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TalkTalk Bring Back Free Broadband Connection Offer
TalkTalk (talktalk.co.uk) has brought back its free broadband connection offer for new customers who join the ISP by the 15th December 2009.
The new incentive replaces the free Marks & Spencer vouchers offer that was originally due to end on the 3rd December.
The free broadband connection offer means customers switching to a TalkTalk phone and broadband package either online at the TalkTalk website or via the phone on 0800 049 7865 can save £29.99.
TalkTalk is the UK’s number one residential broadband supplier and offers two core phone & broadband packages known as the TalkTalk Essentials and TalkTalk Pro.
The Essentials package provides great value phone and broadband at the best possible price of £6.49 a month.
The package includes broadband speeds up to 8Mbps, a 40GB usage allowance, a free wireless ‘G’ router, plus free technical and customer support.
Evening and weekend calls to UK landlines are included together with anytime local phone calls and offpeak calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers.
TalkTalk Pro, at just £14.99 a month is designed for users who require a high-performance unlimited phone and broadband package.
Broadband speeds are higher at up to 24Mpbs, while there’s no monthly download usage cap. A free wider range wireless ‘N’ router is provided together with free customer and technical support.
Anytime phone calls to UK landlines and 0845 & 0870 numbers are included, with calls to UK mobiles discounted at just 6.85 pence per minute.
As TalkTalk has built its own next generation broadband network it’s likely that customers switching to the ISP will not need a MAC code from their existing provider.
Further information for our readers can found at our TalkTalk Broadband review.
Orange Update Mobile Broadband Free Laptop Offers
Orange (www.orange.co.uk) has updated its range of mobile broadband free laptop offers with the addition of the Asus 1005H GO netbook and the Compaq Presario CQ61.
The Asus 1005H GO netbook has an embedded Orange SIM card for built in Orange mobile broadband, which means there’s no need to plug in a seperate USB modem stick.
This stylish Wi-Fi enabled netbook also has a Intel Atom N270 processor, 250GB hard drive, 1GB RAM and 10.1″ screen. The Windows 7 Starter operating system is also pre-installed.
Currently retailing for around £215, the Asus netbook is free when new customers take the £24.47 per month Orange mobile broadband plan that provides speeds up to 3.6Mbps and a 1GB data usage allowance.
Orange’s second new laptop, the Compaq Presario CQ61, is a classic high specified laptop which has a 15.6″ high definition display, AMD Sempron M100 processor, 250GB hard drive and 2GB RAM.
Windows 7 Home Premium is installed while a free Orange USB modem stick is supplied to connect the laptop to Orange’s mobile broadband network.
Worth £399, the Compaq CQ61 is available for free with the £34.25 per month Orange mobile broadband tariff which comes with a higher 5GB monthly data usage limit.
Both laptops are supplied with a 2 year warranty and can be ordered online at the www.orange.co.uk website or by calling 0800 072 4136.
Readers can compare these new free laptops with others from Orange’s competitors at our mobile broadband free laptop review.
T-Mobile Broadband Free Laptop Deals Back For Xmas
T-Mobile (www.t-mobile.co.uk) has brought back its popular mobile broadband free laptop deals in time for Christmas.
The free laptops available to order with T-Mobile Broadband are the Samsung N130 netbook and the Compaq Presario CQ61 laptop.
Weighing just 1.25kg, the Samsung N130 netbook has an Intel Atom 1.6Ghz processor, 160GB hard drive, 1GB RAM and a 10.1″ display. Windows XP Home is also included.
It is available for free with the £25 per month T-Mobile Broadband Plus tariff which provides mobile broadband speeds up to 4.5Mbps together with a 3GB data usage allowance and unlimited texts.
The Compaq Presario CQ61 laptop has an AMD Sempron 2Ghz processor, 160GB hard drive, 2GB RAM and a 15.6″ screen. It weighs 2.68kg and comes pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Premium.
The Presario CQ61 is free with the £30 a month T-Mobile Broadband Extra tariff which has a higher 5GB data usage limit and the same up to 4.5Mbps mobile broadband speeds.
Both packages come with a free USB modem stick 530 and a one year laptop warranty.
Further information can be found at the www.t-mobile.co.uk website or at our mobile broadband free laptop comparison service.
Remote Cumbrian Village Builds Own 20Mb Broadband
A remote Cumbrian village has hit the headlines after local residents decided to build their own next generation broadband network with speeds up to 20Mbps.
As reported in the Times, the tiny village of Alston Moor will soon have access to broadband speeds that are faster than some of the UK’s major towns.
Alston Moor is known as “England’s Last Wilderness” to those who live there, thanks to its place high up in the hills of Cumbria.
Like many remote areas in the UK it has struggled for years to get basic broadband access.
That all started to change back in 2002 when the residents created the UK’s first broadband co-operative known as ‘Cybermoor’.
With the help of local people, basic equipment was used to give residents broadband speeds up to 0.2Mb.
Since then, the locals, led by Daniel Heery, have dug their own trenches and laid down next generation cable in an effort to boost the broadband speeds achieved.
Commenting on ‘Cybermoor’, Daniel Heery said: “We hooked into the school’s broadband supply via microwave and we had children teaching their grannies how to use it. It costs about £350 per household for the equipment and £65 for the connection”.
Heery continued, “One remote farmhouse had been up for sale, but everybody who viewed it wanted broadband. It cost the owner £2,000 for us to make the connection, and the house was sold”.
Tesco Broadband Deals To Return? Tesco Broadband & Mobile Plans
Tesco Broadband could be making a comeback. The retailer has outlined draft future plans to offer cheap broadband and home phone packages to households across the UK which could spark a new price war amongst the UK’s leading ISP’s including TalkTalk, BT & Virgin Media.
The plans come as the retail giant announced a new 5 year deal with Cable & Wireless for the provision of wholesale fibre broadband and phone services under the Tesco brand.
Tesco believes it can build an annual £2 billion turnover with profits of £200 million from the new broadband and home phone landline services. Tesco mobile broadband deals could also help with that.
Commenting on the announcement, the Chief Executive of Tesco Telecoms, Lance Batchelor said, “Tesco Mobile has shown that we can be successful in telecoms if we have the right partners and the right offer. The new agreement with Cable and Wireless will enables us to offer very competitive pricing in the future”.
Package, pricing information and launch dates have yet to be revealed by Tesco, though it is thought existing Tesco Clubcard holders will get preferential Tesco broadband and landline deals.
As no launch date has yet been released for Tesco Broadband in 2023, we recommend our readers compare broadband deals from the UK’s suppliers and sign up to an alternative package.
Great value mobile phone deals, SIM only deals and pay monthly laptops can still be found at the tescomobile.com website.
TalkTalk Broadband In £30 M&S Voucher Give Away
TalkTalk (talktalk.co.uk) has announced it is giving away £30 Marks & Spencer (M&S) vouchers to new customers who sign up to one of its broadband and phone packages by the 3rd December 2009.
The UK’s leading broadband provider and X-Factor sponsor currently offers one of the most popular broadband and phone bundles in the market at just £6.49 a month.
Known as the ‘Essentials’ package, the £6.49 per month deal gets customers broadband speeds up to 8Mbps plus evening & weekend phone calls to UK landlines.
Unlimited anytime local phone calls are also included with TalkTalk stating that 70% of the calls their customers make are local.
TalkTalk’s next generation broadband network covers 85% of UK homes which means many customers switching from another provider will not need their MAC code.
TalkTalk will send the £30 M&S vouchers via post within 28 days of a new customers’ broadband going live.
Further information can found at the TalkTalk.co.uk website or by phoning TalkTalk on 0800 049 7865.
