Broadband News & Mobile Broadband News

Plusnet (www.plus.net/fibre) has launched a 3 months half price offer across its four Plusnet fibre broadband and home phone packages.

Prices now start from just £8.24 a month for its Plusnet Value Fibre Broadband and Calls package, which provides broadband speeds up to 40Mbps together with a 40GB monthly usage allowance, plus inclusive evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines.

Customers requiring a higher monthly usage allowance can opt to pay from £10.74 a month for Plusnet’s Extra Fibre Broadband and Calls package which offers a hefty 120GB monthly download usage allowance.

All packages include a free wireless router and free activation, while, for an additional monthly fee, an anytime phone calls package to UK landlines can be chosen instead of evening & weekend phone calls.

Over 6 million UK homes now have access to Plusnet Fibre Broadband, with 10 million (40% of UK homes) expected to have access to the faster 40Mbps speeds and bandwidth by the summer.

Readers can check whether they live in a Plusnet Fibre area and order a half price package at the www.plus.net/fibre website.

Virgin Media (www.virginmedia.com/doublespeed) has enlisted the help of Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man, to promote its £110m move to double the broadband speeds of its 4 million fibre optic broadband customers.

New customers can also get a piece of the action too by ordering a Virgin Media fibre optic broadband package online now at the www.virginmedia.com/doublespeed website (prices start from £4 a month), after which they can look forward to a free, double the speed upgrade, which rolls out from February 2012.

The new Virgin Media ‘Keep Up’ TV adverts feature Usain Bolt attempting to impersonate Virgin Media owner, Richard Branson, by taking over his office and wearing his trademark blonde goatee.

The 18 month programme to double broadband speeds will see the circa 3 million customers paying for Virgin’s 10Mbps broadband service get a free speed boost to up to 20Mbps.

Around 840,000 customers on Virgin’s 20Mbps and 30Mbps broadband services will see their speeds increase for free to up to 60Mbps, while the 200,000 subscribers on Virgin’s 50Mbps and 100Mbps packages should see speeds increase to up to 120Mbps.

Interested readers can find out further information on Virgin Media’s free double broadband speed upgrade at the www.virginmedia.com/doublespeed website. Both new and existing customers can also find out when their broadband speed will be doubled.

Celebrity Big Brother sponsor Plusnet (www.plus.net/bigbrother) is offering new customers ordering online a broadband and phone calls package for just £3.24 a month for the duration of the 12 month contract period.

The 12 months half price incentive applies to Plusnet’s Value Broadband and Calls package (usual price £6.49 p/m) which delivers broadband speeds up to 20Mbps (combined with a 10GB usage allowance), together with unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landline numbers.

New customers opting for Plusnet Value Broadband with the Anytime phone calls package to UK landlines will also qualify for the 12 months half price broadband incentive and pay just £6.74 a month for the bundle (usual price is £9.99 p/m).

A Plusnet or other BT based landline is required in order to receive Plusnet Broadband, with Plusnet phone line rental costing from £9.49 a month.

A one-off charge of £49.99 may also be required if a new customer needs Plusnet to install a new phone line – however, this is more than offset by the free wireless router and free activation that is supplied as part of the Broadband & Calls package.

Readers can find out further information and order online at the www.plus.net website.

Virgin Media (www.virginmedia.com/wintersavings) is offering new customers some excellent winter savings with 3 months free now available on selected TV, broadband & phone bundles.

New customers switching to a Virgin Media bundle by ordering online at the www.virginmedia.com website can also qualify for free TiVo 500GB box activation worth £49.95, plus free installation worth £49.95.

The Virgin Media bundles with the 3 months free incentive include the company’s popular entry level bundle which offers 10Mbps broadband speeds, over 75 digital TV channels and unlimited weekend phone calls to UK landlines, 0870 numbers and Virgin Mobiles.

Usually £20 a month, this bundle also includes Catch Up TV with the BBC iPlayer and 4oD on your TV, 6 HD channels for no extra monthly fee, plus Virgin Media’s new Super Hub which offers great wireless broadband performance around the home.

New customers can also build their own bundle, choosing from premium TV channels like Sky Sports 1-4, Sky Sports HD1 & 2, Sky Sports News and Sky Movies.

They can also upgrade their broadband package from 10Mbps speeds to 30Mbps or even 50Mbps, while unlimited evening and daytime phone calls can also be added if required.

Interested readers can find out more and order their 3 months free Virgin Media bundle online at the www.virginmedia.com website. A MAC code is not required when completing the order.

The TalkTalk half price winter sale is now available at TalkTalk.co.uk/wintersale, giving new customers switching to TalkTalk Broadband & Phone online a yearly saving of £120 on standard TalkTalk prices.

The £120 saving comes courtesy of TalkTalk’s Broadband & Phone Essentials package which is now half price at just £3.25 a month. There’s also a free connection offer worth £30 and TalkTalk’s phone line rental, which is now available for an effective price of £9.50 a month when paid upfront (usual price is £13.80p/m).

The TalkTalk ‘Essentials’ package provides broadband download speeds up to 24Mbps combined with a 40GB monthly usage allowance, while unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landline numbers are also included.

The package (usually priced at £6.50 a month) also includes a free wireless router, free HomeSafe online protection and unlimited phone calls anytime to friends and family who are with TalkTalk.

There’s also a 10% discount on calls to a customer’s top 16 mobile and international numbers.

TalkTalk’s next generation broadband network covers 85% of the UK population which means most households can take advantage of TalkTalk’s half price winter sale when switching.

It’s also worth noting that in most cases a MAC code from a customer’s existing broadband supplier is not required when switching to TalkTalk.

Interested readers can find out more and order online at the TalkTalk.co.uk/wintersale website.