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T-Mobile Unveils Pay Up Front Mobile Broadband
T-Mobile UK (t-mobile.co.uk) has launched two innovative pay up front mobile broadband gift packs.
The move represents a new way to pay for mobile broadband with the 3 month or 12 month gift packs making a perfect present for friends and family.
The 3 month T-Mobile Broadband Gift Pack costs a one-off £44.03. It includes a USB modem stick and unlimited internet browsing on T-Mobile’s broadband network with speeds up to 4.5Mbps.
The 12 month T-Mobile Broadband Gift Pack costs a one-off £146.79 for a year’s worth of internet access with speeds again up to 4.5Mbps.
Both gift packs offer savings of over 20% compared to T-Mobile’s pre-pay mobile broadband packages.
Helen Wylde, Head of Pay As You Go Marketing at T-Mobile said: “With Mobile Broadband Gifts, even more people can enjoy T-Mobile’s award-winning mobile broadband service. Our new packages are designed to make getting online easier and cheaper for customers, giving them the freedom to email and browse the web whenever they want, as much as they want”.
Wylde continued: “And with a one-off cost up-front, and our promise of no run-on rates for the person using their unlimited Mobile Broadband, it’s the perfect present for friends or family”.
Interested readers can find out more about the new pay up front mobile broadband gift packs at the t-mobile.co.uk website.
TalkTalk Extends 3 Months Free Broadband Offer
TalkTalk (talktalk.co.uk) has confirmed that it is extending its 3 months free broadband and phone offer until Friday 9th October.
The offer is available on the company’s Essentials package which provides up to 8Mbps broadband speeds together with evening & weekend phone calls to UK landlines.
Local daytime calls to UK landlines are also included within the package together with phone calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers.
Usually £6.49 a month, the 3 months free offer generates a saving of £19.47. This will be credited to the customers first or second bill once their TalkTalk Broadband has become activated.
Customers who switch to TalkTalk are also unlikely to need a MAC code from their current broadband provider as they will be moving on to TalkTalk’s own next generation broadband network which now covers 85% of the UK.
Readers interesting in switching to TalkTalk with this offer can found out more at the TalkTalk.co.uk website.
They can also call TalkTalk on 0800 049 7865.
TalkTalk Consider Broadband Controls For Parents
TalkTalk (talktalk.co.uk) is considering introducing parental controls for a home’s broadband connection to help stop illegal file sharing online.
This would involve parents choosing from a cinema style classification list so that their home’s broadband connection could not be used to log on to file sharing or adult websites.
Charles Dunstone, the Chief Executive of the Carphone Warehouse which owns TalkTalk, said, “We are working on introducing parental controls within our network, so your household can decide whether you want to be a U, 14, or 18 certificate or unclassified”.
Customers choosing to have their settings as either 14 or U, would block access to illegal file sharing websites and adult sites.
The proposed system would be network based which means customers would not need to install any additional software onto their computer.
Mr. Dunstone continued, “This is something that we are going to do anyway, as a service to our customers. But through doing it we can also help the content industry by blacklisting sites that have BiTorrent files on them”.
Following its acquisition of Tiscali UK, TalkTalk is the UK’s largest residential broadband provider with more than 4.25 million customers.
TalkTalk’s Essentials package at £6.49 a month is the UK’s leading value for money broadband and phone package. It is currently available with the first 3 months free.
The package can be ordered online at the TalkTalk.co.uk website or by calling TalkTalk on 0800 049 7865.
Tiscali Cuts Broadband, TV & Phone Install Fee
Tiscali UK (tiscali.co.uk) has cut the price of its installation fee for its broadband, TV and phone bundles.
Previously £90, the one-off installation cost has been reduced by £60 to just £30.
Tiscali offer two broadband, phone and TV packages.
Prices start from just £19.99 a month for broadband speeds up to 8Mbps, telephone line rental, weekend UK and International phone calls, plus Tiscali TV with over 70 channels including Sky 1.
Alternatively, customers can pay £24.99 per month and receive all the above plus get anytime UK and International phone calls.
A free set top box for Tiscali TV and a free wireless router for Tiscali wireless broadband are also included in the bundles.
Tiscali TV also includes on demand access to 1,500 films and over 350 TV programmes.
Readers can visit the tiscali.co.uk website for further information or our Tiscali Broadband, TV & Phone review.
IT Managers Value UK’s Broadband Speed Plans
A recent research project carried out by the British Computer Society has revealed that two thirds of IT managers value the upcoming speed developments in the UK’s broadband sector.
Claiming that it will help businesses if broadband services were better, the IT sector is definitely on board with the Digital Britain report which was published by the government back in April.
However, while advancements in broadband speeds and nationwide roll out are welcomed, it is said that more training regarding the use of the internet would also be beneficial.
The Chief Executive Officer of the British Computer Society, David Clarke, said, “Our ability to process, share and manage information will determine the success of our society. To be successful we need a high performing IT education system and a population with the IT skills to be productive, empowered citizens”.
Mr Clarke certainly has a point. It is all well and good introducing better broadband services, but if consumers and the workforce are unsure as how to make the most of them then the advancements could be wasted.
Virgin Media announced plans earlier this year to introduce new retail drop in centres where consumers would be able to learn more about the Internet and common technical issues.
