Sign up online to any Sky TV package and get £30 of Marks and Spencers vouchers

After the success of their previous Marks and Spencers voucher offers, Sky is currently offering £30 of M and S vouchers for new customers signing up to any Sky TV package online.

This a limited time offer - you have to sign up by 5 March and have your Sky TV service activated by 16 April.

Sky TV entertainment packs start at only £16.50 a month for one pack, rising to only £21.50 a month for all six entertainment packs. Premium packs Sky Sports and Sky Movies are an extra cost.

Sky also have sone great deals on Sky Boxes at the moment too - whether the Sky Box, the Sky Plus Box (record, pause and rewind live TV) or the amazing Sky HD Box.

Find out more about Sky TV and how you can get you £30 of M and S vouchers for signing up online to Sky TV!

First published 25 February 2009. Please note that blog posts remain live, and any offers or information may no longer be current when you view this page

Sky offers truly unlimited broadband!

If you are looking for a superfast, genuinely unlimited broadband package, check out Sky Max Broadband.

It is unlimited broadband with no fair use policy - and download speeds of up to 16Mbps. It costs only £10 a month.

You need to be a Sky TV customer to sign up to Sky broadband, but if you are already a Sky TV customer you can now upgrade to either a better broadband package, or to Sky broadband for the first time, online.

• More about Sky Max UNLIMITED Broadband.
• Or Add Broadband and/or Talk to your existing Sky TV.
• Or sign up to Sky TV.

First published 18 October 2008. Please note that blog posts remain live, and any offers or information may no longer be current when you view this page

Save £30 set-up fee on Sky Multiroom

Take advantage of this great new offer on Sky Multiroom - and put an end to family arguments over what to watch!

With Sky Multiroom, you pay an extra subscription of £10 per month for each additional standard Sky box. So you can watch different Sky TV programmes, films, or Sky Sports events in different rooms, at the same time.

Usually there is a £30 set-up cost for any combination of Sky products. But if you sign up to Sky Multiroom before 17/12/07, you won't pay the set-up fee - saving you £30!

Find out more about Sky products here:

• More about Sky Multiroom - you can upgrade online if you are already a Sky TV customer
• More about Sky TV

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Green broadband

Both Eclipse Internet and BSkyB have announced they are carbon neutral - Eclipse this year, and BSkyB in 2006.

If it's important to you that your broadband provider is taking climate change and carbon emissions seriously, then check out my blog post on www.ukbroadbandfinder.com which goes into more detail about what BSkyB and Eclipse have done to reduce emissions and offset emissions that they can't eliminate entirely.

View Eclipse Internet's residential and business broadband deals, and Sky's packages (or create your own Sky bundle).

Telecoms provider BT is also committing itself to carbon emissions reductions. And it is working on influencing and engaging with customers, suppliers and employees to produce lower-carbon solutions and reduce personal and business carbon emissions.

View BT's home broadband and business broadband packages.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Sky 10 pound credit for online ordering

Sky Digital has upped its online credit - now if you sign up for one of their broadband, Sky TV and phone packages online you will get a £10 credit.

Check out Sky Digital's most popular packages, starting at only £16 per month:

• Sky See, Surf, Speak for £16 per month - includes Variety entertainment mix
  
• Sky See, Surf, Speak for £26 per month - includes 6 entertainment mixes
  
• Sky See, Speak, Surf for £35 a month - includes 2 mixes plus Sky Sports
• Sky See, Speak, Surf for £50 a month - includes 6 mixes plus Sky Sports and Sky Movies

Go for the FREE standard Sky box, or Sky Plus (which incurs higher initial one-off cost) or Sky HD (which incurs higher one-off cost and higher monthly cost).

Or you can create your own Sky bundle combination

Or find more broadband packages in your area at www.ukbroadbandfinder.com.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Sky cuts TV set up costs

Have you been thinking about joining Sky? Sign up online for Sky TV by 30/09/07 and if you take a standard Sky Box enjoy a reduced rate on the set-up fee - only £15.

You can build your own Sky package from a mixture of broadband, TV and phone, or try standalone Sky TV.

Or find more bundles in your area at www.ukbroadbandfinder.com.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Find a broadband package

If you want to compare broadband in your area, and you don't want to visit loads of broadband provider websites, then check out my broadband availability website www.ukbroadbandfinder.com.

You'll find over 100 broadband packages - from providers including AOL, BT, Orange, Virgin Media, Pipex, Sky and more.

Whether it's home broadband or business broadband, you just type in your BT phone number or postcode and away you go. And you can filter your results by download speed, price, download allowance and more.

And if you find the world of broadband a bit confusing, then visit my broadband glossary for definitions of everything from contention ratios to IP addresses.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Sky Sports for the new football season

Looking forward to the new football season?

Get Sky Sports, TV, broadband and phone for only £35 a month. Or create your own Sky package.

You can now sign up to Sky and get:

• all of Sky Sports
• any two Sky TV entertainment mixes
• Sky Broadband
• Sky Talk

for just £35 a month.

Or you can choose another Sky package - their broadband, phone and TV bundles start at only £15 a month.

Or click here to create your own Sky bundle.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Broadband with free wireless routers

Want to know more about connecting wirelessly to the internet?

Then read my new article on wireless broadband, and which broadband packages come with free wireless routers.

Broadband providers offering wireless routers with some broadband packages include Sky, AOL, BT Total Broadband, Orange broadband, and more.

Article on connecting wirelessly to the internet.

Or visit my website www.ukbroadbandfinder.com to compare broadband packages in your area.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

free sky installation ends 30 June

Want Sky TV? Then order before 30 June 2007 and get free standard installation.

Here's how - order SKY TV, OR order one of their SKY bundles (TV, Broadband and Talk, known as See, Speak, Surf), select the MAX broadband option, check the final price, and if you're happy with your bundle, order online - and you'll get free standard installation.

Hurry now, free standard installation ends 30th June

Visit the Sky website now.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Sky bundles from 15 pounds a month

Want broadband, phone and TV for only £15 per month? Then check out Sky bundles.

All these packages come with:

• FREE wireless router
• 10 sky.com email addresses
• 12 months' free McAfee security

Sky See, Surf, Speak for £15 per month
Includes 2 entertainment mixes. Up to 2Mb download speed. 2GB monthly download allowance.

Sky See, Surf, Speak for £26 per month
Includes 6 entertainment mixes. Up to 8Mb download speed. 40GB monthly download allowance.

Sky See, Speak, Surf for £34 a month
Includes 2 entertainment mixes plus Sports. Up to 2Mb download speed. 2GB monthly download allowance.

Sky See, Surf, Speak for £48.50 per month
includes 6 entertainment mixes plus Sports and Movies. Up to 8Mb download speed. 40GB monthly download allowance.

Availability is subject to your location, compatible line and equipment, and survey.

Packages can be bought with the FREE standard Sky box, or the life changing Sky Plus or the revolutionary Sky HD.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Broadband bundles

Ofcom's Digital Progress Report, published yesterday, included the statistic that at the end of 2006, over 40% of all adults with broadband available at home took other communications services from the same provider. For many users, the ability to bundle was the most important factor when choosing a broadband provider - 27%, the same percentage who saw price as the most important factor in their choice.

Bundles typically include broadband and phone, though increasingly there are bundles of three (broadband, phone and TV; broadband, mobile and TV; or other combinations) although Virgin Media is now offering quadplay - broadband, TV, phone and mobile.

Some communications providers are now including broadband in a bundle for no extra charge - for example, Sky and TalkTalk.

Visit my bundles page on my broadband comparison website for more providers and bundles.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Virgin Media may buy Pipex

The Telegraph has reported that Virgin Media is emerging as an unexpected frontrunner to buy Pipex.

Pipex, which offers home and business broadband and broadband/phone bundles, is up for sale at £335 million. The Telegraph also said that BT Group is thought to be interested.

Pipex is an LLU, or local loop unbundler - meaning it has got its own equipment in exchanges. This means that it can provide faster broadband and eventually TV and other services.

From Virgin Media's point of view, ownership of Pipex would immediately provide a way of getting Virgin Media TV, broadband and phone combinations into many more homes. Cable broadband is unavailable in many areas of the UK (particularly rural and semi rural areas) which has cut off a large potential market. (Although you can get broadband via ADSL from Virgin - thanks to what was Virgin Net - the attractive Virgin Media bundles, including their much-heralded 4 for £40 bundle, are currently delivered via cable).

Watching TV at the moment, it seems as if every other advert is for Sky or Virgin Media as they battle it out to be the bundle provider of choice, with Sky offering broadband, TV and phone for £26 a month (plus line rental to BT), and Virgin Media offering a range of bundles including their famous 3 for £30 broadband, phone and TV package.

If you can't wait for the outcome of the "who buys Pipex?" saga then check out the bundles page on my UK broadband comparison website now.

Of course what this means for The Hoff, who knows...

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Virgin Media launches

Virgin Media - created from NTL, Telewest and Virgin - has now launched in the UK.

The new tagline is Watch it, Surf it, Talk it, Walk it so expect to see/hear that on a billboard, TV or radio station near you soon... along with some very cool adverts starring Uma Thurman.

And if you though the new Sky offer of broadband, TV and phone was a great deal at £26 per month, wait til you see Virgin Media's £40 a month bundle - broadband, TV, phone, mobile.

Virgin Media is offering:

• Broadband: blisteringly fast broadband. Unlimited downloads.
• TV: Crystal clear TV - plus 500 films at your beck and call.
• Phone: Flexible plan. Fair pricing. No phoney baloney.
• Mobile: a different kind of mobile service that's flexible and fun.

In a selection of packages so there's sure to be one that suits you.

View packages and bundles from Virgin Media.

Or check out a range of broadband providers and broadband packages on my broadband comparison website ukbroadbandfinder.com

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

Virgin Media and more

Last year it was announced that the new Telewest, NTL and Virgin company would be branded as Virgin Media. The new company is soon to launch its products - heralding a year of fantastic entertainment and communications consumer offers from a range of companies.

Virgin Media will offer what they call a quadplay - of digital TV, broadband, mobile phone and home phone. For NTL / Telewest / Virgin this is a chance to put behind them the years of cable mergers and move forward with bundled entertainment and communications packages that benefit from the customer service Virgin is renowned for. Keep an eye out for the Virgin Media launch.

Companies are increasingly bundling together entertainment and communications products as it helps them attract new customers (one bill at a great price) and retain existing ones (especially as there are now so many excellent standalone deals around - BT broadband for £9.95 a month, anyone?).

Sky has got in quick with its new See, Surf, Speak bundle - over 100 digital TV channels, UP TO 8Mb broadband and free UK evening and weekend landline calls. All this for just £26 a month, plus a one-off broadband activation fee of £20 (plus £11 per month to BT for your line rental.) Find out more about SKY here.

Another broadband company soon to be offering TV is Tiscali as part of its triple play offering. One of the UK's largest broadband providers, Tiscali bought TV/video on demand/broadband/phone provider Homechoice last year and will be offering a TV service more widely in the next few months (it is currently offering it to a select group of customers only). Homechoice has only been available in parts of London and Stevenage but Tiscali TV should be available much more widely when it launches. Tiscali TV isn't available yet but you can check out current Tiscali broadband and broadband-and-phone bundles here on my broadband comparision website www.ukbroadbandfinder.com.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder

New Sky broadband, TV and phone offer

Sky Digital has launched a new bundle package made up of Sky broadband, Sky TV and Sky Talk for only £26 a month (subject to availability in your area), plus a one-off broadband activation fee of £20 (plus £11 per month to BT for your line rental.)

The bundle includes all six Sky TV entertainment mixes. There's Sky Broadband with up to 8Mb download speeds and a monthly usage allowance of 40GB. And you get a free wireless Sky router. Sky Talk Freetime is also included which has FREE evening and weekend calls to UK landlines (you still pay BT for your line rental and Sky for any other calls you make).

This particular £26 bundle is only available to 70% of the UK population, and there are of course other terms and conditions, so find out more about this See, Surf and Speak offer here.

It's a great deal - but like any bundle offer, make sure you work out whether you need / want the different elements of this package, because if not there may well be single products or a two-product bundle more suitable for you. You can check out a range of broadband packages and broadband / phone packages (or the NTL and Telewest broadband, phone and cable TV bundles) on my site www.ukbroadbandfinder.com. Try the broadband availability checker to find out what is available in your area, or browse bundles at www.ukbroadbandfinder.com/bundles.html.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder