Mobile broadband with “Free” laptop deals expensive
October 30, 2009
The results of a recent consumer survey have proved that the mobile broadband with free laptop deals is expensive when compared to the deal with out the free laptop. The breakout of the mobile broadband with laptop deals was to increase the popularity of mobile broadband among the people. Almost 60% of the customers found out the deal to be really expensive, where as only 15% believed that the combined deals offered value for their money.
It has been noticed that the customers pay more each month for these deals than they pay for just mobile broadband only deals – a disappointing fact!! The perfect example to prove this true is to consider the “free laptop” mobile broadband deal from O2 mobile broadband. The O2 Mobile broadband only deal with 3GB mobile broadband data transfer has been priced at £14.69, though the current rate of this deal is £9.79. On the other hand, it is £29.38 per month for the “Free” Samsung NC10 Mini-Laptop with 3GB mobile broadband data transfer for a 24 month contract. This clearly quotes that there is nearly £20 difference per month for taking the “free laptop” when compared to the mobile broadband alone.
The positive way to have a look at this deal is to own a new laptop, if you don’t have one and is in real need of it by paying just £20 in instalments, in spite of paying more at a time. If you are in need of a new laptop and cannot afford one, this is the best deal to go with.
4 million customers for Virgin Media
October 29, 2009
Reports say that in the last quarter, the subscribers of Virgin Media increased to over 4 million. This was achieved with 39,000 new customers subscribing for the fibre broadband provider.
Among the 4 million broadband subscribers, almost 72% or 2.7 million subscribers have up to 10Mb or faster broadband package. Surprisingly, Virgin Media have increased those on 10Mb or faster broadband by 157% annually. Above all, the broadband customers are getting the most for their money when it comes to their communications services, with 60% of Virgin Media customers having broadband, TV and home phone bundles which help reduce the costs. Almost 10% of Virgin Media customers take all 4 of their services which includes mobile phone service along with broadband, digital TV and home telephone.
As Virgin Media is reducing the cost of their 50Mb broadband in September, the possibility for more subscribers to sing up with them is high. They expect almost more than 20,000 new subscribers by the end of the quarter, when compared to the last quarter. This rise in subscribers for high speed broadband proves that there is big appetite for faster broadband speeds in the UK.
Faster Broadband creates “Optimistic Impact” on Businesses
October 25, 2009
Recent researches have shown that the advent and adoption of latest technologies have provided a sense of sigh to companies at time of recession. According to the reports from BT Broadband, nearly two thirds of enterprises have benefited from faster broadband speeds.
According to researches, there has been an increase of 10% in the turn over for the technology innovators while some small enterprises reluctant in adopting new technologies witnessed a fall in turnover from the beginning of the recession. A statement of the Business Pulse reported that with the use of technology, it has brought 30% savings and 28% increase in new customers.
Strategy director of BT Business, Mick Hegarty commented that small business communities have worked hard to endure the downturn and has shown some signs of recovery. He also added that all credits to technology since it has not only saved the business firms from devastating but has opened a wide aspect to use this in the future more effectively and at reduced costs. BT also found that small and medium enterprises such as Twitter have started using social networks increasingly to improve their businesses.
Unlimited broadband at peak-time by Plusnet
October 23, 2009
Popular broadband service provider, ‘Plusnet’ has decided to remove its unlimited product along with significant changes in other products. Instead of this package, they have introduced Plusnet Premium, a service with speeds upto 20MB in ADSL2.
This product priced at £11.99 during the first three months aims at customers who are in need of more usage facilities. Later on, the charge will become £15.99 or £19.99 monthly depending on the area where it is marketed. The offer also enables the customers 80GB of usage during the peak hours along with the un-metered off peak usage. If you exceed the provided limit, £2 will be charged for every additional 2GB you download.
Other packages of Plusnet have also changed. For a monthly rent of £19.99, the user gets to use download 20GB of data at peak periods and the length of the contract still remains at 12 months. In addition to this, free calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers has also been added.
BillMonitor - Ofcom accredited mobile price comparison service
October 23, 2009
BillMonitor is the most comprehensive service for mobile price comparison in the UK, with millions of different deals to choose from including different tariffs, value bundles and free gifts. It was developed by a team of Oxford scientists and is the only mobile price comparison service to be Ofcom accredited. BillMonitor uses advanced statistics to find the best available mobile plan for each of their users, across the six network operators 3, O2, Orange, T-mobile,Vodafone and Virgin. The comparison engine compare mobiles & shows each user how much they can save if they switch phone plan or network.
Users can supply detail of their calling history and the website analyses them to give each user the perfect recommendation for them. Alternatively, users can do a one-off tariff search by entering the amount of minutes and texts they use, as well as any overseas calls and data usage they make, to find the most suitable tariff.
