Sky Ireland offers Sky HD Box for only 49 Euros

Sky Ireland are promoting their Sky HD service with their lowest ever price for a Sky HD Box – only 49 Euros.

The Sky HD Box includes all the benefits of the well-known Sky Plus Box – eg  you can pause, rewind and record live TV, and record some series in their entirity with their Series Link service – with the ability to receive and record programmes in HD.  HD programmes offer greater clarity and depth or colour. (The HD programmes available depend on the entertainment and premium packs a customer signs up for.)

To take advantage of this sky HD offer from Sky Ireland, users must be new Sky Ireland customers and take out a monthly subscription to the Sky HD Pack which costs 14.75 Euros a month.

The Sky TV service itself starts at only 20.50 Euros a month for one entertainment pack, rising to only 30.50 Euros a month for all six entertainment packs. There is also a free bonus pack including popular terrestrial channels. Adding Sky’s premium packs costs extra – the monthly cost of all six entertainment packs plus Sky Sports and Sky Movies from Sky Ireland currently costs 69.50 Euros a month.

As additional incentives, until 26/03/09 there is free standard installation for new Sky Ireland customers signing up to HD, and all new Sky TV customers currently get a 25 Euro credit on their Sky account when they sign up online.

Visit the Sky Ireland site for more on this Sky HD offer and other Sky Ireland offers and deals.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

UK faces struggle to provide 2Mbps broadband across the country

Despite the government’s recent pledge to ensure that up to 2Mbps broadband is accessible to all by 2012 – a pledge made in the recent Digital Britain report – in actual fact the country faces a real challenge in providing this.

Point Topic, the broadband thinktank, has showed in a new report in which areas 2Mbps broadband is not available to many households.

Northern Ireland has 30% of households outside of access to 2Mbps broadband – by contrast in London only 1.2% is out of range to 2Mbps.

Tim Johnson, Point Topic’s chief analyst, said: “The scale of the task is massive and in order to achieve it there needs to be co-operation between government, the regulator and operators such as BT,” Point Topic also believes that in order to future-proof Britain’s broadband network, fibre is the way to go over the next few years.

Read more about this on the BBC News website or visit Point Topic.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

BT Broadband extends £20 off deal until 17 March 2009

BT have extended their £20 off deal again – this time until 17 March 2009. So customers signing up online to BT Total Broadband by 17 March 2009 will get £20 off their BT bill.

There are four BT Total Broadband packages to choose from – all have up to 8Mbps broadband and a free BT HomeHub. These BT Broadband packages have monthly download allowances ranging from 10GB per month to unlimited (subject to a fair use policy). And BT Broadband Option 1 starts at only £7.78/month for 3 months ( then £15.65/month, on an 18 month contract).

Visit the BT Broadband website to browse BT broadband packages and sign up to this offer.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

£30 of Marks and Spencers vouchers for new Sky TV customers

New customers signing up online to any Sky TV package can now get £30 of M&S vouchers.

This Sky offer is a limited time offer, to new customers siging up to Sky TV by 5 March2009  and having their Sky TV service activated by 16 April 2009.

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 cost extra.

Visit the Sky website for more on this offer – £30 of M&S vouchers for new customers signing up to sky TV online.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

New website for free laptop broadband offers launches

We have launched a new website for people looking for broadband deals that come with a free laptop.

Including home broadband from AOL and mobile broadband from providers including T Mobile, Orange, Vodafone and Three, all the broadband deals on offer include a laptop.

Browse the free laptop broadband deals at the new website www.free-laptop-broadband-deals.co.uk

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Free gift for new broadband customers from Be Broadband

Be Broadband, providers of broadband packages with speeds of up to 24Mb, are offering a free gift for new customers signing up online by 31/03/09.

Customers can choose one of three free gifts, and should enter the following code when signing up to Be Broadband online:

GAME - for £40 of Game vouchers
T3MAG – for a year’s subscription to T3 magazine
CREDIT – for £40 credit on your Be Broadband account

There are three Be broadband packages. Be Value has speeds of up to 8Mb and costs £13.50 a month. Be Unlimited has speeds of up to 24Mb and costs £17.50 a month. Be Pro (a broadband package for businesses) has speeds of up to 24Mb and costs £21.50 a month.

Be Broadband website.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder

Virgin Media extends £50 online credit

Virgin Media has extended its £50 online credit offer until 01/03/09.

The offer gives new customers signing up to three Virgin Media cable products (TV, phone and broadband) a £50 credit if they sign up online (although not all their triple bundle offers can be used in conjunction with this offer).

Visit the Virgin Media bundles page for more.

By Sarah at UK Broadband Finder