Latest Broadband Deals
BT Expands Wi-Fi Broadband Hotspots Via Quiconnect
BT (www.BT.com) has expanded the number of its Wi-Fi broadband hotspots via a new agreement with Quiconnect.
The new agreement links BT Openzone’s Wi-Fi broadband network with over 55,000 international Wi-Fi hot spot networks all around the world.
This means BT Broadband customers with laptops will soon be able to benefit from overseas wireless broadband access by using their free Wi-Fi minutes in their contract.
When speaking about the partnership, Marjorie Leonidas, Head of BT’s International Roaming Service said, “Our partnership allows us to provide an even better choice of locations. We look forward to announcing more partner interconnections and hotspots this year”.
The Vice President of Quiconnect, Jeff Mabe, said, “We are delighted to continue our partnership with BT Openzone as a wireless broadband leader and innovator. Quiconnect continues to provide a similar service to over 40 partners worldwide.
Mabe continued, “BT Openzone’s renewed commitment allows Quiconnect the opportunity for continued development and testing of new and exciting tools, technology and processes that demonstrates our credibility in all areas of wireless connectivity”.
Throughout the UK and Ireland alone, users can benefit from BT Wi-Fi broadband access in more than 3,500 hotspots that include the likes of Starbucks, Caffe Nero plus Thistle and Hilton hotels.
AOL Broadband’s £15 DVD E-Voucher Offer Set To End
Carphone Warehouse owned AOL Broadband (AOLBroadband.co.uk) looks set to end its £15 LOVEFiLM DVD e-voucher offer for new customers signing up to its broadband service.
The offer, which is schedule to end this Friday 31st July also includes a free 30 day trial to LOVEFiLM’s online DVD rental service which provides access to the UK’s widest range of DVD’s with over 65,000 titles.
The LOVEFiLM incentive applies to users who order AOL Broadband’s popular wireless broadband deal which offers up to 8Mb broadband, a 10Gb usage allowance and a free wireless router worth £50. Full wireless security is also offered while there’s also no connection fee to pay.
The package costs from just £4.99 a month for the first 3 months, followed by £14.99 thereafter. The first month is free of charge if a customer orders the package online at the AOLBroadband.co.uk website.
Readers can also order the AOL Broadband Wireless deal before this Friday’s offer end date by phoning AOL on 0800 049 4403.
Further information on all AOL Broadband packages can be found at our AOL Broadband review.
£30 LastMinute Voucher Offered By Vodafone Broadband
Vodafone are offering new customers a £30 LastMinute.com voucher on selected mobile broadband tariffs.
In order to qualify, users must remember to enter the promo code, ‘last30min1’ when they order a 24 month mobile broadband package at the vodafone.co.uk website.
Vodafone’s 24 month mobile broadband packages start from £15 a month and include speeds up to 7.2Mbps. They also include for free Vodafone’s new USB modem stick Pro.
For £15 a month, users can get a monthly 3GB mobile broadband data allowance which is enough for 100 hours of web browsing, 200 music track downloads, 100 short video downloads and 2,000 emails.
Users can also opt to pay £25 a month for a 5GB data allowance.
Further information can be found at the vodafone.co.uk website, or our Vodafone Broadband review.
O2 Cut The Price Of Pay & Go Mobile Broadband Dongle
O2 has cut the price of its pay and go mobile broadband dongle by half to just £14.67.
The limited time half price offer applies to all new orders received online at the o2.co.uk website by Monday 3rd August.
O2’s pay and go mobile broadband dongle enables laptop broadband speeds of up to 3.6Mbps and comes with no contract commitment.
Customers simply top up their O2 dongle with the internet access usage they require. For example, users can pay £2 per day for 500MB’s of data download allowance, £7.50 a week for 1GB or £15 a month for 3GB.
Dongle users will also have unlimited access to over 7,500 Wi-Fi hotspots around the country.
Readers are advised to go to the o2.co.uk website for more information or take a look at our review of O2 mobile broadband here.
Complaints About Broadband Providers Fall In 2009
Complaints about the UK’s broadband providers have fallen significantly during the first six months of 2009.
The Office of Fair Trading’s Consumer Direct service has revealed that there were 6,256 complaints about broadband suppliers in the first part of this year, representing a circa 16% drop compared to the same time last year.
This means the UK’s internet service providers (ISP’s) have fallen three places in Consumer Direct’s league table study of the most complained about services in the UK.
The ISP’s now lie tenth on the table, while second hand cars brought from independent dealers remain top. Mobile phone service agreements along with TV’s and mobile phone handsets also feature highly.
The complaints that have been made mainly involve defective goods and poor service issues.
The latter will come as no surprise to broadband users as most are disappointed with at least one aspect of their service, with speed and connection problems often being the most complained about issues.
TalkTalk Broadband Deals Net 47,000 Brits In Q1
Market leading broadband deals have helped TalkTalk (talktalk.co.uk) add 47,000 net new broadband customers in Q1 2009, according to the company’s latest interim management statement.
Despite overall UK broadband market growth being subdued, the company has successfully grown its total broadband base to 2.85 million customers – and that’s before broadband customers from its recent acquisition of Tiscali UK are included.
Charles Dunstone, Chief Executive Officer of The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC said, “TalkTalk Group is trading well, in line with our expectations. We added 47,000 net new customers to our broadband base and average customer spend is up 5% year-on-year”.
Dunstone continued, “We migrated a further 59,000 customers onto our own network in the quarter and we now have 79% of all our broadband customers on our unbundled network, leveraging the superior economics that it gives us”.
Dunstone also said “TalkTalk’s leading value proposition and strong customer service clearly continue to resonate strongly in today’s marketplace, and churn has declined significantly year-on-year and remains low”.
TalkTalk’s leading broadband and phone deal is the ‘Essentials’ package which offers up to 8Mb broadband plus evening and weekend phone calls for just £6.49 a month. Anytime local phone calls are also included in the package.
Readers interested in switching their broadband and phone to TalkTalk can find out more at the talktalk.co.uk website or they can ring TalkTalk on 0800 049 7865.
They can also read our TalkTalk Broadband and Phone review here.
