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

Switch to Pipex and get two months free

Looking for a new broadband supplier? Check out Pipex broadband and if you’re switching from another provider to Pipex you'll get two months free broadband. Or switchers can choose a free broadband modem and microfilters instead.

Pipex Broadband is available in PipexMini for £14.99 per month for up 8 meg with a 2 GB monthly usage allowance, PipexMidi for £19.99 per month for up to 8 meg with 15 GB download allowance per month, or PipexMax for £24.99 per month with up to 8 meg and unlimited downloads.

How to switch:

1. Check you're out of your initial contract with your current broadband provider - broadband contracts are usually 12 months but can be longer or shorter.

2. Contact your existing broadband provider and request a MAC (Migration Authorisation Code). You will need to enter this code when you order your new Pipex broadband package online. Your MAC code is valid for 30 days.

3. Choose your Pipex package and order online.

4. Don’t cancel your existing broadband service as you could end up without broadband until your Pipex service is switched on - simply sit back and in a few weeks your Pipex broadband will be live!

By Sarah, UK Broadband Finder

Superfast Be broadband connection offer is back

Be Broadband has brought back its popular free connection offer.

Order any of Be's superfast broadband packages - Be Lite, Be Unlimited and Be Pro - before 30 April 2007 and get free connection saving you £24.

If you're on a budget this could be the time for going for a superfast deal - especially as Be's cheapest broadband package, Be Lite, is only £14 a month.

Be has been expanding rapidly and loads of UK exchanges are now Be-enabled. So find out if your local exchange can offer up to 24 meg broadband from Be.

Or visit my broadband comparison website to see which broadband providers and ISPs can supply broadband in your area.

By Sarah, UK Broadband Finder

Check your broadband speed for free

With so many broadband packages out there offering superfast download speeds of up to 8 Meg, 10 Meg and now up to 24 Mb (with Be - sadly only available in a few areas of the UK - you can check on the Be website whether you can get Be broadband from your exchange) it can seem like a no-brainer that anyone on a 1Mb or 2 Mb package should switch, but for one aspect...

...you've probably also heard that magic phrase "up to" that precedes every advertised broadband package speed. There are several reasons why you may not be experiencing the advertised broadband download speed on your own broadband connection, including your distance from your BT exchange (if you have ADSL broadband), the quality of the wires going into your house, even how many people share the network connection from the exchange (the contention ratio).

If you have an existing broadband package, you can check your broadband download and upload speeds with our FREE broadband speed test on our website www.ukbroadbandfinder.com. (You can take this test as often as you like, and find out if your broadband speeds change at different times of day). You can find out more about broadband speeds in our article How fast is your broadband... really? which includes Five ways to turn around a slow broadband speed test result.

Then you can decide whether to stick with your existing broadband package, change to a new package or broadband provider, or even try a broadband accelerator such as ONSPEED to speed up your broadband or dial up.

By Sarah, at UK Broadband Finder