Free modem with TalkTalk

Want a free modem, or half price wireless router? Then check out this new TalkTalk broadband offer.

Join TalkTalk broadband and phone packages Talk3 with Broadband or Talk3 International with Broadband and choose either a free modem (usually £29.99),or a half price wireless router (£24.99, usual price £49.99)!

This offer ends 30/06/07 so check out the packages now.

Talk3 is from only £8.99 per month and Talk3 International from only £8.99 per month for the first three months, then from £9.99 per month.

Not sure if it's the right broadband and phone package for you? With both these TalkTalk packages there's a 30 day free trial for all new broadband customers - if you don't like your chosen package you can cancel, quibble free, within 30 days.

Check out TalkTalk now.

Or find out which broadband packages and bundles are available in your area - visit my broadband comparison website www.ukbroadbandfinder.com.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

AOL broadband now available via BT Line

AOL has announced new broadband prices for those who don't live within its LLU network.

Around 70% of the UK population can get AOL via its network. Now most of the other 30% can take advantage of AOL broadband too.

The popular broadband packages AOL Silver (up to 2 meg) and AOL Platinum (up to 8 meg) are £14.99 per month and £29.99 per month respectively via the AOL network. However via a BT line AOL Silver will cost £24.99 per month and AOL Platinum £39.99 per month.

The new AOL via BT prices are high - though if you sign up before 12/08/07 you do get one month free and a free wireless router worth £55.

To reflect these AOL changes we have updated the broadband checker on my broadband comparison website www.ukbroadbandfinder.com, so if you enter your BT phone number on the site you'll be able to see which of the AOL packages you can get in your area.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Easyspace one of top web hosts in April

Easyspace has been named by Netcraft as the 3rd most reliable web hosts for April 2007. Rackspace and Easynet came 1st and 2nd.

During April none of the top 3 suffered any downtime or failed requests for their corporate sites - Netcraft monitored them from eight locations around the world.

Netcraft measures and makes available the response times of fifty leading hosting providers' sites. The performance measurements are made at fifteen minute intervals from separate points around the internet, and averages are calculated over the immediately preceding 24 hour period.

Find out more on the Netcraft website.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Telecomplete up for four awards

Business broadband provider Telecomplete is up for a record 4 awards at the upcoming Comms Business Awards 2007 - including Best Internet Service Provider 2007. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in London on 7 June.

You can find out more about the awards here.

Telecomplete works with SMEs, national internet providers and multinational organizations. They offer a range of ADSL broadband solutions with contention rations of 20:1 or 50:1, and download allowances of 2GB to unlimited.

Check out Telecomplete's business broadband packages here. Looking to switch from an existing ADSL broadband provider? With Telecomplete you'll pay even less each month than for a new ADSL connection. Prices start at only £16.99 per month if you're switching to them from another ADSL provider.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Promote your business with BT Tradespace

Want to promote your business to customers on the web? And be part of a business community of likeminded small business people?

BT Tradespace - where everyone can talk business

BT Tradespace is an online community that brings small businesses and sellers with consumers or other businesses looking for a product and service.

There are two levels of membership - BT Tradespace Basic is FREE to sign up, and BT Tradespace Contact is a pay-for service. Join BT Tradespace

With BT Tradespace Basic you can:

• Build a profile describing your company
• upload up to 5 photos, for example of your top products
  
• Share your thoughts and ideas and promote your products and services with unlimited blogging, 2 podcasts, 2 videos and 5 featured items.
• Join one relevant Community Channel and attract customers from all over the web.
• Enjoy the benefits of Tradespace’s marketing efforts.

With BT Tradespace Contact, you have all the features and functions of the basic option plus:

• Allow customers in UK and abroad to call you for free.
• Enable customers to receive your business card via SMS text and email from anywhere in the world.
• Post unlimited photos, podcasts, videos and featured Items.
• Join and promote your business on unlimited BT-sponsored communities relevant to your business.

Choose the best subsctiption for your BT Tradespace Contact area:

• £ 15.00 (plus VAT) for a Monthly Subscription
• £ 81.00 (plus VAT) for a Six Month Subscription - 10% discount
• £ 135.00 (plus VAT) for a Twelve Month Subscription - 25% discount

Click here to visit BT Tradespace now.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

20 meg broadband for 29 pounds a month

Virgin Media's new offer saving £8 a month on cable broadband packages for a year means that if your area can receive their new superfast up to 20 meg broadband you can sign up to it for only £29 per month for the first 12 months. The £8-a-month discount is available if you sign up before 30/09/07. (After 12 months, the price reverts to the standard XL broadband price of £37 per month.)

They're upgrading users to the faster broadband speeds area by area from summer onwards. View the roll-out plan here. (The plan will be updated through the summer).

Anyone on their XL cable broadband broadband package will enjoy a free upgrade to the new 20 meg service once it is available in their area so you can still sign up to that and receive up to 10 meg for only £29 per month for 12 months if you want to take advantage of the special offer. (A few areas may only get up to 16 meg initially).

If you can't yet get up to 20 meg from Virgin Media and you just can't wait, check out the up to 24 meg broadband packages Be Lite for only £14 a month or Be Unlimited for only £24 per month (with free connection, saving £24, if you sign up before 31/05/07). Or up to 22Mb Unlimited Broadband from UK Online, which is only £24.99 per month (also with free connection, saving £25, if you sign up before 31/05/07).

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Virgin Media cable broadband for 10 pounds a month

Sign up for Virgin Media's Size M cable broadband package before 30 September 07 and pay only £10 a month for 12 months! That's a saving of £8 a month, almost £100 for the year. (After a year the price reverts to the usual price of £18 per month.)

Looking for a faster cable package?
No problem - the £8 reduction also applies to Broadband Size: L (up to 4 Meg) which will cost £17 a month for 12 months (after 12 months the price reverts to the standard price, £25 a month). Or Broadband Size: XL (up to a superfast 10 Meg) which will cost £29 a month (after 12 months the price reverts to the standard price, £37).

This offer is available to all new broadband customers (new customers, or existing customers adding broadband). However it is not currently available with any other bundle or offer. Offer ends 30/09/07.

If you've been thinking about signing up for cable broadband for a while now, this could be the perfect time to do so.

Can't get cable broadband where you live? Check broadband availability in your area with my UK broadband comparison website www.ukbroadbandfinder.com.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Pipex bundle comes with free broadband

Pipex has launched an amazing new offer! Sign up for the Pipex Broadband and Anytime calls package and get the broadband part of the bundle FREE for the first six months.

The combined broadband and phone package usually costs £19 per month - £6.50 for broadband and £12.50 for the calls package. So with this offer you'll only pay £12.50 per month (the price of the Anytime Calls package) for the first six months, then £19 a month.

Find out more about this Pipex package now on my broadband availability website UK Broadband Finder.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Short contract broadband

Plenty of people don't want to sign up for a 12 or 18 month broadband contract.

If they're moving shortly and they don't know if they'll be able to get the same speeds (or provider) in their new location. If they're worried about cashflow down the line. Or if the've heard a million horror stories about ISPs.

Whatever - if you're a broadband commitmentphobe, check out my page on short contract broadband for homes and businesses on my broadband comparison website www.ukbroadbandfinder.com.

It includes ISPs Fasthosts, Be, Eclipse, and more - for home and business broadband.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Eclipse Business SDSL offer

Need a tough broadband service for your business? Eclipse has a great offer on its SDSL business packages.

Sign up for SDSL 500, SDSL 1000, SDSL 2000 from Eclipse and enjoy free set-up and a free router with Eclipse Business SDSL - save £444! This free connection offer applies for a limited period until further notice saving you £315. Where applicable a free router applies for a limited period until further notice saving you £129. These are limited time offers.
View Eclipse SDSL now.

What is SDSL - and do you need it?
SDSL stands for Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line. The symmetric aspect means that data can be transmitted at the same speed both up and down the line. The bandwidth requirements of an SDSL line, and the copper wire SDSL is transmitted over, mean that an SDSL line can only be used for data transmission (not both phone and broadband on the same line).

SDSL packages are more robust than, and more expensive than, ADSL business broadband packages. They are suitable for businesses that need a very reliable, high speed connection with good upload speeds (for example, for high-bandwidth services such as VoIP).

View more business broadband packages on my broadband comparison website www.ukbroadbandfinder.com

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Virgin Media licenced to thrill

This week Virgin Media is making all 21 James Bond films available on its TV on demand service.

That's all six Bonds, over 40 Bond villains and, of course, 40 official Bond girls.

For the first time ever in the UK, all 21 James Bond movies will be exclusively available to view anytime - from 1962's Dr No through to last year's box office smash Casino Royale. The Bond collection will be available on Virgin Media from 16 May with prices from £2.50 for a classic Bond title and £3.50 for Casino Royale.

With TV on demand, customers can start the film whenever they choose and pause, fast forward or rewind it just like a DVD. All Virgin TV packages include access to TV on demand - a huge library of entertainment that includes over 500 films from FilmFlex, all stored on the network and available anytime.

Find out more about Virgin TV here.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Bigger download allowance with Be Lite

Superfast broadband provider Be has increased the download limit on its Be Lite package.

Previously the broadband package only included 1 Gig download limit - but this has now been increased to a 4 Gig download allowance. A heavy downloader can then buy another 5 Gigs for £5. As Be Lite is only £14 a month (plus a £24 connection fee) this makes a robust, superfast broadband package that is really affordable. And the upload speed is still up to 0.4 Meg.

Check out Be Lite now - or if you need an unlimited package, view Be Unlimited (only £24 a month) or Be Pro for businesses (only £40 per month). And don't forget, Be are waiving the £24 connection fee for Be Lite, Be Unlimited and Be Pro (offer ends 31/05/07).

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Virgin Media offers 20 Meg broadband

Virgin Media is starting to roll out up to 20 meg broadband across their network.

And if you sign-up to their 10Mb XL cable broadband service you'll receive a "seamless upgrade to 20Mb" when they upgrade your area.

What does 20 meg mean for you? According to Virgin Media, you could "download an MP3 track in 2 seconds or an episode of your favourite TV show in just two and a half minutes".

They're upgrading users area by area from summer onwards. View the roll-out plan here. (The plan will be updated through the summer).

The upgrade will be free for XL broadband customers.

Find out more about Virgin Media 20 meg broadband here.

Virgin Media XL cable broadband is only £37 a month for an already superfast package of up to 10 meg. Take a Virgin phone package too and the broadband is only £18.50 per month for the first three months (offer ends 31/05/07). The package also includes:

• £10 off when you buy online
  
• unlimited downloads (acceptable use policy applies)
• PCguard Total
  
• Your own email account (with up to 15 addresses)
• Space online to create your own website
• 30 day money back guarantee
  
• Help when you need it, online and on the phone

Virgin Media Size XL - buy or find out more

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Win 1000 pounds with BT Total Broadband

BT has brought back a great draw - order BT Total Broadband online and you could win £1000 in their daily draw.

All you have to do for a chance to win is order a BT Total Broadband package online between 2 May 2007 and 15 May 2007. They are giving away £1000 every day until 15 May 07! (All entries received will be entered into the draw for that day. The draw for each day will take place at the end of the promotion.)

There are three BT home broadband packages, starting at only £8.95 a month for first 6 months and then only £17.99 a month for Option 1 on an 18 month contract.

Visit the BT website now to find out more about this offer and browse BT residential broadband packages.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Free TV without cable from Virgin Media

Can't get cable? That doesn't mean you have to miss out on Virgin Media TV.

Sign up for Virgin Media's non-cable broadband and phone package Unlimited Broadband and Talk Bundle One and you'll also get Free TV from Virgin Media, including 40 channels including ITV2, E4, BBC News 24 and Film4. That's free TV with no monthly subscription.

The phone and broadband bundle costs £19.99 per month and includes:

• Free modem
• Up to 8Mb download speed
  
• Unlimited downloads (Acceptable Use Policy Applies)
• Anytime calls to UK landlines
• PCguard Total (Firewall, Anti-Virus, Pop-up Blocker, Privacy Manager, Anti-Spyware, Identity Theft Protection and Parental Control)
• minimum contract applies
• £25 connection fee
  

Don't want free TV? You can choose a free wireless kit instead.

Find out more now.

By Sarah, UK Broadband Finder

BT Broadband package price reduction

BT has reduced the price of its BT Total Broadband Option 3 package.

Sign up for 18 months and prices are: 6 months at £18.99 then 12 months at £24.99 (previously £26.99). Or sign up for 12 months and get 3 months at £22.99 then 9 months at £24.99 (was previously £26.99).

Find out more about this BT broadband package here.

By Sarah, UK Broadband Finder

May broadband offers

Looking for a new broadband package or bundle? Here's a quick round-up of some of the current broadband special offers. Or bookmark the Offers page on my UK Broadband Finder comparison website.

The AOL 8 meg package AOL Platinum, usually £29.99 per month, is only only £24.99 per month if you switch to them. Plus for this package and AOL Silver you get one month free if you order online, and a free wireless router worth £55. (offers end 20/05/07).

Join Be broadband before 31 May 2007 and save £24 with free connection. View superfast Be broadband packages now. Be provides superfast broadband up to a blistering 24 meg and they've been rolling out their service to more exchanges than ever.

Looking for a broadband-and-phone bundle? Enjoy 1/2 price Large and X Large cable broadband for 3 months when you take a Virgin Media phone package. That's Large Broadband (4Mb) for £12.50; X Large Broadband (10Mb) for £18.50 (all prices per month). (offer ends 31/05/07).

You can also get a free upgrade with some Virgin Media 3 for £30 packages. Sign up for Virgin Media 3 for £30 - TV, Broadband and Phone and get a free upgrade to TV Size XL for 12 months. Or try Virgin Media 3 for £30 - Broadband, Phone and Mobile with a free upgrade to Phone Size XL for 12 months (offers end 31/05/07).

UK Online is a good choice if you're just looking for broadband. Their Superfast 22 Meg Broadband package and up to 8 meg broadband package now come with no connection fee, saving you £25 off the usual cost (offer ends 31/05/07).

It goes without saying that you should check with the provider to ensure these offers are still current when you sign up - or whether they have an even better offer by then!

By Sarah, UK Broadband Finder