Broadband News & Mobile Broadband News

Sky (sky.com/wintersale) has launched its Sky Winter Broadband Sale which offers 12 months half price unlimited broadband to both new and existing customers.

New customers joining Sky without taking Sky TV can order the Sky Unlimited Broadband package online and pay just £5 a month for the first 12 months (usual price is £10 a month).

Sky phone line rental costing £12.25 a month is required while phone calls to UK landlines during the evenings and at weekends are included.

New customers taking Sky TV can also take advantage of the half price broadband sale and pay from just £23.75 a month (plus Sky phone line rental) for a bundle package.

This bundle includes the Sky+ box, Sky TV with 42 TV channels and over 200 free to air channels, Sky Unlimited broadband, plus inclusive evening & weekend calls to UK landlines.

Existing Sky TV customers ordering the half price Sky Unlimited Broadband package need only pay £3.75 a month for the first 12 months, provided they take Sky phone line rental. Offpeak calls to UK landlines are, again, included.

The Sky Unlimited Broadband package is a truly unlimited broadband package which means that, unlike other broadband providers, there’s no monthly download usage caps or limits to worry about.

With speeds up to 20Mbps, Sky also promise not to slow their Sky Unlimited broadband speeds down at peak usage times.

Interested readers can find out more about the Sky Winter Broadband Sale at the sky.com/wintersale website.

New customers ordering BT’s Autumn Deal online at BT’s specific website offer page (www.secureorder.bt.com/wineoffer) can now qualify for BT’s £50 wine voucher offer.

The £50 wine voucher is supplied by Naked Wines and can be used to purchase wine to the value of £50 from the Naked Wines website.

To help customers choose their wine, BT and Naked Wines have also created their very own Christmas case of wine (worth £50) so customers can enjoy some great wines over the festive season.

BT’s Autumn Deal provides 4 months free broadband plus evening & weekend phone calls before the price reverts to the standard £13 a month – a saving of £52.

The broadband delivers download speeds up to 20Mbps together with a 10GB monthly download usage allowance, while the phone element of the package also includes offpeak calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers.

Readers interested in the £50 wine voucher offer must place their BT Broadband or BT Autumn Deals order online at BT’s specific www.secureorder.bt.com/wineoffer website page in order to qualify – note, the offer is not available or published anywhere else on the BT website.

Sky’s Christmas offer (sky.com/christmas) is now available, providing new and existing customers with a 2 months free Sky Movies trial over the Christmas period.

To qualify for the offer, new or existing customers must order online a Sky Broadband, calls and line rental package at the sky.com/christmas website.

The offer means new customers switching to Sky will need to pay from just £20 a month for the first 2 months for Sky TV with Sky Movies 1 and 2, Sky Broadband Lite with speeds up to 20Mbps, plus inclusive evening and weekend phone calls with Sky Talk.

New customers can opt to take Sky’s unlimited broadband package (an additional £3.75 p/m) which has no download usage caps and makes the best use of Sky Anytime – Sky’s on demand movie service.

Upon expiry of the 2 months free Sky Movies trial, customers will continue to receive Sky Movies 1 and 2 (£16 p/m extra) unless they call Sky at least 31 days before the end of the trial period.

A free Sky+ box worth £49, free standard set up worth £30 and a free £100 M&S voucher is also available to new customers who place their order online by the 21st December, while Sky phone line rental of £12.25 a month is also required.

Sky Movies provide 11 great Sky Movie channels, including all the biggest and best Hollywood blockbuster films in Sky Movies Premiere, all of Sky’s film seasons in Sky Movies Showcase, plus 9 more channels dedicated to different film genres – giving a total of over 450 movies a week to choose from and enjoy over Christmas!

Interested readers can find out further information on Sky’s Christmas offer at the sky.com/christmas website.

Please bear in mind that for guaranteed Sky installation before Christmas the last online order date for existing Sky customers is the 27th November and for new customers is the 14th December.

Sky (sky.com/celebrate) is giving away a £100 M&S voucher to new and existing customers who order a Sky TV or HD package online by the 14th November.

New customers can choose from a range of Sky bundles including the Sky Starter Pack which at £20 a month offers Sky TV with over 280 TV channels, Sky Broadband with speeds up to 20Mbps and Sky Talk with unlimited evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines.

A free Sky+ box is provided together with a free wireless router, while a one-off £30 standard set up fee applies. Sky telephone line rental of £12.25 a month is also required.

Existing Sky TV customers can qualify for the £100 M&S voucher by upgrading to Sky+HD online at the sky.com website.

New and existing customers who place their order online by the 14th November will have their £100 M&S voucher sent via special delivery within 45 days of activating their viewing. One voucher is available per household.

Interested readers can find out more information and order online at the sky.com/celebrate website.

Virgin Media’s (www.virginmedia.com/100Mb) 100Mb rollout has reached a new milestone with 20 million people in the UK now able to get the super-fast 100Mbps broadband speeds.

This equates to a third of the UK and comes only 12 months after the company commenced its 100Mbps rollout across its fibre optic broadband network.

The news comes following the announcement that homes in Harborne in Birmingham, Lincoln, Seven Kings in Greater London and Solihull can now sign up to the ultrafast broadband speeds.

Prices for Virgin Media’s 100Mbps broadband package start from £25 a month and include unlimited weekend phone calls to UK landlines and Virgin Mobiles when taken with Virgin Media phone line rental (£13.90 a month).

Orders placed online at the www.virginmedia.com website can also qualify for £30 off and free installation worth £49.95.

6 months free Spotify Premium is also included which gives users access to over 15 million music tracks (the usual cost for Spotify Premium is £9.99 a month).

Commenting on the 20 million milestone, Virgin Media’s Executive Director of Broadband, Jon James said: “We’re very proud to reach another significant milestone in our broadband history as we play a leading part in the development of the UK’s next generation infrastructure”.

James continued: “Providing speeds of 100Mb to a third of the UK today, and to a further four million homes by the middle of next year, assures Virgin Media’s lead in the British broadband revolution”.

Virgin Media plans to complete the 100Mb rollout across its entire fibre optic broadband network (half of the UK) by the summer of next year.

Interested readers can check whether they can get Virgin Media’s 100Mbps broadband speeds or find out when it will be available in their area by visiting the www.virginmedia.com/100Mb website.