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Plusnet are offering 12 months half price on Extra Broadband packages when you sign up for one of their phone deals. Prices are from £5.74 a month:
Plusnet Extra with Home Phone Evenings & Weekends
Plusnet Extra with Home Phone Anytime
Line rental of £11.99 is required for both packages. Evening and Weekends call plan included as standard, Anytime call plan costs £3.50 per month.
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The Post Office are offering a £50 account credit along with free installation and free routers on their phone and broadband packages.
Post Office Home Phone with Broadband Standard - £21.60 per month
Post Office Home Phone with Broadband Extra - £26.05 per month
Prices include required line rental costs. Account credit will be applied to bills in two £25 installations.
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December 2011 saw average download speeds recorded by users of our Broadband Speed Test generally maintaining the levels achieved in November's result, coming in at 7.58Mb. Average upload speed also remained stable 1.16Mb.
Virgin Media's average download and upload speeds have held reasonably steady at 14.24Mb and 2.23Mb respectively.
Likewise, Fibre to the Cabinet provider Eclipse match last months speeds, with a 10.59Mb average download speed and a slight increase to a 1.88Mb upload speed. BT Broadband take a 0.5Mb drop this month, with download speeds averaging at 7.64Mb and upload speeds at 1.3Mb.
The best performing non-fibre-based provider was again BE and O2 (who share a common infrastructure) who retained 4th place with 5.67Mb average download speed over its Local Loop Unbundled ADSL2+ service.
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Plusnet are offering 12 months half price on Value Broadband packages when you sign up for one of their phone deals. Prices are from £3.24 a month:
Plusnet Value with Home Phone Evenings & Weekends
Plusnet Value with Home Phone Anytime
Line rental of £12.99 is required for both packages. Evening and Weekends call plan included as standard, Anytime call plan costs £3.50 per month.
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TalkTalk has launched new 6 months half price broadband deals on their Essentials and Plus packages, which include free connection and a free wireless router.
TalkTalk Essentials - £3.25 for the first 6 months
TalkTalk Plus - £7.25 for the first 6 months
If Fibre to the Cabinet is available in your area, you could take advantage of these offers for just £10 a month more with TalkTalk's Fibre Optic Boosts, which offers speeds of up to 40Mb.
TalkTalk Essentials with Fibre Optic Boost - £13.25 for the first 6 months
TalkTalk Plus with Fibre Optic Boost - £17.25 for the first 6 months
Monthly line rental of £13.80 applies, though you can take advantage of their Value line rental - pay £114 for a year upfront, and make a saving of £51.60. A £25 activation fee applies on Fibre Boosts. Offer only available to customers in TalkTalk's low price network areas.
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BT are celebrating the festive season by offering a £50 Naked Wines voucher with selected broadband packages. You can choose your own wines, or you can take advantage of BT's own Christmas Case with a variety of specially selected wines.
BT Broadband and Evening & Weekend Calls
BT More Broadband and Evening & Weekend Calls
BT Broadband and Anytime Calls
BT Unlimited Broadband and Evening & Weekend Calls
Details on how to claim your vouchers can be found on the BT website when ordering.
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For the Christmas period Sky are offering a free two month Sky Movies trial with their TV, Broadband and Unlimited Calls package along with a £100 M&S gift voucher. The monthly price breakdown is as follows:
£23.75 for the first 2 months
£39.75 for the following 4 months
£43.50 a month thereafter
Minimum contract is 12 months. You will be charged £16 a month for Sky Movies 1&2 once the trial is over, unless you call to cancel at least 31 days before the end of the trial.
Posted on in NewsAnnouncements
November 2011 saw average download speeds recorded by users of our Broadband Speed Test remaining generally stable compared to October's result, with a 0.45Mb increase to 7.48Mb. Average upload speed also remained stable with a 0.06Mb increase to 1.26Mb.
After an increase in speed last month, Virgin Media's average download dropped quite a bit to 14.30Mb, though upload speeds remain stable at 2.45Mb.
Fibre to the Cabinet provider Eclipse continues to see significant gains, rising to a 10.59Mb average download speed and 1.66Mb upload speed. BT Broadband also saw a healthy speed gain this month, with download speeds averaging at 8.12Mb and upload speeds at 1.44Mb.
The best performing non-fibre-based provider was again BE and O2 (who share a common infrastructure) who retained 4th place with 5.49Mb average download speed over its Local Loop Unbundled ADSL2+ service.
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For this weekend only, For a limited time, Sky Broadband are again offering £100 M&S vouchers to new customers when they sign up for their Sky+ and Sky+HD television packages.
Sky Broadband Broadband and TV Starter with a free Sky+ box and free setup
Sky Broadband Unlimited with TV with six month half price unlimited broadband, free Sky+ box and setup
Sky Broadband Unlimited with Movies with two months free movie trial and a free Sky+ box
Meanwhile those taking Sky's Unlimited Broadband as a standalone product or as an upgrade to an existing Sky TV service with the free Sky Talk Freetime phone service continue to enjoy their first six months at half price.
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TalkTalk has launched new half price broadband offers, available as an online exclusive:
TalkTalk Essentials - £3.25 for the first 12 months
TalkTalk Plus - £7.25 for the first 9 months
If Fibre to the Cabinet is available in your area, you could take advantage of these offers for just £10 a month more with TalkTalk's Fibre Optic Boosts, which offers speeds of up to 40Mb.
TalkTalk Essentials with Fibre Optic Boost - £13.25 for the first 12 months
TalkTalk Plus with Fibre Optic Boost - £17.25 for the first 9 months
Monthly line rental of £13.80 applies, though you can take advantage of their Value line rental - pay £114 for a year upfront, and make a saving of £51.60. A £25 activation fee applies on Fibre Boosts. Offer only available to customers in TalkTalk's low price network areas.