Virgin Media V Box half price

You can now get a Virgin Media box with half price installation - and if you order by 12 December it will be installed for Christmas (Subject to survey).

The V-box is a personal video recorder (PVR) with three tuners - so you can record two programmes while watching a third, and pause, rewind and record live TV. V-Box installation is usually £150 but is now only £75. This half price installation offer ends on 31/12/07.

To get a V+ Box, you need to be a Virgin TV customer. If you are not already a Virgin TV customer, why not sign up sign up with Virgin TV now?

Virgin TV XL includes the V-Box with no subscription charges. Virgin TV M and L both have a £5 a month subscription charge.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

First published 28 November 2007. Please note that blog posts remain live, and any offers or information may no longer be current when you view this page.

Sell your old mobile phones

Do you want to make some money for Christmas presents? Why not sell your old mobile phones?

Whether you are a business or an individual, you can now recycle your old mobile phones and get paid for it.

it is estimated that each UK household could be home to at least four mobile phones worth on average £20 each! Could that be you?
Find out how much your old mobile phone is worth (including working and non-working handsets)

Find out how you can sell your old mobile phones.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

First published 28 November 2007. Please note that blog posts remain live, and any offers or information may no longer be current when you view this page.

Free digital TV recorder with BT Total Broadband

BT Total Broadband have introduced a great offer for BT Vision, the on-demand TV service you can sign up to when you take BT Total Broadband.

Take out Option 1, Option 2 or option 3 BT Total Broadband and get a V-Box (BT's digital TV recorder) free! The V-Box costs £199 to non BT Total Broadband customers - but all you pay is a £30 connection fee (Option 1 customers also pay £30 for a HomeHub).

Even better, it means that when TV goes digital you'll be ready.

• pause and rewind live TV
• record up to 80 hours of your favourite programmes.
• Watch films from our vast library for as little as £1.99
• Enjoy 70 digital TV and radio channels with Freeview as standard
• See up to 242 Barclay Premier League games for as little as 99p per view, or get unlimited access to Setanta Sports from £9.99 a month
• Choose from a wide range of viewing packages, so you get to choose the kind of TV Films and Sport you want to watch, from just £6 a month

Just sign up to BT Vision once you have signed up for BT Total Broadband.

BT Total Broadband takes five days to activate once you order. After this you can then order your BT Vision and start enjoying the thousands of hours of entertainment on offer.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

First published 22 November 2007. Please note that blog posts remain live, and any offers or information may no longer be current when you view this page.

Sky See Surf Speak £19 a month

Sky have got a new introductory offer for Sky TV, broadband and Talk - and it's only £19 per month, and the broadband is FREE. Sign up online and you'll get a £10 credit - and there's a free wireless router too.

This £19 Sky See, Surf, Speak deal includes:

Sky TV:
Four Entertainment Mixes - Variety, Knowledge, Style and Culture, News and Events
Free standard Sky Box
One-off Sky TV set-up cost £30 (though standard TV set-up is FREE when you take Multiroom before 17/12/07)

Sky Broadband - Base:
download speeds of up to 2Mb
2GB monthly download allowance
10 email addresses
12 months' free McAfee security

Sky Talk FreeTime:
FREE evening and weekend calls to UK landlines
You need a BT line and still pay BT line rental of £11 per month
UK calls include calls to 01 and 02 numbers only (excluding the Channel Islands).

More about Sky See, Speak Surf for only £19 per month.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Cheap superfast broadband from 02

Do you have an 02 pay monthly mobile phone contract? And are you looking for broadband?

Then you could take advantage of a cheap brodband offer specially for 02 pay-monthly mobile customers and get up to 8Mb broadband for only £7.50 per month.

Or go for super fast broadband - up to 20Mb for only £15 per month!

02 broadband packages are:

• 02 Standard: up to 8Mb - from £7.50 for O2 pay monthly customers, or standard price of £17.50 per month.
• 02 Premium: up to 16Mb - from £10.00 for O2 pay monthly customers, or standard price of £20.00 per month.
  
• 02 Ultimate: up to 20Mb - from £15.00 for O2 pay monthly customers, or standard price of £25.00 per month.

And if you're an O2 mobile customer you can get up to 1000 emails directly on your handset each month, free - and they'll appear on your screen like a text message.

Not an 02 pay monthly mobile customer? Sign up to their mobile packages now, or take the broadband at a higher price.

Find out more about 02 broadband packages for mobile pay-monthly customers and others.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Broadband news now live

My broadband availability website now has its own news service - so you can keep on top of broadband news.

From new broadband offers, cheap broadband deals and new broadband providers, to broadband sector changes, UK Broadband Finder broadband news will keep you in the loop.

Browse broadband news now.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Superfast broadband up to 24Mb

If you or your family love online gaming, you've started watching film trailers or enjoying catch-up TV programmes online, or you spend most of your life on iTunes, you might be finding that your current up to 1, 2 or even 8 meg broadband speed is not fast enough.

So what are the alternatives? There are much faster broadband deals on the market - up to 24 meg (although as with all broadband deals, you probably won't get the full advertised broadband speed).

Super fast broadband packages include:

• 02 Premium broadband - only £10 a month for up to 16Mb if you have an 02 pay-monthly mobile contract (otherwise £20 per month)
  
  
• 02 Ultimate Broadband - only £15 per month for up to 20Mb if you have an 02 pay-monthly mobile contract (otherwise £25 per month)
  
  
• Virgin Media cable broadband Size XL - was up to 10Mb, now rolling out at up to 20Mb. Standard price is(£37 per month though they currently offer cheaper cable broadband if you also take a Virgin Media phone package (so XL broadband is only £23.50 per month with the phone package)
  
  
• Be broadband Unlimited for home - £18 per month
  
  
• Be Broadband Pro for offices - £22 per month - up to 24Mb download speeds. (Be Broadband have been expanding their network and now cover large areas of Britain.)
  
  
• UK Online up to 16Mb, only £24.99 per month
  
  
• Sky Broadband Max up to 16 Meg (price varies as you can build your own bundle)

View package details for these super fast broadband packages here.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

The Apple iPhone is here!

The wait is over – the Apple iPhone has arrived. Order an iPhone and get three amazing products in one small and lightweight handheld device:

• a revolutionary new mobile: make a call by simply tapping a name or number in your address book, a favorites list, or a call log. It also automatically syncs all your contacts from a PC, Mac, or Internet service.
  
  
• a widescreen iPod with touch controls: enjoy music, audiobooks, videos, TV shows on a 3.5-inch display. Buy songs wirelessly through the iTunes Wi-Fi Music store.
  
  
• a breakthrough internet communications device with the best email ever on a mobile phone, web browsing, maps, and searching. iPhone features a rich HTML email client and Safari. Make a call while checking your contacts or emailing a photo and surfing the web over wifi. With Google Maps, view maps and satellite images, or get directions and traffic information.

iPhone 8GB is only £269 and can be used only with the 02 network, on an 18-month Pay Monthly tariff (starting at £35 per month).

Find out how more about the iPhone including features, pricing, and how to order.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Setanta Sports for under ten pounds a month

Are you a sports lover with a Sky subscription? Then why not sign up for Setanta Sports? The company broadcasts 7 days a week and shows over 1000 live sporting events.

The Setanta Sports Pack costs only £9.99 per month and there's NO ANNUAL CONTRACT. So for less than a tenner a month get access to 9 great sports channels (soon to be ten with the addition of Arsenal TV by Christmas).

• Setanta Sports 1
• Setanta Sports 2
• Setanta Sports Ireland
• Racing UK
• Racing World
• NASN
• Celtic TV
• Rangers TV
• LFC TV
• Extra live sporting events including Golf, Rugby, Football and Horseracing

Find out more about Setanta Sports now.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

BT Vision now with self installation

BT Vision now has a self-install option - meaning you can be up and running without having to arrange for an engineer to be come round to your house.

There's a a one-off connection fee of just £30 so customers choosing BT Vision Self Install not only save themselves £60 but can also set up their BT Vision service at a time that is convenient for them - installation can be completed in less than an hour!

The Self Install option offers you greater flexibility over where you can set up your digital TV equipment in your home - as you may not have your PC and TV in the same room.

BT Vision is on-demand digital TV that you can pause, record and rewind. You can watch 70 digital TV and radio channels with Freeview as standard. You can also record up to 80 hours of programmes with a V-Box.

With BT Vision you can also pay for the on-demand TV content you want:

• Films from the BT Vision library from £1.99
• Up to 242 Barclay Premier League games from 99p per view, OR unlimited access to Setanta Sports from £9.99 a month
• TV films and sport you want to watch, from £6/month

You can sign up for BT Vision if you have, or when you sign up for, any BT Total Broadband package. (And if you sign up to BT Total Broadband you'll get a V Box at no extra cost - otherwise £199).

Find out more about BT Vision.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Broadband definitions on my broadband glossary

The world of broadband can be a confusing one, whether you are just getting started with broadband or if you are switching broadband providers.

Do you find yourself asking "what is..." when you read about upload speeds, contention ratios, and fixed IP addresses?

Or do you want a bit more information on newer terms such as blogs, podcasts, Web 2.0 or Universal Search?

If you are coming across broadband internet terms you don't understand, then visit my Broadband Glossary for broadband and internet definitions - in plain English.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Sky Ireland half price TV

Join Sky Ireland before 15/12/07 and get half-price Sky TV for three months!

You just need to take SKy Sports or Sky Movies to take advantage of this new customers offer.
Standard equipment is free - all you have to pay is €45 for standard installation.

You'll also get a €15 credit in your Sky account if you sign up online.

All Sky Ireland packages include their special Bonus Mix, which includes some of your favourite terrestrial channels like RTE One, RTE Two, BBC One, BBC Two and Channel 4.

Get half-price TV for three months from Sky Ireland.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Virgin Media cheap broadband offer extended

Virgin Media has extended its offer for cable broadband for only £4.50 per month.

Want cheap broadband? This broadband offer includes up to 2Mb cable broadband for only £4.50 per month for 12 months - when you also sign up for a Virgin Media phone package (the cheapest phone package from Virgin Media is size M and costs £11 per month - it includes unlimited weekend UK landline calls).

• Virgin Media Size M up to 2Mb cable broadband.
• Virgin Media Size M phone.

Prices for Virgin Media Size L (up to 4Mb) and Size XL (up to 20Mb) are also currently cheaper if you take a Virgin Media phone package.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Pipex Pro launched for heavy downloaders

Pipex has launched a new selection of broadband products for heavy downloaders.

Broadband Pro packages have monthly download limits of 100GB, making them more suitable for streaming media, downloading music tracks, sharing photos and online gaming.

They also include up to 8 meg download speed,s a 30 day guarantee, and a free wireless router.

Pipex Pro Broadband and Pipex Pro Broadband with Evening and Weekend Calls cost £39.99 per month. Pipex Broadband with Anytime Calls costs £44.99 per month.

There's a £20 connection charge and a 12 month initial contract.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Pipex broadband for £9.99

Pipex has revamped its existing broadband packages and bundles, and is now offering cheap broadband for only £9.99 per month. And they've launched three new Pipex Broadband Pro packages with download allowances of 100MB!

All Pipex Broadband packages include:

• free ethernet modem (Pipex Mini and Midi) or free wireless wifi router (Pipex Max, Pipex Pro)
• Switch to Pipex and get your first month of broadband for FREE (or take the router/modem)
• Up to 8Mb broadband
• FREE connection device
• FREE webspace
• FREE email account
• FREE anti-virus & firewall for 1 year
• UK based support
• 30 day money back guarantee

Visit my broadband comparison website www.ukbroadbandfinder.com for information on all Pipex broadband packages.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder