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Plusnet Offers Good Honest Broadband From Yorkshire
Plusnet (www.plus.net) the providers of good honest broadband from Yorkshire, has launched a UK-wide broadband price promise claiming they won’t be beaten on price.
The ISP, which already provides up to 20Mbps broadband speeds for just £6.49 a month, is guaranteeing new and existing customers that if they find a lower price for a broadband only package, then Plusnet will beat it.
This impressive customer price promise is a ‘first’ in the UK broadband market and enables customers to order Plusnet Broadband online with confidence, knowing they have the best deal on the market.
Commenting on the price promise, Jamie Ford, the CEO of Plusnet, said: “We are committed to offering the nation good, honest broadband from Yorkshire, at a price that can’t be beaten”.
Ford continued: “We believe our price-beating promise is an Industry first and means that our customers not only get great customer service and fast speeds, but can have it at the lowest price on the market”.
Plusnet are running their first ever TV adverts, featuring a Yorkshire terrior called Samson, to raise awareness across the UK of its broadband price promise.
Other Yorkshire icons set to appear in Plusnet Broadband’s new look advertising include Yorkshire teacakes, 1980’s Sheffield band Heaven 17 and the rolling Yorkshire hills.
Plusnet Broadband is available on a 12 month contract, with a no contract option also available so long as customers pay Plusnet up front for the wireless router (cost is £40).
Readers can find out more at the plus.net website, which includes information on the company’s new 12 months half price offer (£3.24 per month).
Dorset Agency Gets Broadband Research Funding
A North Dorset agency has been given funding totalling £10,000 to help them put forward their case to BT for the need for faster broadband speeds in their area.
The Communities Partnership Executive of North Dorset (CPEND) is hoping its campaigning will lead to BT upgrading the area’s telephone exchanges or even installing fibre optic broadband more quickly than proposed date of 2015.
Speaking to the Bournemouth Daily Echo, the Chairman of CPEND, Mark Hebditch said: “If we can get users to tell us their broadband speed and why they need it to be faster, there would be a much stronger case for improving it here”.
North Dorset currently looks set to miss out on BT’s installation of fibre optic broadband along the Dorset coast in time for the 2012 Olympic sailing in Portland and Weymouth.
News of the funding comes hot on the heels of problems with Bournemouth’s FibreCity project which has seen plans to provide the town with fibre optic broadband via cables in sewers scrapped following Wessex Water pulling out of the project.
The project is now going ahead via the more normal route of laying cables, which means more traffic disruption for the town as roads are dug up – And more problems for its local driving instructors trying to provide driving lessons in Bournemouth.
People living in North Dorset can share their broadband speeds with the CPEND agency by phoning 01258 489998 or emailing office@dt11forum.org.uk.
BT.com/getmore Offers £25 Sainsburys Gift Voucher
BT (www.BT.com/getmore) is offering new customers a free £25 Sainsburys gift voucher when they sign up online to any BT package containing BT Broadband.
New customers acting quickly can also take advantage of BT’s Totally Unlimited Broadband, plus Calls offer, which is currently free for the first 6 months, before reverting to £16 a month thereafter.
The BT Broadband and Weekend calls package provides BT Broadband speeds up to 16Mbps together with unlimited weekend phone calls to UK landlines and 0845/0870 numbers.
A truly unlimited download usage allowance applies to the broadband, which means users can download as much as they want, plus their speeds won’t be slowed down at peak times of the day.
The latest BT Home Hub wireless router, worth £89.99, is also included for free together with unlimited Wi-Fi minutes at over 4 million Wi-Fi hotpsots across the UK.
New customers switching to BT for the 6 months free unlimited broadband offer will also not need to pay the £127.99 connection fee for a new BT phone line or re-connection.
BT will send customers their free £25 Sainsbury’s gift voucher 45 days after their new BT services have been activated – provided customers follow all the instructions on the www.BT.com website.
Readers can find out further information and sign up online for a BT package at the www.BT.com/getmore website.
TalkTalk Broadband Deals Offer £30 Credit Incentive
TalkTalk (TalkTalk.co.uk) is offering new customers £30 credit on their first bill when they order a TalkTalk Broadband and phone deal.
The new incentive applies to new customers ordering either the TalkTalk Essentials or TalkTalk Plus package online at the TalkTalk.co.uk website during the month of October.
Available to 80% of UK households for just £6.99 a month, TalkTalk Essentials provides unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to landlines in the UK, plus super-fast broadband speeds up to 24Mbps.
The broadband element of the package also includes a 40GB monthly download usage allowance, free wireless router and free technical support.
The premium TalkTalk Plus package, priced higher at £14.99 per month, features unlimited anytime phone calls to UK landlines plus broadband speeds up to 24Mbps.
The broadband comes with an unlimited monthly download usage allowance, subject to TalkTalk’s fair usage policy.
A £29.99 connection fee applies to both packages while TalkTalk phone line rental of £12.04 per month is payable.
Inclusive phone calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers are also included in both packages.
Interested readers can find out more by visiting the TalkTalk.co.uk website or phoning TalkTalk on 0800 049 7865.
Orange.co.uk/compare Offers Free Orange Broadband
Orange (orange.co.uk/compare) is offering its mobile phone customers free Orange home broadband plus free home phone calls to UK landlines for the first 3 months.
The move means Orange mobile phone customers can now enjoy the best value home broadband and call plans by switching their home broadband and phone call packages to Orange.
Usually £7.50 a month, the Orange Broadband and Offpeak calls package provides up to 20Mb broadband speeds with an unlimited download allowance, plus unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines and 0845/0870 numbers.
A free top of the range ‘n’ class wireless router is included within the package for wireless broadband access in and around the home, while the standard £30 broadband connection fee has been scrapped.
McAfee online Family Protection with parental controls is also included, enabling Orange customers to choose what their kids can do and see online, while also keeping their computer free from spyware and their personal data protected.
Readers can find out more at the orange.co.uk website or call Orange on 0800 072 4136.
TalkTalk Broadband To End 6 Months Free Offer
TalkTalk (TalkTalk.co.uk) is set to end its 6 months free broadband and phone offer this Friday, the 30th September.
This market leading, web exclusive offer, applies to TalkTalk’s Essentials package which provides broadband speeds up to 24Mbps together with unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines and 0845/0870 numbers.
A free wireless router plus free technical support is also included with TalkTalk Broadband, together with a sizeable 40GB monthly download usage allowance.
New customers will receive the 6 months free via a monthly credit that will be applied to their first 6 TalkTalk bills.
TalkTalk phone line rental of £12.04 per month still applies, whilst there’s also a one-off £29.99 connection fee to pay.
TalkTalk’s next generation broadband network covers 80% of UK households.
Readers can find out more at the TalkTalk.co.uk website or by phoning TalkTalk on 0800 049 7865.
