Latest Broadband Deals
Orange Offers iPad For £99 With Mobile Broadband
Orange (www.orange.co.uk/iPad) is offering new and existing customers the Apple iPad 16GB model with Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity for just £99 when taken with an Orange mobile broadband package.
The new deal sees Orange reduce the upfront cost of all three iPad models, the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB by £100 as part of a limited time incentive on the www.orange.co.uk website.
As indicated, customers will need to sign up to the Orange mobile broadband data package, which at £25 a month, enables iPad users to get online pretty much anywhere in the UK with speeds up to 7.2Mbps.
The package includes a monthly 1GB anytime data usage allowance and a 1GB quiet time allowance between the hours of midnight and 4am.
There’s also unlimited Wi-Fi access at Wi-Fi hotspots across the country using the BT Openzone network.
Readers interested in saving themselves around £330 on the upfront cost of buying an iPad 16GB can find out more at the www.orange.co.uk/iPad website or compare iPad with mobile broadband deals here.
Last Chance For BT’s £75 Dabs.com Voucher
BT (www.BT.com/deals) is set to end its offer of a free £75 Dabs.com voucher later today, giving customers just a few hours left to qualify (UPDATE: BT has extended this offer to the 14th March 2011)
BT’s latest incentive applies to those customers ordering on the www.BT.com website either a new BT phone line, a stand alone BT Broadband plan, or a new BT package containing combinations of broadband, phone & optional digial TV.
Orders placed for BT’s exclusive online offer of half price broadband and offpeak phone calls for the first 3 months (£14 per month thereafter) are eligible for the £75 Dabs.com voucher.
Also eligible are orders for BT’s Winter Warmer Deal, which offers customers 3 months free BT Broadband and Anytime phone calls, before the price reverts to £16 a month.
Dabs.com is a leading online retailer of IT and technology products offering products like netbooks, laptops, PCs, televisions, cameras and digital music players, to name but a few.
Readers can find out more and qualify for the £75 Dabs.com voucher by placing their online order on the www.BT.com website by midnight tonight.
Brits Select Broadband As Top Innovation Of Last Decade
Broadband has been chosen by Britons as the number one innovation of the last decade, with reality TV and Facebook being selected the top innovation hates.
The research, conducted by innovation and growth consultancy, The Foundation, found that half of the surveyed 2,243 Brits gave Broadband the top ranking, with Online Shopping, Google, Chip & Pin and Digital Photography making up the top five.
Reality TV and Facebook headed up the top five most loathed innovations of the last 10 years, followed by Pop-up Advertising, Twitter and IVR/Interactive Voice Response on Telephones.
Commenting on the findings, Charlie Dawson, Partner at The Foundation, said: “This survey shows what good and bad innovation looks like to customers. Home broadband was the winner, perhaps surprising if you thought innovation was all about shiny new gadgets”.
Dawson continued: “It’s a reminder of how useful broadband has become for most people in the UK. It allows us to do lots of things more quickly, more effectively and with a lot less effort”.
Dawson added: “Perhaps this explains why 71% of UK households have broadband despite it being an extra cost that no one had to pay before it existed”.
Virgin Media Fibre Optic Broadband Speeds In Demand
Demand for Virgin Media (www.virginmedia.com/broadband) fibre optic broadband speeds of 20Mbps or higher has increased by 40% in the last year according to the company’s full year trading results for 2010.
Britons appetite for super-fast broadband speeds led to Virgin Media reaching 4.3 million fibre optic broadband customers by the end of 2010, 20% of which subscribe to broadband speeds of 20Mbps or higher.
In Q4 2010, 32% of new customers ordered 20Mbps or higher broadband speeds at sign up, which was twice that of the same period in 2009.
Over 118,000 customers now use Virgin Media’s 50Mbps broadband service, while the company’s 100Mbps service continues to be rolled out across its fibre optic broadband network covering 55% of UK homes. It is expected to be completed in 2012.
Such demand for faster connectivity is being driven by Britons thirst for data consumption, caused by the increasing number of Wi-Fi connected devices like laptops, netbooks, iPads, tablets, smartphones and game consoles in UK homes.
New customers switching to Virgin Media can currently get their first 6 months broadband and phone subscription for half price, meaning its 50Mbps service costs from £12.50 a month.
There’s also free installation worth £40, plus a further £40 off provided the new customer orders their package online at the www.virginmedia.com/broadband website.
TalkTalk Broadband Unveils 12 Months Half Price Offer
TalkTalk (talktalk.co.uk) has today unveiled a 12 months half price incentive on its broadband and phone packages.
Replacing the previous 6 months half price offer on its Essentials package, the new deal applies to both the TalkTalk Essentials and TalkTalk Plus broadband and phone packages.
TalkTalk Essentials, now £3.49 a month, provides up to 24Mbps broadband speeds and 40GB usage cap, together with unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines and 0845/0870 numbers.
TalkTalk Plus, a premium package usually priced at £14.99 a month (now £7.49 per month), delivers the same up to 24Mbps broadband speeds but with an unlimited monthly download usage allowance (a fair usage policy applies).
Unlimited anytime phone calls to UK landlines and 0845/0870 numbers are also included in the Plus package.
New customers switching to TalkTalk can also save themselves the £29.99 broadband connection fee by ordering either of the packages online at the talktalk.co.uk website.
A further £50 can also be saved if new customers require a TalkTalk phone line to be installed. Usually £79.99, TalkTalk has discounted this to a one-off £29.99 to encourage customers to switch.
Interested readers can find out further information at the talktalk.co.uk website or call TalkTalk on 0800 049 7865.
Samsung Galaxy Tab & 3 Mobile Broadband For £25p/m
Three UK (www.three.co.uk/tablets) has launched a new tablet and mobile broadband deal for £25 a month which features the Samsung Galaxy Tab bundled with 15GB of mobile broadband data.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab (currently retailing for £450 on its own and without a mobile broadband plan) is one of the most popular tablet computers on the market.
The device impressively brings together the features of a smartphone and a laptop to deliver a portable PC with phone, Wi-Fi and 3G capability.
Small enough to fit into a pocket or handbag, the Galaxy Tab has a 7.0″ touchscreen, 1.0GHz processor and 16GB hard drive.
Equipped with the Android 2.2 operating system, there’s access to thousands of apps plus entertainment options like Google’s eBooks.
The 15GB mobile broadband data plan bundled in with the Galaxy Tab by Three, offers mobile broadband speeds up to 7.2Mbps together with 97% UK coverage.
The 15GB monthly data usage allowance is enough to send 15,000 emails, use the Internet for around 160 hours, plus download 75 four minute videos and around 500 four minute music tracks.
This tablet and mobile broadband deal has a 24 month contract period together with a £199 one-off up front fee.
Users requiring a shorter contract period can opt for a 1 month contract option which provides 5GB of mobile broadband data plus the Galaxy Tab for £15.99 a month. An upfront fee of £479 applies.
Interested readers can find out more on Three’s mobile broadband and tablet deals at the www.three.co.uk website.
