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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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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BT are trying to lure back phone customers who have moved away from using their service with the offer of 3 months free broadband if they bring their Calls back to BT too.
BT are fighting hard with some great offers for customers at the moment, they only launched £30 free credit for joining BT Broadband only just over a week ago for those taking out broadband, but this latest offer is targeting those who choose phone and broadband services.
The offer is available to customers who take BT Broadband and Calls and also those who sign up for a Triple play service of BT Broadband, calls and BT Vision.
Customer shave the choice when joining up with BT of which BT Offer they take up, be it the £30 credit or the 3 months free BT Broadband.
Below is a comparison of the BT Calls & Broadband deals
For any customers wanting to take up BT on this offer have until 12th May 2009 to sign up.
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Virgin broadband customers get some free “V Stuff”
Virgin has launched a new service called V Stuff that it is giving to their home broadband customers for free. V Stuff will offer the ability to store, share photos and receive free digital photo prints for a year (monthly limit on the number of free photos to be printed), also they are offering free auto backup and remote access to documents.
Depending on which of the Virgin broadband package you are on will depend on how many free digital photo prints you will receive and also how much backup and storage space you will receive.
The great thing is that Virgin are offering this not only to their fibre broadband customers but also to those who use standard broadband due to not being in an area where Virgin has cable coverage.
Below is details of what each customer on the various Virgin broadband packages can receive.
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V Stuff
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Fibre Optic broadband
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National broadband
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M/L
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XL
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XXL
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Solus
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Bundle 1
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Bundle 2
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Backup/Storage
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5GB
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10GB
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Unlimited
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5GB
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10GB
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5GB
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Cost
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Free
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Free
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Free
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Free
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Free
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Free
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Auto-backup & Remote Access
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Album Creation & Share
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Inclusive Photo prints
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25/month
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50/month
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100/month
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25/month
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50/month
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25/month
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The Auto-backup is designed so that any new additions to folders or any changes will automatically result in the changes and additions being backed up without users manually having to do it themselves.
For any customers who want to receive Unlimited storage and also 100 monthly photo prints can upgrade for £5 per month to receive this, customers on the XXL deal already receive this.
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Take a triple bundle from Virgin Media during April & you will receive £50 credit on your first bill
If you buy any Virgin Broadband, TV and phone bundle during April you will receive a credit of £50 on your first bill.
There are a range of different mix & match bundles available from Virgin Media where you can mix any of the following 3 options for each service to pick the one that best suits your needs.
The cheapest bundle starts at just £14 per month (you need to take a Virgin phone line for £11 per month) and includes:
Broadband - Size L: Up to 10Mb fibre optic broadband
TV - Size M: Over 45 digital TV channels
Phone - Size M: Unlimited weekend UK landline calls
View all the different combinations below (click the image to visit Virgin Media site to price up the offers).
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