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BT launches UK's cheapest home and mobile broadband package

by Staff Writer | posted on 28 April 2009

BT has launched the UK’s cheapest home and mobile broadband package from just £15.65 a month.

BT Total Broadband customers can now get up to 8Mb wireless broadband at home as well as free 1GB monthly usage on our mobile broadband , with the total costing as little as £308.08 over 18 months. The same deal with Orange, for example, would cost £528.48 and Virgin would charge £435.00, giving BT customers a saving of at least £125.

To get mobile, the BT customer simply plugs the USB modem into their laptop and can be online, in a matter of minutes. In certain areas it will give them internet access at speeds of up to 7.2Mb over the HSDPA network when they are away from home. The USB modem also works over the 3G network, which covers 80 per cent of the UK.

John Petter, managing director of BT’s Consumer division, said: “This is an absolutely fantastic deal, the most complete home and mobile broadband for only 56p a day is a no-brainer. Now you can use broadband wherever you are without worrying about the cost.”

“You can use mobile broadband on the train, in the coffee shop or in the park for all the things you go online for, to look at your e-mails, check the football results, or watch Britain’s Got Talent star, Susan Boyle on YouTube.”

As a rough guide, 1GB enables someone to send 300 e-mails, surf the web for 400 minutes, download one film, 48 photos, and 144 songs. Customers who need more than 1GB a month, can easily top up their usage.

BT Total Broadband customers now have the most complete broadband solution in and out of the home in the UK, including membership of the BT FON network of 400,000 BT FON hotspots around the world, and WiFi minutes at BT Openzone hotspots across the UK and Ireland. Customers will also benefit from BT’s rollout of hotspots at more than 650 Starbucks coffeehouses in the UK and Ireland.

BT’s Connection Manager software allows customers to choose the fastest and cheapest connection wherever they are, choosing between Wi-Fi or mobile.

BT also offers a standalone 1GB prepay USB modem, which at £129.99 for 18 months also undercuts the competition.

For more information about BT Mobile Broadband, customers should visit: www.bt.com/btmobile

Home and Mobile Broadband packages
		BT Option 1	Orange Home Select	O2Standard	Virgin Size L	Sky	TalkTalk
Home	Home Tariff per month	£7.78 for 3 months, £15.65 thereafter	£19.57	£12.23	£15 for first 3 months, £20 thereafter	Not offered	Not offered
Mobile	USB Modem	£49.99	Free	Free	Free
	Mobile Tariff per month	Free	£9.79	£14.69	£5.00
	Inclusive use per month	1GB	1GB	3GB	1GB
	Wi-Fi mins	250 mins*	None	Unlimited	None
	Total cost per month	£7.78 for 3 months, £15.65 thereafter	£29.36	£26.92	£20 for first 3 months, £25 thereafter
	Total cost for 18 months	£308.08	£528.48	£484.56	£435.00

1GB Standalone Mobile Broadband
	BT	3	Vodafone	O2
Inclusive use per month	1GB	1GB	1GB	1GB
Cost per month	Free	£10	£14.63	£7.50
Modem	£129.99	£29.35	£38.03	£29.35
Tariff cost	Free	£180	£248.71	£135
Total cost (1GB for18 months, inc modem)	£129.99	£209.35	£286.74	£164.35

BT Total Broadband packages
With BT Total Broadband Option 1	With BT Total Broadband Option 2	With BT Total Broadband Option 3	BT Mobile Broadband Pre-Pay only
£49.99 one-off dongle fee	£49.99 one-off dongle fee	£9.99 one-off dongle fee	£129.99 one-off dongle fee
BT Total Broadband Option 1: £7.78 a month for the first 3 months, £15.65 thereafter (18 month contract)	BT Total Broadband Option 2: £13.69 a month for the first 3 months, £20.54 thereafter (18 month contract)	BT Total Broadband Option 3: £18.59 a month for the first 3 months, £24.46 thereafter (18 month contract)

¹ Plus one-off cost of dongle of £49.99.

² Offer ends July 28, 2009. Available online to new customers taking Option 1, 2, or 3 on an 18 month contract or taking our standalone product (£129.99). Free data allowance requires customers to opt-in by registering their dongle online. 1GB of data provided each 30 day period for 18 months and will expire 30 days after date of activation. Unused data cannot be carried over to the next month. Customers can buy additional data if free data used up before provision of next allowance (standard data bundle charges from £10 for 1GB). Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer and may be withdrawn without notice. Terms and conditions apply.