Latest Broadband Deals
Virgin Media 100Mb Broadband Rollout Gathers Pace
Virgin Media’s (www.virginmedia.com/100Mb) 100Mbps fibre optic broadband service is now available for sale and installation to over 350,000 UK homes following the rollout of the service to an additional 150,000 households in 5 towns.
Residents in Cheshunt and Hatfield in Hertfordshire, Pentwyn in Cardiff, Southport in Merseyside and Treforest in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales can now order the UK’s fastest broadband service online at the www.virginmedia.com website, with prices starting from £35 a month.
These new areas join the 200,000 homes in Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Colchester in Essex, Farnborough in Hampshire and Heckmondwike in West Yorkshire that were the first able to access such speeds.
Commenting on the news, Virgin Media’s Jon James said: “We’ve invested many billions of private money in order to build a growing network that already passes approximately 13 million homes across the UK. We’re racing to get these ultrafast speeds across this entire area as fast as we can to meet demand”.
Customers connected to Virgin’s 100Mb service can download a music album in 5 seconds, a TV show in around 30 seconds and a high quality movie in just 1.5 minutes.
The greater bandwidth afforded by the 100Mb service also means multiple users going online at the same time in a household should experience a hassle-free connection.
New customers considering switching to Virgin Media for the 100Mbps service need only pay from £12.50 a month for Virgin’s 50Mbps broadband speeds while they wait for the 100Mbps service to be rolled out to their area.
Interested readers can find out further information at the virginmedia.com website.
Last Chance For 50% Off TalkTalk Broadband & Phone
TalkTalk (talktalk.co.uk) is set to ends its 6 months half price broadband and phone deal today, giving new customers until midnight tonight to sign up online for the 50% off incentive.
The deal applies to TalkTalk’s market leading Essentials package which features broadband speeds up to 24Mbps, plus unlimited evening and weekend UK landline phone calls.
Usually £6.99 a month plus a one-off connection fee of £29.99, the 6 months incentive means new customers switching to the Essentials package today will only need to pay £3.49 a month for the first 6 months (£12.30 per month phone line rental is still required).
Orders placed online at the talktalk.co.uk website will also qualify for free connection, removing the need for customers to pay the one-off fee of £29.99.
A generous 40GB download allowance and free wireless router is provided with the TalkTalk Broadband package, while unlimited anytime calls to other TalkTalk customers is included in the phone service.
Around 80% of UK households can receive TalkTalk’s next generation broadband service and take advantage of this deal, while switching to TalkTalk from an existing provider is straight forward and may not require a MAC code.
Readers considering switching to TalkTalk for the 6 months half price offer can find out more at the talktalk.co.uk website or call Talk on 0800 049 7865.
TalkTalk.co.uk/bright Offers Half Price Broadband
TalkTalk (talktalk.co.uk/bright) has launched a limited time 6 months half price deal on its TalkTalk Broadband and Phone Essentials package.
Exclusively available here at the talktalk.co.uk website, or by phoning TalkTalk on 0800 049 7865, new customers have until Monday the 24th January to sign up for the £3.49 per month offer.
The TalkTalk Broadband and Phone Essentials package (usual price £6.99 a month) delivers broadband download speeds up to 24Mbps together with unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines.
A 40GB monthly download usage allowance comes with the broadband while a free wireless router, plus around the clock technical support, is included.
Free offpeak calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers are also covered under the Essentials package, together with free anytime calls to other TalkTalk customers.
A one-off connection fee of £29.99 applies, however, TalkTalk will credit this back on to a customer’s first or second bill should they order the Essentials package online.
The 6 months half price offer will also be implemented via a credit on a customer’s first 6 monthly bills.
Over 80% of UK homes are covered by the TalkTalk Broadband network and can thus qualify for the 6 months half price offer.
Interested readers can find out more at the talktalk.co.uk website or call TalkTalk on 0800 049 7865.
3 Adds Samsung N145 To Broadband & Laptop Deals
Three (three.co.uk/laptops) has added the Samsung N145 netbook to its range of mobile broadband and laptop deals.
The Samsung N145 nebook features a 10.1″ WSVGA SuperBright display, an Intel Atom 1.66Ghz processor, 250GB hard drive and 1GB of RAM.
Equipped with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Windows 7 Home Starter, the netbook is available with the 3 mobile broadband 1GB data plan for £18.08 a month. A one-off £9.99 upfront charge applies.
Mobile broadband speeds on the 3 network are up to 7.2Mbps with coverage now reaching 97% of the UK.
The 1GB data allowance a month is typically enough to send around 1,000 emails, download 32 four munute music tracks, surf the Internet for 15 hours and download 7 four minute videos.
Customers requiring a higher mobile broadband data allowance with this netbook can opt for 3’s 15GB data plan that costs £26.20 a month and includes the Samsung N145.
The ZTE MF112 black USB modem is included for free in both the 1GB and 15GB data plans and needs to be inserted into the USB port of the netbook to enable it to connect to the 3 mobile broadband network.
Readers can find out more at the three.co.uk website or compare 3’s new laptop deal with those from Vodafone at our mobile broadband free laptop review service.
iPad Deals With Mobile Broadband Now £25 On Three
Apple iPad deals from Three (www.three.co.uk/iPad) now start from £25 a month for the 16GB iPad and the Three 15GB mobile broadband data plan.
Exclusively available online until the 31st January, the deal comes with a £199 upfront cost for the iPad, which saves customers at least £230 on the upfront cost of buying the iPad 16GB without a data plan.
Three’s mobile broadband network covers 97% of the UK and provides download speeds up to 7.2Mbps.
The 15GB data allowance enables users to send roughly 15,000 emails a month, surf the web for 160 hours, download 80 four minute videos and download 450 four minute music tracks.
Customers can also get their hands on a subsidised 32GB or 64GB Apple iPad when purchasing Three’s 15GB Mobile Broadband data plan.
Three was recently voted the UK’s best mobile broadband provider in a YouGov survey of mobile broadband users and offers free delivery and a 14 day returns policy.
Interested readers can find out further information on Three’s iPad deals at the www.three.co.uk/iPad website or compare mobile broadband and iPad deals here.
Free BT Vision Box With BT Broadband, Calls & TV
BT (bt.com/btvision) has unveiled a new BT Broadband, phone call and TV package for £20 a month which includes the BT Vision box for free – saving customers £45.
The new triple package, known as TV Entertainment, Broadband and Calls, features BT Broadband speeds up to 20Mbps with a 10GB usage allowance and free BT Home Hub wireless router worth £91.90.
The Calling Plan includes unlimited weekend calls to UK landlines and 0845/0870 numbers plus a free connnection offer if a new BT phone line needs to be installed or re-connected.
The TV Entertainment includes 70 Freeview channels plus the TV and Replay packs which offer unlimited viewing of favourite TV shows and Catch Up TV.
Customers can also watch on a pay per view basis individual shows from BT’s Kids, Music & TV viewing packs plus Blockbuster movies from the Vision Box Office. Prices start from just 50p a show.
Over 6,000 shows are available to watch on demand, so it’s like having your own DVD store in your lounge.
Sports lovers can add optional sport extras like Sky Sports 1 and/or Sky Sports 2 to this TV Entertainment plan and pay from an additional £12.30 a month.
The Sky Sports channels have a one month minimum term contract so you can just watch the sport you want – when you want.
BT’s new £20 per month broadband, calls and TV package with free BT Vision box is a limited time special offer. Interested readers can find out more and order the package online at the bt.com/btvision website.
