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Sky Launch 6 Months Free 20Mb Broadband Offer
Digital TV & broadband supplier Sky (sky.com) has launched a 6 months free broadband offer on its 20Mb broadband speed package.
The offer is available to new and existing Sky TV customers who sign up online for either a Sky+ or Sky+ HD box.
The incentive means new customers joining Sky need only pay from £18 a month for Sky digital TV, up to 20Mb unlimited broadband, plus free evening and weekend calls to UK landlines.
After 6 months, there’s just an extra £10 a month to pay.
Sky’s award-winning up to 20Mbps broadband package has an unlimited download usage allowance and comes with a free wireless router and free McAfee Internet security software.
Customers must pay a one-off £49 for the Sky+ or Sky+ HD box, together with a £30 installation charge.
The majority of these costs can be recouped thanks to the £50 Marks & Spencer voucher that Sky sends out to customers who order Sky TV online at the sky.com website.
Sky currently has 37 high definition (HD) digital TV channels, 30 more than any other HD provider. The company supplies broadband services to over 2.3 million customers.
Plusnet Broadband 3 Months Free Deal To End
Plusnet (plus.net) has confirmed that its 3 months free broadband deal will end on Thursday, the 31st December 2009.
The 3 months free broadband incentive is available to new customers switching to Plusnet who enter the promotional code ‘friendsandfamily’ when they sign up online at the plus.net website.
Plusnet offer 3 core broadband packages that cater for all types of broadband user. These are Plusnet Value, Plusnet Premium and Plusnet Pro Broadband.
The entry level Plusnet Value Broadband, at just £5.99 a month, has speeds up to 8Mbps with a 10GB monthly usage allowance.
For £11.99 a month, broadband speeds up to 20Mbps can be achieved with Plusnet Premium. There’s also a sizeable 80GB usage allowance with unlimited overnight usage also included.
Plusnet Pro has a prioritised up to 20Mbps broadband connection which ensures customers get the fastest broadband speeds possible during the day and night. Perfect for gamers, a 20GB usage allowance is also included.
All Plusnet broadband packages are available on a 12 month contract, although there are options to pay a one-off £30 for a no contract tie-in.
Further information can be found at the plus.net website or our Plusnet Broadband review page.
BE Broadband To Supply Free Wi-Fi Service
BE Broadband (bethere.co.uk) has announced that it is to supply a free Wi-Fi broadband service to 46 UK communities in conjunction with Freerunner.
Freerunner is a free public W-Fi broadband service for remote or underserved communities in the UK that urgently need access to the Internet.
The 46 communities, selected following a Freerunner competition in September, will be given 3 years free Wi-Fi broadband access.
Commenting on the announcement, the Head of Operations at BE Broadband, Tom Williams, said, “We’re proud to be part of the Freerunner mission and agree that WiFi should be more widely available. Freerunner’s attitude reminds me of what BE did for broadband when we created the first UK ADSL 2+ network”.
Williams continued, “Our members are more likely to hang out in independent shops and cafes, so we’re proud to hook up Freerunner communities with fast and unlimited broadband”.
The CEO of Freerunner, Owen Geddes, said, “We are very excited to have BE on board as our first corporate partner. BE will be providing a broadband connection to those that don’t have any connection at all, completely free of charge as part of this project.”
Geddes added, “It is incredible to think that a small piece of relatively low cost technology is going to fundamentally change nearly 50 communities across the UK”.
BE Broadband was the first UK broadband supplier to deliver download speeds up to 24Mbps and upload speeds up to 2.5Mbps.
Their Value package, providing broadband speeds up to 8Mbps with an unlimited download allowance is currently half price at £6.75 a month until the 28th December.
Further information on BE’s packages can be found at the the bethere.co.uk website.
50Mb Virgin Media Broadband Now FREE For 2 Months
Virgin Media (VirginMedia.com) has unveiled a 2 months free offer on its super-fast up to 50Mbps fibre optic broadband service.
Known as the Virgin Broadband XXL, the package also includes unlimited downloads (subject to a fair usage policy), a free super-fast wireless router, unlimited online storage, free internet security and unlimited weekend UK landline calls.
A Virgin Media phone line is required at £11 a month, but there’s no need for a BT line.
Normally £28 a month, new customers ordering the 50Mbps Virgin Broadband deal will receive the 2 months free via a credit applied to their bill.
The 2 months free offer has also been applied to Virgin Media’s 20Mbps broadband package, while new customers can get 3 months free on its 10Mbps service.
Interested readers can find out more at the VirginMedia.com website or at our Virgin Media Broadband 50Mbps review page.
TalkTalk Offer Users £250 For Home Naming Rights
Leading broadband and phone supplier, TalkTalk (talktalk.co.uk), is offering its customers £250 in order to secure naming rights to their home.
The innovative scheme means those homeowners who add the TalkTalk brand to their formal house address for a year will receive £250 in return.
South Croydon couple, Elaine and Darren Snow have already taken up the offer, renaming their house in Sanderstead, South Croydon to ‘TalkTalk Towers’.
Commenting on the renaming, Elaine Snow said, “Everyone says your house is your biggest asset so it makes sense to make the most of it.”
TalkTalk’s Communications Director, Mark Schmid said, “If the great sporting and cultural arenas of the nation can be renamed then why not individual homes? We aim to have 50 deals completed by the end of the year across the country and to do more next year.”
Schmid continued, “We are not averse to major sponsorships, after all, we sponsored the X Factor this year, but we were keen to develop a different type of sponsorship vehicle which really conveys what we’re all about – great value services for the home.”
Naming rights can be a money spinner with Arsenal’s The Emirates Stadium said to be part of a deal worth £100 million to the North London football club.
TalkTalk homeowners can rename their home using either TalkTalk Towers, TalkTalk Mansions, TalkTalk@ (e.g. TalkTalk@37 Acacia Avenue), The TalkTalk House or The TalkTalk Home.
Readers interested in securing £250 for selling their home’s naming rights to TalkTalk should email namingrights@talktalkgroup.com.
FREE BT Vision + Box In Black Launched By BT
BT Vision, BT’s on demand broadband digital TV service now comes with a FREE Vision + box in black, saving customers £45 in the process.
The new sleek, black and shiny Vision + set top box has been designed to match BT’s iconic black home hub wireless router.
It is available for free to new BT Vision customers who order online a BT Vision Value Pack, or, existing BT Vision customers who recontract online for another 12 months.
According to BT, the new Vision+ black box is better for the environment too, consuming 12% less energy than its predecessor.
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It also has a 160GB hard drive to record and store all your favourite entertainment.
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BT Vision has a vast library of on demand TV, film and sport content that can be paid per view or as part of a monthly subscription package.
Recent additions include entertainment content from Twentieth Century Fox that includes top US shows 24 and Prison Break.
The free BT Vision + black box offer, worth £45, is available online only until the 15th of January 2010.
Interested readers can find out more at the BT.com website or our BT Broadband & TV review.
