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Vodafone Business Mobile Broadband Now £4.25
Vodafone (vodafone.co.uk/business) has reduced the price of its Standard business mobile broadband package to just £4.25 a month for the first 3 months, followed by £12.77 per month after.
Providing download speeds up to 7.2Mbps, the Vodafone Standard package includes a 3GB monthly data usage allowance which is sufficient to go online for 100 hours a month. A free USB modem stick (often referred to as the Vodafone dongle) is included.
The package also includes Basic PC Protection, plus Online Backup & Restore, which automatically backs up valuable files, invoices, contacts and more on a users’ PC. A 2GB data allowance is provided.
The Vodafone Standard Business Mobile Broadband package is available on a 24 month contract.
An 18 month contract is available on a tariff of £8.50 a month for the first 3 months, followed by £12.77 per month thereafter.
Vodafone was voted ‘Best Mobile Broadband’ in 2009.
Interested readers can find out more on Vodafone’s range of business mobile broadband packages at the vodafone.co.uk/business website or our Business Mobile Broadband review.
Virgin Media Top Broadband Speed Test Results
Virgin Media (virginmedia.com/broadband) has topped the latest broadband speed tests conducted in March and thus retained its position as the UK’s fastest broadband supplier.
Its next generation fibre optic broadband network generated average broadband download speeds of 8.192Mbps in March, with second placed O2 Broadband and BE Broadband recording 5.355Mbps.
Sky secured third position with speeds of 3.829Mbps, while TalkTalk and BT had average download speeds of 3.535Mbps and 3.258Mbps respectively.
In the upload speed test results, O2 and BE Broadband retained top spot with average upload speeds of 0.703Mbps. Virgin Media held second position with upload speeds of 0.550Mbps, while Sky came in third with 0.490Mbps.
Virgin Media’s fibre optic broadband service is available to 55% of UK homes and offers maximum speeds of up to 50Mbps dependant on location. No BT phone line is required.
Its size L, up to 10Mbps broadband service, is currently available for free for the first 3 months, followed by £12.50 a month after.
Free weekend calls to UK landlines are included, together with a free wireless router, PC security and customer support.
Readers can find out further information on Virgin Broadband packages at the Virginmedia.com/broadband website or at our Virgin Broadband review.
The March 2010 broadband speed test results were provided by broadband.co.uk.
O2 Broadband Launches 3 Months Free Offer
O2 (o2.co.uk/broadband) has launched a 3 months free broadband offer that’s available across all its home broadband packages.
Generating savings of up to £67.50 for new subscribers, the offer is exclusively available online at the o2.co.uk website.
O2 Home Broadband is a multi-award winning broadband service that’s available to over 75% of the UK population.
New customers can choose from three fixed line home broadband packages known as O2 Standard, O2 Premium and O2 Pro.
O2 Standard Broadband with speeds up to 8Mbps and unlimited downloads, is designed for users who want a simple, fast and reliable broadband service that’s value for money at just £7.50 a month. A free O2 wireless box II is included.
O2 Premium Broadband at £10 a month, provides faster download speeds up to 20Mbps coupled with unlimited downloads. It is a good choice for users wanting faster speeds for regular Internet browsing, sharing photos and watching videos & TV online. The O2 wireless box II is included for free.
O2 Pro Broadband, as the name suggest, is O2’s top of the range home broadband package that’s perfect for those people working from home.
With download speeds up to 20Mbps and upload speeds up to 2.5Mbps, sending large files is straight forward. Also included is prioritised customer service with a dedicated O2 telephone number provided, plus O2’s new Wireless Box III.
All O2 home broadband packages include McAfee security software, free UK customer service, free connection and unlimited downloads.
Readers can find out more at the o2.co.uk/broadband website or our O2 Home Broadband review.
T-Mobile Broadband Offer 1/2 Price PAYG Dongle
T-Mobile (t-mobile.co.uk) has launched a half price dongle offer on its pay as you go mobile broadband plan.
For a limited time only, new customers now need only pay a one-off £8.99 for a T-Mobile Broadband PAYG USB modem stick when they order online a £10 top up.
New customers will also get their mobile broadband access free for 30 days after they have bought their first days access for £2.
Upon expiry of the 30 days, customers can choose to pay only for the days they need mobile broadband access.
Options include paying £2 per day, £7 per week or £15 for one months access.
T-Mobile provides pay as you go mobile broadband speeds up to 3.6Mbps via the USB stick 120 connecting to its 3G mobile broadband network.
Available in black or pink, the USB stick 120 works on Windows and MAC operating systems and easily slots into a USB port of a laptop or PC.
Previously available for £19.56, the new online only price of £8.99 represents a saving of over 50%.
T-Mobile was recently awarded ‘Best Mobile Broadband’ by What Mobile and the Mobile Industry Awards.
Interesed readers can find out more at the t-mobile.co.uk website or our T-Mobile Broadband review.
Virgin Media Says It’s Time For Better Broadband
Virgin Media (virginmedia.com/better) is claiming it is time for better broadband in a recent advertisement for its fibre optic broadband service.
In a clear swipe at one of its main competitors, the advertisement leads with the headline ‘Broadband Trickery. Commonly referred to as BT’.
The advert, in yesterday’s press, continues with copy stating that BT’s claim to deliver ‘consistently faster’ broadband including up to 20Mbps did not ring true as independent speed tests showed BT customers received on average less than 3Mbps speeds.
In comparison, Virgin Media customers experienced on average over twice the broadband download speeds of BT.
The independent speed tests figures were taken from broadband.co.uk’s UK broadband speed test results from November 2009 to January 2010.
Virgin Media’s super-fast fibre optic broadband network offering speeds up to 50Mbps is available to around 55% of UK homes. No BT phone line is required.
Last month the ISP announced plans to commence the roll out of a 100Mbps fibre optic broadband service by the end of 2010. It was claimed that such a service would offer broadband speeds 24 times faster than the average speeds provided by rival providers.
New customers switching their broadband supply to Virgin Media can get their first 2 months free when choosing either Virgin’s size XL (up to 20Mbps) or size XXL (up to 50Mbps) broadband plans.
Virgn’s size L, up to 10Mbps broadband package, is available with the first 3 months free when readers visit the virginmedia.com website here.
Free BT Vision+ Box Ending At BT.com/packages
BT (BT.com/packages) has announced that its free BT Vision+ box offer will end on Friday 26th March (tomorrow).
The offer, which generates new customers a saving of £45, applies to two of BT’s triple packages that contain BT Total Broadband, BT Vision TV On Demand and BT phone calls.
The first package, known as BT Talk, Surf and Watch More, costs from £13.49 a month and includes broadband speeds up to 20Mbps (a 20GB usage limit applies), an unbeatable wireless connection compared to other broadband suppliers and the wireless BT home hub worth £89.99.
Also included is the BT Vision Bronze Value Pack containing the free BT Vision+ recorder box, 70 Freeview channels, BT’s TV and Replay viewing packs, plus a choice of two other viewing packs offering the latest blockbuster films, TV box sets, Kids TV, Sport and Music.
Unlimited UK weekend landline phone calls complete the line up for BT’s Talk, Surf and Watch More package with weekend calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers included at no extra cost.
New customers buying this package will also save an additional £80.85 compared to buying each service seperately from BT.
BT’s second triple package, known as BT Talk, Surf and Watch Unlimited, costs from £35.99 a month and as the name suggests contains unlimited broadband usage, ALL the viewing packs available with BT Vision and unlimited UK landline phone calls at any time of the day or night.
New customers can save an additional £61.17 if they buy this package as opposed to taking each service independently from BT.
Readers interested in generated savings potentially up to £125.85 can find out more at the BT.com/packages website, though they will have to hurry as the free BT Vision+ box offer ends tomorrow.
