BT has allegedly been talking to telecoms regulator Ofcom about opening their cable ducts to rival competitors.
According to a piece in the Financial Times allowing rivals to use the company’s infrastructure to run their own high speed broadband networks.
This has come to light recently as the Conservatives suggested that if they won the election they would ‘legislate to force BT to open its ducts’.
No Comments »Posted by Laura on February 8th 2010 in BT Broadband, Broadband, Sky Broadband, TalkTalk, UK Online
Got Sky TV? Want fast broadband with unlimited downloads? Fancy getting £60 off? Well now you can. For a limited period, Sky is effectively offering customers 6 months of free Sky Broadband Unlimited action (up to 20Mbps, unlimited downloads) for new and existing Sky TV customers who sign up. You claim £10 a month off of your Sky TV bill for the first six months of the contract, which covers the cost of Sky Broadband Unlimited (normally £10 a month). This is available with all permutations of Sky TV bundles including Sky+ and Sky+ HD but is not available in conjunction with any other Sky offer.
No Comments »Posted by Tom on January 4th 2010 in Sky Broadband
Ho Ho Hows this for a Christmas deal? Sky has just announced that the £50 worth of M&S Vouchers currently available with online orders of Sky TV package can be racked up to £60. Entering the voucher code ‘60VOUCHER’ (all caps, no spaces) sees you bumping up the vouchers by a tenner.
Note that this offer applies to any combination of Sky services and not just Sky TV bundles. So you can take out Sky Broadband with Sky Talk voice calls with your Sky TV and still qualify for the £60 of vouchers.
So that’s even more money to be saved on tasty food for the Yuletide spread, or for keeping hold of for the January sales.
No Comments »Posted by Tom on December 12th 2009 in Sky Broadband
Allergy Warning: This article may contain traces of pun.
Over the next two weeks, Eclipse Internet is giving away up to £100 worth of high street gift vouchers as part of a cracking Christmas deal. New customers who place an order from today Monday the 23rd of November to the 14th of December will be able to qualify for free vouchers.
The vouchers are from giftvouchershop.co.uk can be redeemed in over 60 high street retailers including Argos, Burtons, Currys, Toys R Us and WH Smith.
Customers who sign up for Eclipse Home Select (£17.95 p/m, up to 24Mbps, 10GB download limit) will earn £30 worth of vouchers whilst those who take out Eclipse Home Pro (£29.95 p/m, up to 24Mbps, 50GB download limit) will get £50.
No Comments »Posted by Tom on November 23rd 2009 in BT Broadband, Eclipse Internet, PlusNet, Sky Broadband, TalkTalk, Virgin Media
Want Pro broadband but don’t want to fork out a City Trader’s salary each month for the privilege? TalkTalk has just launched it’s new premium Pro broadband package which promises top speeds of 24Mbps and unlimited downloads and is being billed as one of the more cost-effective high performance broadband packages going.
TalkTalk Pro costs just £14.99 a month plus £11.25 for TalkTalk line rental and £29.99 for the one-off connection fee.
The TalkTalk Pro package also includes a free wireless router with N technology for improved wireless signal range and strength. Unlimited anytime calls to 01, 02 and 03 UK landlines are also included in TalkTalk Pro.
No Comments »Posted by Tom on November 12th 2009 in BT Broadband, Sky Broadband, TalkTalk, Virgin Media
Fancy some free Sky+ action with your broadband this Christmas?
In the run-up to the yuletide rush, Sky has just taken the wrappings off of a great new deal that sees new Sky TV customers netting a free Sky+ box, normally costing £49, from tomorrow until the 11th of December - the latest time by which Sky TV orders need to be in if you want your Sky TV set up and installed in time for Christmas Day.
Like the Sky+ HD Digital Switchover offer we heard about last month, this strictly isn’t a broadband-related offer but it’s worth mentioning all the same seeing as you have to have Sky TV if you want to get Sky Broadband.
No Comments »Posted by Tom on November 10th 2009 in Broadband Bundles, Sky Broadband
Virgin Media is offering customers who sign up for selected bundles of its broadband, digital TV and fixed-line phone call bundles will now be able to get the first two months free, thanks to a new seasonal promotion running until December the 31st.
The offer is open to all new Virgin Media customers who take a cable Virgin Phone line (at £11 a month line rental) but any orders processed online will also see new subscribers avoiding installation charges, saving up to £35.
The most budget-friendly triple play bundle which starts at £19.50 per month gives you Size L broadband (up to 10Mbps, unlimited downloads), Size M+ TV (65 digital TV channels inc. Sky1) and Size M phone (unlimited weekend UK landline calls).
No Comments »Posted by Tom on November 9th 2009 in BT Broadband, Broadband, Sky Broadband
Got an Xbox 360? Got an Xbox LIVE Gold account? Want to watch Sky TV without having to have a satellite dish installed? Well, now you can. Leading pay-TV platform and rising broadband star Sky has done a deal with Mircosoft which will allow the Sky Player video on demand platform to be accessed through any Xbox 360 console with a broadband connection.
Best thing about this is that you don’t have to be a Sky TV or Sky Broadband subscriber to watch Sky programmes on your Xbox 360. However there is a £15 monthly subscription for non-Sky TV customers wishing to make use of the Sky Player platform, and Sky TV customers on the Sky Broadband Unlimited package (20Mbps, Unlimited downloads from £10 a month) can get access to this service for free.
No Comments »Posted by Tom on October 29th 2009 in Sky Broadband
Sky’s the limit right? Leading pay-TV operator and rising star of UK broadband Sky is preparing to launch a new digital music service to rival the likes of Spotify and iTunes as well as Virgin Media’s recently announced Music Unlimited platform.
Called Sky Songs, the service launches on the 19th of October in a week’s time and will be available to anyone in the UK with broadband. Over four million songs will be available to both stream and download on a subscription basis.
No Comments »Posted by Tom on October 12th 2009 in Next Gen Broadband, Sky Broadband, Virgin Media
Sky is helping those getting ready for the Digital Switchover save money with a Sky+ and Sky HD TV bundle deal.
OK, so we know this strictly isn’t broadband-related news as the deal is based around the Sky TV packages, and it look like it will only available in those TV regions where the Digital Switchover is taking place. But you have to have Sky TV in order to get Sky Broadband and of course, Sky Broadband Base (up to 2Mbps, 2GB, £15 set up) is included free with a basic Sky TV and Sky Talk bundle deal.
No Comments »Posted by Tom on October 2nd 2009 in Broadband Bundles, Sky Broadband
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