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Virgin Media are offering £50 Amazon.co.uk gift vouchers with their broadband, TV and phone bundles.
Virgin Media Size L plus TV M+ and Phone M
Virgin Media Size L plus TV L and Phone M
Virgin Media Size XXL plus TV M+ and Phone M
Virgin Media Triple XL
Line rental required at £13.90 a month.
TalkTalk are offering 3 months free on their Essentials and Plus packages with free standard setup and a free wireless router.
TalkTalk Essentials
TalkTalk Plus
For those in fibre-enabled areas, you can get TalkTalk's Fibre Optic Boost for an extra £10 a month with both Essentials and Plus packages.
TalkTalk Essentials with Fibre Optic Boost
TalkTalk Plus with Fibre Optic Boost
Line rental required at £13.80 a month, or save £51.60 by paying for a year up front.
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Update: As of the 27th of March, customers signing up for these deals can also claim £25 cashback in addition to four months free.
Plusnet are offering four months free on both Value and Extra broadband when taken with a phone package.
Plusnet Value with Home Phone Anytime
Plusnet Extra with Home Phone Anytime
Plusnet Value with Home Phone Evenings & Weekends
Plusnet Extra with Home Phone Evenings & Weekends
Evening & Weekends package inclusive, Anytime call package £3.50. Line rental required at £12.99 a month. Cashback must be claimed in the first three months.
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O2 are offering their existing mobile customers the Basics broadband package for a year at less than half price throughtout March.
O2 Broadband The Basics - £3.50 for the first 12 months
This is a telephone exclusive, call the O2 telephone sales team to take advantage of it.
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February 2012 saw average download speeds recorded by users of our Broadband Speed Test increasing in comparison to the levels achieved in January's result, coming in at 9.32Mb. Average upload speed remained stable at 1.36Mb.
Virgin Media's average download and upload speeds have increased significantly by 2.3Mb to 17.65Mb and upload speeds were stable at 2.43Mb.
Fibre to the Cabinet provider Eclipse made an impressive recovery from their January drop, increasing their average download speed to a 12.27Mb average and upload speeds to 2.09Mb. BT Broadband also see improvements, with download speeds averaging at 8.57Mb and upload speeds at 1.54Mb.
The best performing non-fibre-based provider was again BE and O2 (who share a common infrastructure) in at 4th place with 6.03Mb average download speed over its Local Loop Unbundled ADSL2+ service.
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BT are offering their Broadband Evening & Weekend Calls package at £3.50 for 6 months, giving customers a saving of £9.50 off the regular price.
Broadband and Evening & Weekend Calls
The offer comes with a £50 Sainsbury's gift card, which also applies to other BT broadband and calls deals.
Broadband and Anytime Calls
More Broadband and Evening & Weekend Calls
Unlimited Broadband and Evening & Weekend Calls
BT line rental required. Instructions for how to claim gift card provided on signup.
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Tesco Broadband are offering the broadband portion of their phone + broadband packages at better than half price to Tesco Clubcard holders for 12 months using promo code HALFBB-B.
Tesco Broadband Evening and Weekends:
(£2.50 for the first 12 months, then £6.50 a month thereafter)
Tesco Broadband Anytime:
(£7 for the first 12 months, then £11 a month thereafter)
Line rental from Tesco required at £13.75 per month.
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Plusnet are offering 3 months half price on Fibre Broadband packages when you sign up for one of their phone deals. Prices are from £8.24 a month:
Plusnet Value Fibre with Talk Evenings & Weekends
Plusnet Value Fibre with Talk Anytime
Plusnet Extra Fibre with Talk Evenings & Weekends
Plusnet Extra Fibre with Talk Anytime
Line rental of £12.99 is required for all packages. You can save on line rental by paying for 12 months in advance at £9.49 a month.
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January 2012 saw average download speeds recorded by users of our Broadband Speed Test increasing in comparison to the levels achieved in December's result, coming in at 8.21Mb. Average upload speed also increased to 1.31Mb.
Virgin Media's average download and upload speeds have increased to 15.33Mb and 2.46Mb respectively.
Fibre to the Cabinet provider Eclipse drop from last months speeds, with a 9.65Mb average download speed and 1.53Mb upload speed. BT Broadband remain stable this month, with download speeds averaging at 7.52Mb and upload speeds at 1.45Mb.
The best performing non-fibre-based provider was again BE and O2 (who share a common infrastructure) in at 5th place with 5.62Mb average download speed over its Local Loop Unbundled ADSL2+ service.
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BT are offering a £50 Dabs voucher with selected broadband packages. Details on how to claim your vouchers can be found on the BT website when ordering.
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