2009 August 
TalkTalk is embarking on a promotional venture with a twist – literally putting money back into people’s pockets. The ISP has hired a gang of 20 former pickpockets to roam the streets of London and slip crisp notes between £5 and £20 into the pockets of unsuspecting residents. The notes come inside a TalkTalk branded card informing the targets of the so-called ‘Put-Pockets’ where the money came from.
The TalkTalk Put-Pockets are out in force now in London, and are said to be operating in Leicester Square, Oxford Circus, Covent Garden, Westminster, Trafalgar Square and The South Bank, as well as various stops on the Underground. The Put-Pockets will continue to operate in the capital until the end of August when they’ll pack up their bags and head out to other major cities in the UK.
Continue Reading »
Posted by Tom on August 21st 2009 in Carphone Warehouse, Competitions, TalkTalk
BT Broadband has just announced that it has completed upgrades of hundreds of its exchanges which will give customers access to speeds of up to 20Mbps. 549 exchanges, serving 10 million UK homes, have been upgraded, with more homes to be added throughout the rest of the year.
What’s more is that homes eligible for an upgrade will be able to speed up for virtually nothing. Although the theoretical maximum speed available on a fully pimped ADSL2+ line is 24Mbps, BT Broadband has taken a leaf out of O2 Broadband’s book and will be advertising the top speed as being 20Mbps. This is ostensibly to advertise a more realistic top speed, as the theoretical maximum is rarely if ever experienced by broadband customers.
Continue Reading »
Posted by Tom on August 18th 2009 in BT Broadband, Free Broadband, Next Gen Broadband, O2 Broadband
Tiscali is back up on it’s feet and ready to rock; the Carphone Warehouse-owned ISP has just announced a pair of new broadband packages at Lowest Ever Prices. Tiscali’s basic Broadband Only deal now cost just £6.49 a month for the first three months (£14.99 p/m thereafter), provides top download speeds of 8Mbps, unlimited downloads and includes a free modem and free connection.
The Option 1 offering now costs £9.99 a month for the first three, and £14.99 after that. As well as top download speeds of 8Mbps and unlimited usage you get the cost of line rental included and weekend calls to international landlines as well as local and national numbers in the UK. The top tier Option 2 plan gives you all of the above plus unlimited Anytime calls. A one-off £30 conection fee applies to both of these Option packages. All Tiscali Broadband packages are now subject to an 18 month contract, and come with free security software and 24/7 technical support.
Posted by Tom on August 13th 2009 in Broadband
Virgin Media is currently offering of free installation – usually £30 – with various bundles of its broadband services.
So that’s everything from a standalone broadband offering, broadband and phone, or a combination of broadband, phone and digital TV.
This offer is available across the board on all of Virgin Media’s broadband products, 10Mbps L, 20Mbps XL and the 50Mbps XXL service.
Continue Reading »
Posted by Tom on August 12th 2009 in Broadband
TalkTalk is getting in on the summer sale action and has just launched a 3 Months Free promotion. Any customers who sign up for TalkTalk Essentials online will get the first 3 months free, saving nearly £20 (£6.49 x 3 = £19.47). The offer is open from today and runs until Monday the 24th of August. As well as this, all Essentials customers who order online get a free wireless router as standard. TalkTalk Essentials provides top download speeds of 8Mbps, a generous monthly usage cap of 40GB and free Evening & Weekend calls to UK numbers.
Continue Reading »
Posted by Tom on August 10th 2009 in Broadband
O2 Broadband is kicking off a crazy end of summer deal for online customers who sign up throughout the month of August. OK, so it’s not exactly been a great summer over this year weather wise apart from that one week about a month ago when London was hotter than Dehli, but that’s Britain for you. Anyway. Throughout the month of August, any customers who sign up for any of O2′s Home Broadband packages will qualify for two months free. This gives customers eager to get some of the fastest speeds available – up to 24Mbps – for less, saving up to £44 in the first year.
All O2 Home Broadband packages include a free wireless router and McAfee security software, allowing you to easily set up a wireless network and surf safely and there’s also no connection charge. The entry-level O2 Broadband Standard gives you Unlimited downloads and a top speed of 8Mbps for £7.34 per month (£12.23 per month for non-O2 mobile customers).
The O2 Broadband Premium and Pro products provide the same Unlimited downloads plus maximum speeds of 20Mbps. The only difference between the two is that the Pro package comes with a faster top upload speed.
Continue Reading »
Posted by Tom on August 7th 2009 in Broadband Bundles, O2 Broadband
Orange has just announced a new addition to its mobile broadband roster – mobile broadband for less than £5 a month. The new 18 month Orange Internet Everywhere tariff costs just £4.89 a month. gives you speeds of up to 3.6Mbps and 500MB of usage per month and is available to all Orange home broadband and mobile customers (inc. pay monthly and pay as you go). A Huawei E160e dongle, available in either black, white or pink, is also bundled free with Orange Internet Everywhere. The E160e comes with a microSD memory card slot, allowing you to upload pictures and music on the move.
Orange Internet Everywhere is an ideal bolt-on style mobile broadband solution for those who need to get online to send and receive emails for work or college a few times a month, but don’t want to have to sign up for a more expensive contract. 500MB per month will more than suffice for light internet use, but if you want to watch YouTube videos on the go and listen to music on Spotify, then we’d recommend that you check out some of Orange’s heavier packages. Similar plans are available for £14.68 and £24.47 a month, which gives you 3GB and 10GB of usage respectively.
Continue Reading »
Posted by Tom on August 5th 2009 in Broadband
BT Broadband has announced that it will be re-launching it’s successful free broadband for 3 Months offer. The offer sees any new customers who sign up for any of BT Broadband’s broadband products online – that’s Option 1, Option 2 and Option 3 – instantly qualifying for the first three months of broadband for free. BT first launched this promotion back in April and it proved such a success that it’s decided to roll with it again.
The offer applies to bundles of broadband and fixed-line phone calls as well as broadband and BT Vision digital TV bundles and bundles of all three services. BT Broadband Option 1 provides top speeds of 8Mbps and a 10GB monthly cap. Option 2 gives you the same 8Mbps top speed and 15GB of usage, and Option 3 gives you unlimited monthly downloads, along with that same maximum speed of 8Mbps.
All BT Broadband Options currently come with the improved BT Home Hub 2.0 (increased wireless range and strength), and Option 3 comes with the Hub plus the Hub Phone, a cordless VoIP handset which allows you to make free and cheap calls over your broadband connection.
Continue Reading »
Posted by Tom on August 5th 2009 in BT Broadband, Broadband Bundles, Next Gen Broadband
Subscribe to our feed to keep up to date with all the latest Broadband Blog posts »
ADSL Broadband
Wireless Broadband
Unlimited Broadband
Student Broadband
Laptop Broadband
