange mobile phone customers.
The offer applies to its up to 20Mbps unlimited Home Broadband and Evening & Weekend Calls package, which like all its packages, doesn’t include any hidden ‘tricks’ like extra usage charges for exceeding download limits.
There’s also no connection fee for Orange customers (saving £30), while treats like 2-for-1 cinema tickets with Orange Wednesdays and a £20 HMV voucher all apply when customers sign up by calling Orange on 0800 072 4136.
After the first 3 months free, Orange mobile customers will receive a further £5 a month off their bill for the EE Home Broadband and Evening & Weekend Calls package – which means a UK best value price of just £7.50 a month.
A free wireless router worth £50 is included in the package as is unlimited offpeak calls to UK landlines, 0845 and 0870 numbers.
Commenting on the ‘No Tricks Just Treats’ promotion, Sylvain Thevenot, Marketing Director for Orange Home Broadband, said: “We’re committed to being as transparent as possible with our broadband price plans, so ‘No Tricks Just Treats’ forms part of a wider commitment by us to our customers”.
Interested readers can find out further information at the www.orange.co.uk/tricksvstreats website or by calling Orange on 0800 072 4136.
Plus.net/fibre Offers Fibre Optic Broadband For £16.49
Plusnet (www.plus.net/fibre-broadband) is offering its new 40Mbps fibre optic broadband service, known as Plusnet Fibre, for just £16.49 a month.
Rated as one of the best value fibre optic broadband services on the market, Plusnet Fibre uses ’Fibre to the Cabinet’ (‘FTTC’) technology which connects telephone exchanges to street cabinets using faster fibre optic links.
At the time of writing around 5 million UK homes have access to Plusnet Fibre, with 10 million (40% of UK homes) expected to have access to the faster speeds and bandwidth by next summer.
Recent customer trials of Plusnet Fibre have seen users triple their broadband speed from 2-12Mbps to speeds of 30Mbps or more.
Plusnet has two fibre optic broadband packages available, Plusnet Value Fibre and Plusnet Extra Fibre. Both have speeds up to 40Mbps, but differ on the usage allowance.
Plusnet Value Fibre, priced from £16.49 a month, gives customers a 40GB monthly download usage allowance, with free usage between the hours of midnight and 8am.
Plusnet Extra Fibre, priced from £21.49 a month, has a higher 120GB monthly usage allowance and also comes with the free overnight usage.
A free wireless router is included in both packages, while a £50 charge applies for the engineer assisted installation – though this can be avoided if a customer takes one of the Plusnet Fibre packages with a Plusnet Home Phone package.
Around the clock, award-winning, telephone support is also available from the Plusnet team based in Yorkshire.
Interested readers can find out whether they live in a Plusnet Fibre area at the www.plus.net/fibre website.
Free Unlimited Broadband At Sky.com/unlimitedfree
Sky (sky.com/unlimitedfree) has unveiled a 3 months free offer for its up to 20Mbps ‘Unlimited’ broadband package.
The offer is open to existing Sky TV customers and non Sky TV customers who order the Sky Broadband Unlimited package which comes with free evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines.
Existing Sky TV customers can order online at the sky.com/existing website, where after the first 3 months free, the price reverts to £7.50 a month.
Non Sky TV customers do not need to order Sky TV to get the 3 months free ‘Unlimited’ broadband offer. They can order Sky Broadband Unlimited without TV at sky.com/no-tv and will need to pay £10 a month from month four.
Sky Broadband Unlimited has no monthly download usage limit, no fair usage policy and does not throttle Internet traffic at peak times.
It is the company’s premium broadband package and is a good choice for downloading music & enjoying uninterrupted online gaming.
Free technical support together with free security software and a free wireless router are included in the package.
Those applying for the 3 months free broadband offer will need to switch their phone line rental to Sky’s, which is currently £11.25 a month. This is cheaper than BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk.
Readers can find out more at the sky.com website.
Don’t Miss Out On TalkTalk £3.25 Phone & Broadband
[Updated: 3rd April 2013] TalkTalk (TalkTalk.co.uk/dontmissout) has launched a £3.25 a month phone and broadband offer which lasts the duration of the 12 month contract period and is available to 90% of UK households.
The 12 months half price offer at £3.25 a month is available to order online only at the TalkTalk website and applies to the company’s ‘Essentials’ package.
TalkTalk Essentials provides unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines together with broadband download speeds up to 14Mbps.
Offpeak phone calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers are included, while the broadband includes an unlimited monthly download usage allowance and free wireless router.
Free connection worth an extra £30 is also available, while TalkTalk telephone line rental from £9.50 a month is required.
Interested readers can find out more and order online at the TalkTalk.co.uk website where they’ll also qualify for a FREE £25 high street shopping voucher (offer ends 11th April 2013, terms apply).
BT Infinity Rollout Areas Get 3 Months Free Broadband
People living in BT Infinity rollout areas can now get their first 3 months BT Infinity Broadband free of charge when they order online at the BT.com/infinity website.
BT Infinity is BT’s super-fast fibre optic broadband network which provides download speeds up to 40Mbps together with upload speeds up to 10Mbps.
Currently available to 5 million UK homes, BT Infinity is being rolled out across the UK with 10 million UK homes & businesses expected to have access by next summer.
The 3 months free offer applies to the BT Infinity Broadband Option 1 package which comes with a free BT Infinity Home Hub wireless router and a 40GB monthly data usage allowance.
Normally priced at £18 a month, the package also includes unlimited weekend calls to UK landlines, free installation by a BT engineer and free activation.
With most BT Broadband customers seeing their speed increase by at least 3 times when they upgraded to BT Infinity, switching to BT Infinity makes sense if you live in a BT Infinity rollout area.
Interested readers can check if they can get BT Infinity Broadband or see when it’s available in their area by visiting the BT.com/infinity website.
Readers can also use our broadband availability checker and if available in their area, compare BT Infinity with other broadband deals from different suppliers.
