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Orange Broadband Deals Get Exciting Refresh
Orange (orange.co.uk/broadband) has refreshed its range of home broadband packages and offered its mobile phone customers 3 months free broadband in the process.
From today, Orange Broadband will offer 3 core packages and one optional add on as it bids to simplify its range and remind its mobile phone customers that its home broadband and calls packages offer the best value in the UK.
The new core plans are called Simply Broadband, Broadband & Off Peak Calls and Broadband & Anytime Calls.
Existing Orange mobile phone customers need only pay £10 a month for Simply Broadband or Broadband & Anytime Calls while the Broadband & Offpeak Calls package is available for free for the first 3 months, followed by just £7.50 a month thereafter.
Non Orange mobile phone customers will need to pay an additional £5 a month for the plan of their choice.
Orange provide home broadband speeds up to 20Mbps with an unlimited usage allowance, meaning subscribers can download as much as they like subject to the company’s fair usage policy.
Customers signing up to one of Orange’s new deals will also receive a top of the range ‘n’ class wireless router, free online protection with McAfee Family Protection and 2 for 1 cinema tickets with Orange Wednesdays.
There’s also no broadband connection fee to pay, while Orange are promising to get new orders for broadband up and running within 10 working days.
Furthermore, if customers are not happy with their Orange Broadband within the first month, they can end their contract with no fees to pay.
Customers opting for a broadband and calls package also have the option of adding international phone calls to landlines in 30 countries for an extra £4 a month.
Interested readers can find out more at the orange.co.uk website or call Orange on 0800 072 4136.
Virgin Media Student Broadband Deals Launched
Virgin Media (virginmedia.com/student) has launched a range of new student broadband deals that are available on a shorter 9 month contract.
Ideal for students who do not require broadband during the summer months, Virgin Media’s wireless broadband deals are perfect for sharing and do not require a telephone line, which means there’s no monthly phone line rental to pay.
Up to 30Mb broadband speeds are available for £22.50 a month over 9 months, while up to 60Mb speeds cost £27.50 a month.
Students can also opt for up to 30Mb broadband speeds plus unlimited weekend phone calls to UK landlines and pay just £29.49 a month. Virgin telephone line rental is required for this option and is included in the £29.49 a month price.
A broadband activation fee of £20 usually applies, however this is currently being waived so long as students order their chosen package online at the virginmedia.com/student website.
Virgin Media’s super-fast fibre optic broadband network covers 55% of UK households and offers broadband speeds at least twice as fast as its rivals, according to a a recent OFCOM broadband speed test study.
The Virgin Media Broadband packages also offer unlimited downloads which means housemates can use the Internet as much as they want and all at the same time – without being charged extra for exceeding any data usage allowances.
Interested readers and students can find out more at the virginmedia.com/student website.
O2 Offers Short Broadband Contract For Students
O2 (o2.co.uk/broadband) has launched a short broadband contract option for students as part of a major revamp of its home broadband packages.
New customers switching to the ISP now have the option of taking an O2 Broadband package on a 30 day contract as opposed to O2’s standard 12 month contract period.
Perfect for students, anyone in rented property or for those who require flexibility, the 30 day contract option is available for an additional fee of £29.99. This is a one-off fee on top of the monthly O2 Broadband package cost.
O2’s revamp of its broadband packages has led to its 3 core packages being replaced by new ones that are tailored to customers’ daily consumption or usage needs, as opposed to headline download speeds.
O2’s move to providing packages based on customers’ specific needs follows a recent survey of 2,000 consumers which found that UK broadband users could be wasting over £700 million a year on broadband speeds they simply did not need.
O2’s new broadband packages, known as ‘The Basics’, ‘The All Rounder’ and ‘The Works’ are currently available with the first 3 months subscription free of charge.
After month three, prices start from £8 a month for ‘The Basics’ package which provides broadband speeds up to 20Mbps together with a 20GB monthly download usage allowance.
Customers can also opt to switch their home phone line rental to O2 and pay from just £7.50 a month.
Interested readers can find out more at the o2.co.uk website or at our
O2 Home Broadband review.
Virgin Media Broadband Deals Get Free Installation
Virgin Media (virginmedia.com) has launched a free installation offer worth £40 across many of its broadband only and broadband and phone deals.
New customers switching to Virgin Media Broadband can qualify for the free installation offer by ordering any of Virgin Media’s 10Mb, 20Mb or 50Mb broadband packages which come with a Virgin phone line and unlimited weekend calls to UK landlines.
Prices start from £5 a month for Virgin Media’s 10Mb broadband service and weekend calls, while the 50Mb package, costing from £15 a month, also includes free activation, worth an extra £20. Virgin Media telephone line rental is £11.99 a month.
New customers not wanting a Virgin phone line can opt for a broadband only package and pay from £15 a month for up to 10Mb speeds, £25 a month for up to 20Mb speeds and £33 a month for up to 50Mb speeds.
All Virgin Media broadband plans have an unlimited download usage allowance (a fair use policy applies), free PC Guard security and a free ‘N’ wireless router.
Virgin Media’s fibre optic broadband network covers 55% of UK homes. Its download speeds were found to be twice as fast as its competitors in a recent OFCOM broadband speed test study.
Interested readers can find out more at the virginmedia.com website.
T-Mobile Broadband Pay As You Go Dongle Now £8.99
T-Mobile UK (t-mobile.co.uk/broadband) has reduced the price of its pay as you go mobile broadband dongle to just a one-off £8.99.
New customers ordering the T-Mobile PAYG dongle online with a £10 top up can also get 30 days free mobile broadband access when they buy their first day’s usage for £2.
A fair usage policy of 2GB applies for the 30 days, with no additional charges or run on rates applying for going over the 2GB cap, although T-Mobile may restrict a customer’s use.
When the 30 days end, customers can simply top up again and pay for the days they need – either £2 per day for 0.5GB of data usage, £7 per week for 1GB or £15 for a month for 2GB.
T-Mobile Broadband provides download speeds up to 4.5Mbps and was recently voted ‘Best Mobile Broadband’ by What Mobile.
Interested readers can find out more at the t-mobile.co.uk website.
BT Summer Deals 6 Months Free Offer Continues
BT (www.BT.com/summerdeals) has confirmed that it is to continue offering its popular BT Summer Deals, giving new customers 6 months free broadband and phone calls, plus a free £50 Sainsbury’s voucher when ordered online.
The offer which generates savings of up to £78 on the standard bundle price, provides up to 16Mbps BT Total Broadband speeds together with unlimited evening & weekend phone calls to UK landlines free for 6 months, followed by just £13 per month thereafter.
The BT Total Broadband Option 1 package provided features a 10GB monthly download allowance, unlimited W-Fi minutes at over 3.5 million hotspots across the country and a free BT Home Hub wireless router worth £89.99.
Around the clock Freephone broadband help from a UK landline is also included.
BT’s Unlimited Evening & Weekend Calling Plan also offers offpeak phone calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers, plus free customer support.
There’s also no connection fee charged for new customers requiring a new BT phone line to be installed or re-connected in order to take advantage of this offer – which means a further saving of £127.99.
BT Summer Deals are available to order online only, so readers are advised to visit the www.BT.com/summerdeals website for further information and to order online.
