Three mobile broadband launch new Acer Aspire laptop & mobile broadband deal
The latest laptop deal to be added by Three Mobile broadband (VISIT: www.three.co.uk) to their laptop & mobile broadband offering is the Acer Aspire 150b and comes with an extremely healthy 15Gb data transfer per month at a price of only £22.50 per month!
Users will enter a 24 month contract with Three for this mobile broadband deal which would be £540 over the course of the contract.
Users will pay just £7.50 per month extra for the laptop than they would for just taking the mobile broadband as a stand alone product at £15 per month. We think that for those who want to be able to pay for a new netbook laptop over the course of 2 years this to be good value as it will only come to £180 for the Acer Aspire 150b which is not a bad price.
To sign up and get this Three Mobile & Laptop deal simply visit www.three.co.uk
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Vodafone launch new mobile broadband + laptop deal
Vodafone are offering a new Vodafone mobile broadband & laptop deal, although that isn’t new the laptop they have on offer is.They are offering the Acer Aspire 5535 laptop mobile broadband bundle for £40 per month that offers users the laptop and a mobile broadband connection with 3GB data transfer per month on a 24 month contract.
Having done some calculations we thought it would be an idea to tell you the financial out goings with this deal.
A 24 month contract at £40 per month means you will pay £960 over the 2 years for the laptop and the mobile broadband.
If you took the mobile broadband 3Gb deal alone from Vodafone you would pay £15 per month which over 24 months works out at £360, although there is going to be a 3 months free offer starting on this mobile broadband price plan which would mean a saving of another £45 and making the total mobile broadband deal over the 2 years at £315.
We have had a look online and seen the laptop alone being sold for £389.
So if you were to buy the laptop separately and the mobile broadband alone from Vodafone it would cost you £704, which is a saving of £256 over the 2 year period, this equates to around £10.66 per month.
The option of spread paying over this length of time might make the extra £10 per month worthwhile for some, for many it might be worth spending the extra £250 on a better laptop or just keeping it in your own back pocket.
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Be broadband have launched a new advertising incentive aimed at getting gamers using them for their broadband provider.
They have created a first person shooter game “Unreal Call Of Brothers 5 - The Road To Broadband Heaven” that is free to play and also a competition to win a Top-End Alienware Area-51 X-58 gaming PC.
The game is just a short 3 level game which any decent gamer is likely to be able to shoot their way through.
On top of the competition that is free to enter (deadline for entries is midnight 31st May 2009) is also the reminder of the 3 months Free Be Broadband that is also available until 31st May 2009 which can save up to £64.50.
The 3 months free broadband is only available on Be Pro and Be Unlimited packages.
To play the game simply visit: www.blaster.bethere.co.uk
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There are a few different options available if you want broadband without a phone line either because it costs around an extra £11 per month or because you live somewhere that doesn’t receive any or a decent speed of broadband connection.
The first option still allows you to receive your broadband direct to your home, just like standard broadband does but this one is supplied by Virgin Media. Virgin Media are a fibre broadband company and don’t use BT’s copper network to deliver their services (well they do, but only in areas where their own fibre network isn’t available). Most broadband companies use BT’s network to deliver their broadband which is why if you choose a standard ADSL provider int he UK that you need to have line rental to receive it as BT won’t let you use their network for free.
The thing with Virgin Media is that they allow you to take Virgin Broadband as a stand alone service meaning that you don’t also need to take a phone line out with them or with BT to receive it.
If you are after the entry broadband for Virgin then you should choose the “Broadband L” package which offers up to 10Mb speed, Unlimited downloads (fair use policy) & a free wireless router. It costs £15 per month for the first 3 months and then £20 per month after that. View all the Virgin broadband deals.
The second option of broadband without a phone line is mobile broadband. Mobile broadband is supplied by the mobile phone networks and gives you the freedom to use the Internet wherever you have a mobile phone signal. The technology with mobile broadband is always increasing and coverage is improving to offer more reliable network coverage and faster speeds. Broadband speeds from mobile broadband don’t tend to be as fast as standard wired broadband that you receive direct to your house. As mobile broadband is still relatively new the deals on offer are continuing to improve as competition for customers increases. Compared to wired broadband you don’t tend to get as fast speeds or as much data transfer for your money.
That said, mobile broadband can be more useful than wired broadband in that you have the freedom to use it away form your home, you could take it with you and use the Internet from a motorway junction or wherever you get mobile network coverage. Currently one of the most attractive mobile broadband deals on offer is from 3 Mobile broadband who are offering a 15Gb download limit per month for £15 although it does require signing up for a 24 month contract.
There are a number of different mobile broadband providers in the UK to choose from, some offer pay as you go mobile broadband deals and others are pay monthly and contract deals.
Another less widely used option for people wanting broadband without a phone line is to use Satellite broadband which delivers your Internet access direct to your computer via a satellite. To use satellite broadband without a phone line you would need to choose “2 Way Satellite broadband”. Satellite broadband is especially useful for those who live out in very remote areas and struggle to receive a broadband connection through a phone line and won’t receive cable broadband coverage.
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TalkTalk have running a phone & broadband Essentials package that is offering customers who join up by 1st May 3 months free phone & broadband & free connection.
This latest 3 months free offer is exclusive to those who sign up online and has been extended to run until 1st may 2009 which is only a few days away!
What customers receive who sign up is a Phone & Broadband bundle that offers:
- Up to 8Mb broadband
- 40Gb usage per month
- Free wireless router
- UK landline calls at evenings & weekends
Customers need to sign up for an 18 month contract and also pay £11.25 line rental per month. After the 3 months free broadband is up customers will have to start paying the standard cost of £6.49 per month for the phone & broadband which including the line rental charge works out at £17.74 per month there after.
There is only limited time left for anyone wanting to take up this TalkTalk broadband offer so if you want it then you need to join by 1st May 2009.
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The 3 Months free broadband from Be broadband is set to end.
For those who want to make use of the current 3 months free broadband on offer from Be Broadband (we detailed it at the start of the month: Three months free with Be Broadband) need to act soon if they don’t want to miss out, as the offer is set to end in a couple of days on 30th April!
The offer is valid on any of the Be broadband packages, including the Be Value, Be Unlimited and Be Pro.
Users simply need to follow this link to www.bethere.co.uk and quote 3MONTHSFREE when signing up online to receive your 3 months worth of free broadband.
Be Broadband are one of only a few companies who are able to offer ADSL2+ broadband which can have maximum broadband speeds of 24Mb. The Be Value broadband starts at just £13.50 per month.
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BT broadband have launched what they say is the cheapest home broadband and mobile broadband package available.
To sign up for this new offer you simply need to join BT as a new customer and you can add BT mobile broadband for free providing you choose an 18 month contract. There is a one off fee of £49.99 for the mobile broadband dongle but other than that you will then be able to receive 1Gb mobile broadband usage per month with a theoretical maximum broadband speed of 7.2Mb and reported coverage of 80% of the UK.
This combined BT Home and mobile broadband can be had for just £15.65 per month if you choose Option 1 Home broadband which it self offers up to 8Mb broadband speed and a 10Gb usage per month, plus 250 WiFi minutes per month and a BT Home Hub.
The mobile broadband is basically thrown in free providing you choose an 18 month contract which alone would cost £180 with what they are offering.
BT Broadband Options 1 & 2 have a charge of £49.99 for the mobile broadband dongle, Option 3 the price for the dongle is £9.99.
The offer is valid until 28th July 2009.
The following are the current BT Broadband available options.
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Although not strictly a Sky Broadband offer we have listed this latest offer anyway from Sky TV because you have the option of adding the Sky Broadband on and still receiving the free £50 Tesco gift card.
If you join Sky TV online you will for this week (the offer ends on 30th April 2009) receive a £50 Tesco gift card, it’s that simple.
You can’t phone up for this offer, you have to join online to be entitled to receive it.
Sky TV starts from just £16.50 per month for 1 entertainment pack and it can cost as little as £9 per month to add Sky Movies or just £11 per month to add Sky Sports.
If you have a HD TV you can add the High Definition pack for £9.75 extra per month.
Now, the broadband link with this offer is that when ordering Sky TV online you can add Sky Broadband too from as little as £5 per month! The Sky broadband options are:
Sky Broadband Base - Up to 2Mb speed and 2Gb usage - £5 per month
Sky Broadband Mid - Up to 8Mb speed and 40Gb usage - £10 per month
Sky Broadband Max - Up to 16Mb speed and Unlimited usage - £15 per month
To get your £50 Tesco gift card from Sky sign up online for Sky TV, you can add Sky Broadband if you wish but it’s not a requirement.
Sign up online at www.sky.com
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TalkTalk have launched an exclusive offer to Tiscali customers who switch to TalkTalk. Any Tiscali customers who make the switch will receive £50 off their bill.
The move comes as there is speculation about Tiscali’s financial stability and if they will be able to continue running with the debts they have, (Read: Tiscali broadband customers could find broadband switched off) this move from TalkTalk is like giving Tiscali broadband a kick in the face when they are already down!
The £50 credit comes in the form of those who switch receiving 3 months free on their Essentials Phone and Broadband package (£6.49 per month) and free connection (usually £29.99).
All the customers will need to pay is the £11.25 line rental per month. After the 3 months free broadband customers will pay just £17.74 per month for the Essential package and line rental.
The broadband on offer will give customers:
- Up to 8Mb broadband speed
- 40Gb download limit
- Free wireless router
- Free technical support (from a TalkTalk line)
The Phone part of the deal will give customers Unlimited phone calls to:
- UK landline and evenings 7 weekends
- Millions of TalkTalk customers
- Free local daytime calls (from 1st May 2009)
Any Tiscali switchers who take up the offer will have to sign up for an 18 month contract to TalkTalk and the offer runs exclusively to Tiscali switchers until 30th April 2009.
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Virgin Media home broadband customers are set to be migrated over to Google’s Gmail service for their email services.
The start of the migration started last week as Virgin are set to move their 4 million broadband customers from their own in-house email platform over to Gmail.
Virgin broadband customers don’t need to worry about losing their current email addresses, and even those who still have @blueyonder.co.uk, @ntlworld.com and &virgin.net email address will be able to keep them if they want. All new Virgin broadband email address will be via @virginmedia.com and will come with the Gmail services of POP3 and IMAP access and also receive 7GB inbox space and will be done on the Gmail platform that has proved very stable since it was launched back in 2004.
Each customer will be able to have up to 10 email addresses if they wish meaning that Virgin broadband customers could potentially create up to 40 million email address between them!
The service will at first be offered to the next 20,000 new Virgin broadband customers who sign up before it is rolled out to the rest of the Virgin Media customer base.
Last week we told of another “customer service” that Virgin were offering with the launch of VStuff which is an auto-backup storage for Virgin broadband customers.
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