UK Broadband | Mobile Broadband

The average price of broadband in America and Europe has come down on average by €5 (£4) in past 6 months.

The study was done by Analysys Mason and they looked at prices from the fourth quarter 2009 up to the second quarter 2010 and included at single, double and triple play services when doing so. More than 1,000 bundles were studied of the report.

Alongside the priced coming down we have however also seen broadband speeds increasing which is only a good thing for consumers.

The average price stood at €40.70.

Martin Scott, the Senior Analyst at Analysys Mason said:

“Almost 20% of the tariffs we tracked during the second quarter of 2010 offered downstream bandwidths of 30Mbit/s or greater (although the proportion of subscribers that actually take these ultra-fast services is likely to be much lower than 20%). Consequently, the average price per megabit per second has declined from EUR7.5 in the fourth quarter of 2009 to just EUR5.8 in the second quarter of 2010.

Having said that, the premium that providers charge for mobile broadband services is also eroding. Prepaid mobile broadband services with usage caps of 3GB or more (which are sufficient for light users) now undercut entry-level fixed broadband service propositions in terms of price in most Western European countries.”

T-Mobile are running a limited time offer on their PayG Mobile Broadband with a price reduction and free days.

The price of the T-mobile PayG mobile broadband has been reduced from £19.99 to just £8.99 + a £10 top up. Customers will receive 30 days of browsing for free when they buy their first days browsing for a cost of £2.

The T-Mobile dongle allows users to access the Internet from almost anywhere without the need to have a fixed line Internet connection which makes using a laptop to access the Internet when out and about far easier.

The offer is limited time and is available until 30th September and is available on both the black and pink MBB 610 sticks.

Offer available at: www.t-mobile.co.uk

Demon Internet are launching a gamers broadband deal that will give online gamers a better online gaming experience.

The new Gamer Broadband is called “Demon Game Pro” and it offers a very low latency gaming connection which means that gaming traffic is prioritised and users will have improved ping times along with 24 x 7 UK based support.

The Demon Game Pro package offers up to 20Mb broadband speeds with 1Mb upload, there are no usage restriction sin off-peak times and 100Gb usage allowance for peak times (between 8am-11pm). The traffic gets prioritised with users also receiving a free wireless router and a free static IP Address.

To mark the launch of their Gaming broadband deal, Demon are offering it at a special launch price of £21.99 per month or if users just want to test it then a 3 month contract can be taken for £23.99 per month with a £29.99 connection fee.

The head of Demon, Matt Cantwell said:

“We know how important a good broadband connection is to the gaming community, and we are excited to be launching this product which has been designed to meet the specific needs of gamers.  At Demon we appreciate that a better connection allows better gaming, and are confident that gamers will see the benefits that this service offers them.”

Places in the South West and Wales are set to get connected up to BT’s 21CN (21st Centrury Network) which will offer broadband speeds up to 20Mb.

The 21CN uses ADSL2+ technology and by spring next year a further 200 cabinets are due to be upgraded to this technology. This will mean that a further 90,000 homes and businesses in the South West of England plus around 70,000 in Wales will have access to these faster broadband speeds.

Altogether, by next year BT will have covered 56% of South West properties which will be more than 1.2 million premises.

These upgrades to BT’s network are in addition to the work they are doing in rolling our their Next Generation Fibre broadband network (BT Infinity) which will offer broadband users speeds up to 40Mb for those connected to FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet) or up to 100Mb for the lucky ones connected to FTTH (Fibre To The Home).

TalkTalk are offering a huge 6 months free broadband and phone for customers who sign up online.

This special online only offer from TalkTalk (www.talktalk.co.uk) launches today (Wednesday 18th August) and will run until Thursday 30th September. Customers need to sign up to the Essentials package on an 18 month contract to be able to get the 6 months free after which time they will have to pay the standard rate of £6.99 per month.

The line rental is not free and will need to be paid at a charge of £11.49 per month and there is also the one off connection charge of £29.99.

What the TalkTalk Essentials package offers customers is up to 24Mb broadband, 40Gb monthly data transfer, a free wireless router and unlimited calls to UK landlines on evenings and weekends.