Broadband News & Mobile Broadband News

BT (BT.com/deals) has extended its offer of an £89 saving on its BT Broadband and anytime phone calls package to the 23rd March.

Previously ending on the 15th March, the offer for its new Talk and Surf Plus package means new customers need only pay £7.99 a month for the first 3 months (£15.99 p/m after) for up to 20Mbps broadband speeds and unlimited anytime UK phone calls.

Known as BT’s best value package, BT Talk and Surf Plus includes free 0845 & 0870 phone calls at anytime.

Also included is the black BT home hub for wireless broadband access in and around the home, 250 WiFi broadband minutes a month and basic PC security. Options to add BT Mobile Broadband are also provided.

For those customers needing to reconnect their BT line or get one installed, there’s still only a £50 connection charge that applies compared to BT’s usual fee of £124.99 – representing a further saving of £74.99.

Readers interested in these savings can find out more at the BT.com/deals website or our BT Talk & Surf Plus review.

O2 (o2.co.uk) has announced a half price offer on its pre-pay mobile broadband dongles.

Customers can now order either a white, black or pink pre-pay dongle for a one-off £10 and then top up as and when they need to with the mobile broadband data usage they require.

Users can pay £2 per day for 500MB’s of data usage, £7.50 per week for 1GB or £15 per month for 3GB. No contract is required.

Unlimited access to 7,500 Wi-Fi hotspots across the country with The Cloud and BT Openzone is also included.

Last month O2’s mobile broadband network was ranked number one for mobile broadband speeds in an independent speed test conducted by Siroda.

New customers have until the 11th March 2010 to order the half price O2 dongle.

Readers can find out more about the offer at the o2.co.uk website or our O2 Mobile Broadband review service.

Orange (orange.co.uk) are offering a free Mother’s Day voucher (not flowers) to celebrate Mother’s Day this Sunday the 14th March 2010.

New customers ordering and connecting any Orange phone or home or mobile broadband package by the 17th March can get a free beauty treatment voucher that Mum will love.

The ‘Orange BABTAC Treat Mum Beauty Voucher’ can be redeemed for one of two offers, either a mini beauty treatment, or two for the price of one on any beauty treatment.

Available at selected salons across the country, Mum’s will be able to choose from a range of indulgent treatments covering manicures, pedicures, facials, waxing and massages.

The voucher is valid until the 14th December 2010 with all treatments needing to be booked in advance quoting the reference: ‘BABTAC Treat Mum Beauty Voucher’.

It’s worth noting that as the free beauty treatment voucher arrives with the Orange product purchased, there’s no guarantee that it will arrive in time for Mother’s Day this Sunday.

Therefore, as a back up, we advise customers to order some Mothers Day Flowers online aswell.

BT Vision (BT.com/clevertv), BT Broadband’s ‘clever TV’ service is offering new customers a free BT Vision + box up until the 26th March 2010.

The online offer, providing a saving of up to £45, is available to new BT Vision customers taking a BT Vision Value pack either as part of a BT broadband package or on its own.

BT Vision is BT’s on-demand digital TV service for BT Total Broadband customers. The service uses a customers BT broadband connection together with the BT Vision + box to access and deliver to TV screens thousands of shows to watch on demand.

These include live sports TV, kids’ TV, the latest blockbuster films, music videos, and more – all shown advertisement-free.

BT Vision’s ability to enable users to catch up on the best of last week’s TV from all five main TV channels makes it the only UK digital TV service able to do this.

To qualify for the free BT Vision + box offer, existing BT Broadband customers must simply order a BT Vision Value Pack online at the BT.com website. Prices start from £7.50 a month.

Non BT broadband customers can qualify by ordering online one of BT’s calls, broadband and TV packages that costs from £13.49 a month on an 18 month contract.

Unlimited UK weekend calls and up to 20Mbps broadband speeds are included.

Readers can find further information at the BT.com website.

3 (three.co.uk) has announced the addition of the Dell Mini 1012 netbook to its range of mobile broadband free laptop deals.

The impressive Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 netbook features the next generation Intel Atom N450 processor which requires less power to run than many other netbooks.

Its battery life lasts over 8 hours, while the the 10.1” High Definition (HD) display provides a sharp, crisp viewing experience which is perfect for pictures, websites, games, movies and on demand TV.

The Dell Mini 1012 netbook also comes with 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, a 1.3 megapixel webcam and the Microsoft Windows 7 Starter operating system. The keyboard is also spill-resistant.

Currently retailing at £279, this netbook is available for free with the 3 Mobile Broadband 1GB plan costing £17.50 a month.

This plan provides mobile broadband speeds up to 7.2Mbps together with a 1GB download usage allowance.

Users wanting a higher monthly download usage allowance can opt for the 3 Mobile Broadband 5GB plan costing £25 a month and still get the Dell Mini 1012 laptop for free.

Both pay monthly plans cover a 24 month period and include a free Huawei E1750 USB Modem that plugs into the Dell Mini 1012 netbook and automatically connects to the Internet via 3’s mobile broadband network.

91% of the UK is covered by 3’s mobile broadband data network.

Interested readers can find out more at the three.co.uk website or our 3 Mobile Broadband & Free Laptop review.