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O2 broadband extends discount to Pre Pay customers

When O2 broadband launched they announced that there would be a £5 per month discount for existing contract customers which was a great incentive and one that many customers took up . But that didn’t help loyal pay as you go customers who were left paying full price . Well from tomorrow 22nd February they [...]

Sky default wireless security issues

If any of you have Sky broadband you will know that the bundled netgear router is shipped out with wireless security turned on as default and a network key is issued to allow you to connect to it. This all sounds great in theory but it turns out that the default security setup has a [...]

Mobile Broadband Site

Today we have launched our sister site at http://mobile.broadband.org. The site is dedicated to comparing offers in the the growing market of 3G mobile broadband connections for laptops and people on the move. If you want to find out more about mobile broadband feel free to check it out

Sky SMTP switch over

This week the old  sky smtp mail servers have officially been switched off so make sure you have updated your mail settings from smtp.sky.com to the new smtp.tools.sky.com and the tcp port is now to be set to 465 and make sure you enable SSL authentication in your mail software more info can found on [...]

SKY Broadband Customers up by 28%

According to figures released today SKY have grown their broadband subscriber base by a massive 28% in their first quarter of the financial year to nearly 1.2 million customers , they look set to hit their target of 3million customers by 2010. The fast growth in their Broadband customer base is no doubt partly due [...]

Broadband Ratings

Today we have added a Top rated section to our broadband reviews section which shows the the overall top rated broadband supplier for each of the categories we ask users to rate their supplier on when they submit a review. We will also be adding a league table of the best and worst performing providers [...]

Broadband Bandwidth Calculator

After the success of our broadband speed tester we have have just finished a new feature on the site. An interactive broadband download calculator , to help user get a rough idea of the monthly download limit they will need when choosing a new broadband package. To use the calculator read the questions about your [...]

AOL Broadband – Free Ps3 or Dell Laptop!

back in September we reported on AOL’s Free Laptop offering , well now they are giving customers the choice of a free dell laptop or a free PS2 when they sign up to a 24 month contract on their Wireless Plus broadband package Visit AOL Broadband  here

Virgin – Free Upgrade to 10mb for “L” package Customers

Virgin Media have announced they will be rolling out free upgrades for customers on its ‘L’ package which currently offers 4mb download speeds. The upgrade will more than double the connection speeds to 10mb and the upgrades will start towards the end of February with all customers upgrades expected to be completed by the end [...]

Broadband Org – Broadband Reviews

We are pleased to announce the release of a new feature on our site, broadband reviews! you can find our new reviews section here – broadband reviews You can rate each provider using our 5 star system for customer service – speed and reliability as well as an overall rating . The reviews section is [...]