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BE’s Student Broadband Offers £25 Amazon Gift
BE (bethere.co.uk) has added a free £25 Amazon.co.uk gift voucher to its student broadband packages.
To receive the voucher, students must order online (by the 18th October) either BE Unlimited Broadband or BE Pro Broadband, both of which are available on student friendly 9 month contracts.
Student must also remember to enter the voucher code ‘AMAZON’ on the BE website to ensure they qualify.
Both BE Pro and BE Unlimited offer broadband speeds up to 24Mbps using ADSL 2+ technology. Prices start from £17.50 a month with a free wireless router included.
Readers can find out more at the bethere.co.uk website or our BE Broadband review.
PlusNet Reduce Broadband Contract Lengths
Broadband provider PlusNet (Plus.Net) has cut the length of its broadband contracts from 18 months to 12 months.
As well as reducing the contract length for new and existing customers, PlusNet has also ammended their cancellation policy.
The new policy means customers will only be charged the cost of setting up their account or for any hardware they have taken if they leave PlusNet within 12 months of joining.
This is instead of being charged for the outstanding subscription that they owe, a policy which other broadband providers tend to operate.
Customers can also choose to pay for set-up and hardware up front if they want the flexibility to leave without notice, an option often referred to in the industry as broadband with no contract.
Anthony Vollmer, CEO of Plusnet said, “Moving to shorter commitment periods allows customers so much more flexibility. We want our customers to stay with us because they love our phone and broadband products, not because we have tied them into lengthy contracts”.
Recently voted as the UK’s ‘Best Value Home Broadband Provider’, PlusNet offers broadband speeds up to 8Mbps from just £5.99 a month.
Those readers interested in switching to one of PlusNet’s shorter, more flexible broadband contracts can find out more at the Plus.Net website.
Cornwall Set For 1Gbps Broadband Speeds
Cornwall Council has announced plans to create a super-fast broadband network in the county with speeds up to 1Gbps.
The move comes thanks to a European grant worth £415 million which aims to help the county create a more diverse economy by supporting businesses and boosting the skills of the workforce.
When talking about the plans in the October issue of the Business Cornwall magazine, Kevin Lavery, the Chief Executive of Cornwall Council said, “We’re in the procurement process now, so by the end of the year we will announce a preferred bidder to develop a super-fast broadband network in Cornwall that will be the best in the UK”.
Lavery continued, “We’re talking about for larger companies a gigabyte of speed which is incredibly fast, which will put Cornwall in a great place to do internet business anywhere in the world”.
Work on the the £100 million broadband project is scheduled to start next year, with the help of the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) and southwestbusiness.co.uk.
Readers who are interested in finding out the maximum broadband speeds available in their area can compare broadband packages here.
Twitter Helps BE Broadband Users Keep Informed
UK broadband supplier BE (bethere.co.uk) has set up a Twitter profile to help keep its customers informed of any problems or outages with the BE Broadband network.
The feed will be used to update BE broadband users daily on upcoming planned network outages at their exchange, so that they won’t be surprised at any changes to their service.
The Twitter profile (available at http://twitter.com/BEStatus) will also be able to alert members to any short notice or unplanned outages. A sample message from the profile could read “Planned outages on BROMSGROVE, DROITWICH on 17th between 3am-6am.”
Commenting on the new service, the Head of Marketing at BE Broadband, Oli White, said, “We’re constantly looking for innovative new ways of communicating with our members using tools that are currently available. Twitter is perfect for sending out short messages to people that want to subscribe to them, so it was a natural fit for us to offer this service to customers”.
White continued, “Hopefully it should add to the numerous other channels we use to communicate with our members and should help to prevent any surprise from outages”.
BE Broadband has recently received a ‘Recommended’ accolade in the PC Advisor Awards for broadband customer service. The ISP was also nominated for ‘Best Consumer Customer Service’ at the 2009 ISPA Awards.
Readers interested in switching their broadband to BE can find out more at the bethere.co.uk website or our Be Broadband review.
BE Launch 9 Month Student Broadband Contracts
Two nine month broadband contract options for students have been launched by fixed line broadband supplier BE (bethere.co.uk).
Perfect for students moving into rented accommodation in September and October, the nine month broadband contracts offer download speeds up to 24Mbps together with an unlimited usage allowance.
Students can choose from BE Unlimited Broadband (£17.50 a month) or BE Pro Broadband (£21.50 a month), with Be Pro offering faster upload speeds up to 2.5Mbps, compared to BE Unlimited’s 1.3Mbps.
Both packages include a free wireless router plus free customer and technical support.
Students will be required to give BE 1 month’s notice to terminate their broadband service after the initial 9 months.
Students and other interested readers can find out more at the bethere.co.uk website or our Be Broadband student package review.
BE Broadband Teams Up With Geeks On Wheels
Super-fast broadband provider BE (bethere.co.uk) has teamed up with top IT support company “Geeks On Wheels” to offer Be Broadband customers discounted on-site IT support whenever they need it.
Geeks On Wheels specialise in providing on site IT and computer support to homes and small businesses. The new partnership will allow Be broadband customers to benefit from a 15% reduction in the cost of Geeks On Wheels professional support.
This means that users who reside in London will benefit from rates starting from £63.75 for the first hour and then £31.88 every half an hour after.
Users who live in Kent, Surrey and Sussex will receive rates of £55.25 for the first hour and then £25.50 for every half an hour after that.
Commenting on the partnership, the Head of Marketing at Be Broadband, Oli White, said: “We’re delighted to team up with Geeks-On-Wheels to give our members the best value when they need professional IT support at home. This partnership allows us to continue to provide the excellent service that BE members expect”.
Geeks On Wheels Managing Director, Jamie Shaw, said: “This is the perfect partnership for Geeks-On-Wheels. Be broadband are widely recognised within the IT community as providing the best broadband services out there in a very competitive market”.
Shaw continued, “With Geeks-On-Wheels now providing on-site support to Be customers, the service really is second to none”.
