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January 11, 2010

Free Laptops & Broadband for low income families with children

The government has once again announced plans to offer broadband and free laptops to low-income families in the UK.

The plan is to give 270,000 families who are on low-income a grant so that they can get a laptop to keep and also have broadband access at home funded for a year. The scheme is set to cost around £300m and is called “Broadband for All” and is expected to have a roll out at the start of 2011.

Not only will it benefit the children for being able to learn online from home but also it will mean parents are able to access online school reports about their child’s progress so that they are fully aware of how their child is progressing.

It is envisaged that families with children aged between 7-14 will be those likely to be targeted.

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12 months free broadband and phone from TalkTalk

The Carphone Warehouse is offer a 12 months free phone and broadband deal on it’s TalkTalk broadband provider for new customers who sign up via The Carphone Warehouse.

The years free broadband and phone requires subscribers to take a 24 month/2 year deal and after the first 12 months are up they revert to paying £18.48 per month (£6.99 for the broadband & phone plus line rental of £11.49). There is also a one off £29.99 set up fee.

For this subscribers will receive up to 8Mb broadband speeds, 40GB download limit, free wireless router and unlimited evening and weekend calls to UK landlines and unlimited local calls.

80% of UK homes are able to take up on this offer through TalkTalks own unbundled network which means the line rental is paid to TalkTalk and not BT.

To take up this offer, users simply need to visit: www.carphonewarehouse.com

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January 8, 2010

63 new locations on BT’s fibre broadband network released

The roll out of BT’s fibre broadband network continues as they announce the next 63 locations to have their exchanges upgraded.

BT are aiming to have 40% of the population (10 million homes) connected with fibre broadband (BT Infinity is the name of the BT fibre broadband network) by 2012 at a cost of £1.5 billion. Most of these new connection will be FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet) that will provide maximum broadband speeds of up to 40Mb, with the lucky few getting FTTH (Fibre To The Home) where broadband speeds of up to 100Mb would be achievable.

Of the 63 new locations, 31 of these are in London or the south east of England and all locations are for densely populated areas where it gives BT the greatest chance of a higher return on investment.

The 63 locations are:
Albert Dock, Andover, Aylesbury, Bangor (Northern Ireland), Beauchief, Bichester, Blunsdon, Bothwell, Braintree, Bramhall, Brighton Hove, Caversham, Chandler’s Ford, Chippenham, Coalville, Congleton, Crowthorne, Dalgety Bay, Didcot, Dunfermline, Earley, Earlsdon, Eastleigh, Fair Oak, Glasgow Newton Mearn, Greenford, Guiseley, Harpenden, Hednesford, Henley on Thames, Kenilworth, Langley, Livingston Station, Llandedeyrn, Llanishen, Locksheath, Lofthouse Gate, Maidenhead, Merton Park, Mile End, Mitcham, Newport Pagnell, Ortons, Parsons Green, Penicuik, Portishead, Portsmouth Central, Putney, Ranmoor, Reading South, Sittingbourne, Skyport, Solihull, Stoneygate, Sutton Cheam, Tamworth, Toothill, Wanstead, Warwick, Willaston, Wimbledon, Wokingham, Worle.

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January 5, 2010

BE Broadband drop Value broadband down to £7.50 per month

BE Broadband are bringing in the New Year by dropping the price of their BE Value package by £5.

As of now BE Broadband Value costs just £7.50 per month, down from £13.50, for an 8Mb broadband service on their ADSL2+ network that also offers 1.3Mb upload speeds.

be broadband BE Broadband drop Value broadband down to £7.50 per monthThe usage allowance has been changed from Unlimited to 40Gb, but for most 40Gb should be more than enough per month for most. This is the reason for the drop in price, customers had told BE Broadband that they would prefer a capped service for lower prices than paying more for an Unlimited service. It also means that customers won’t be affected by traffic shaping based on what it is they are downloading and will be able to use their usage allowance as they wish.

The deal is available on a 12 month contract and means that a years supply of broadband costs just £90 which is the cheapest ADSL2+ service in the UK.

Those customers who may be affected by the capped usage will be contacted by BE to discuss their usage and a possible upgrade to an Unlimited service.

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- Filed under: Home Broadband,Offers
- Tags: ADSL, ADSL2+, ADSL2+ broadband, Be broadband, BE Broadband offer
Author: Mark @ 1:00 pm

2 months free O2 Broadband offer

O2 are offering 2 months free O2 Broadband until the end of January.

o2 broadband 2 months free O2 Broadband offerThe offer that is available now runs until the 31st January and gives all new O2 broadband subscribers 2 months of free broadband and is available across their range of home broadband packages including the Standard, Premium and Pro.

Existing O2 customers receive a £5 discount per month on each of the home broadband packages which brings their cheapest broadband in at just £7.50 per month for an 8Mb deal with Unlimited transfer (fair usage policy applies).

The 2 months free could mean that new O2 Broadband customers could save up to £45 depending on which package they choose and if they are an existing O2 customer or not.

O2 Broadband is an award winning broadband supplier, having won plenty of consumer awards for it’s customer service and the fast reliable broadband that it offers so anyone looking at changing broadband providers could make a great saving by moving to O2 Broadband now.

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