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BT and Yahoo! broadband
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BT and Yahoo! make broadband as simple
as 1, 2, 3, 4 and promise 8Mb from next year (13/10/05)
BT today
announced a deepening of its relationship with Yahoo! as it simplified its
broadband packages into four easy options. Each of these packages will offer
new and existing customers a premium Yahoo! broadband experience, enhanced
security features and the option of cheap internet telephony. The packages will
come into effect from October 24 offering consumers even greater value from BT
and Yahoo!.
BT Broadband Option 1, which costs £17.99 a month,
will now provide access to a premium Yahoo! broadband experience and a full
range of leading tools and services. These include a premium level customisable
radio station, access to the Web’s largest catalogue of music video
streamed at higher bit rates, a personalised broadband homepage with access to
more than 750,000 content sources from across the Web, award-winning premium
e-mail with industry-leading spam protection with 2Gb of storage for primary
accounts.
A new package, BT Broadband Option 2, is priced at
£22.99 a month. This will additionally offer a wireless router from just
£25* and ‘best of class’ enhanced security including PC
anti-virus and firewall software for further protection. Options 3 and 4 will
offer a wireless router for free along with other enhanced
features.
Gavin Patterson, BT group managing director, Consumer, said:
“The heat of competition in broadband is white hot and we will continue to
give our customers fantastic deals.
“We have raised our game again
by giving all customers access to the fantastic award winning, premium Yahoo!
broadband experience which highlights the kind of unique content and superior
security features which give customers peace of mind.
“BT led the
way when we gave customers up to four times the connection speed for no added
cost and now we are offering more features for free. For instance, we will be
offering inclusive Evening and Weekend UK calls over the internet with
Broadband Talk for an extra £2 a month**, and you make the calls using
your usual handset.
“We know that customers don’t care about
the technicalities and just want a connection which will allow them to do what
they want to. That’s why for BT Broadband Options 3 and 4 we’ve
included a free wireless router if you order online and enhanced security, so
customers can securely link up all their families’ computers without
drowning under a mountain of wires.
“Following the announcement
from BT Wholesale yesterday that they will be trialing speeds of 8 Mb, I can
confirm that BT Retail will be joining these trials in November and we will be
introducing speeds of up to 8Mb when available in Spring next year, in
preparation for the launch of BT’s TV over broadband offering later in the
summer.”
Steve Boom, Yahoo! Senior Vice President Broadband, said:
“We are excited to extend our successful alliance with BT and now bring
the best experience, security and value on the Internet to all of the BT
Broadband options. This deal reinforces our standing as the partner of choice
for leading broadband providers. BT and Yahoo! are focused on delivering the
best possible services to consumers and we are delighted that the extension of
our relationship with BT now brings the Yahoo! experience to all of BT’s
broadband customers.”
Previously, the acclaimed premium Yahoo!
Broadband experience was available only on BT’s most expensive broadband
packages. The company decided to forge deeper links with Yahoo! and enhance the
features available across the packages in order to offer customers better
value. This has resulted in a long-term extension of the strategic partnership
between the two companies with BT naming Yahoo! as one of its key global
strategic partners.
Patterson added: “We see this strengthening of
our relationship with Yahoo! as a great way to give customers even more for no
extra cost. It’s not just about speed, it is about giving customers easy
and safe ways to enjoy their broadband and offering them hassle-free, cheap
ways to make calls over the internet or make their home
wireless.”
BT Broadband Options:
BT Broadband Option
1 - £17.99
Up to 2Mb download speed (40x faster than dial-up)
E-mail with 5 accounts, e-mail anti-virus and spam filter
Full range of
BT Broadband with Yahoo! Online features - communication, entertainment
and online protection
FREE router and connection Wireless available for one
fee of £25
2GB monthly usage guideline
Up to £150 off a
laptop or desktop PC
BT Broadband Option 2 - £22.99
Up
to 2Mb download speed (40x faster than dial-up)
E-mail with 5 accounts,
e-mail anti-virus and spam filter
Full range of BT Broadband with
Yahoo! Online features - communication, entertainment and online
protection
FREE PC firewall and PC anti-virus software
FREE router and
connection Wireless available for one fee of £25
6GB monthly usage
guideline
Up to £150 off a laptop or desktop PC
BT
Broadband Option 3 - £26.99
Up to 2Mb download speed (40x faster than
dial-up)
E-mail with 11 accounts, e-mail anti-virus and spam filter
Full range of BT Broadband with Yahoo! Online features -
communication, entertainment and online protection
FREE PC firewall and PC
anti-virus software
FREE Wireless router
20GB monthly usage guideline
Up to £150 off a laptop or desktop PC
BT Broadband
Option 4 - £29.99
Up to 2Mb download speed (40x faster than dial-up)
E-mail with 11 accounts, e-mail anti-virus and spam filter
Full range
of BT Broadband with Yahoo! Online features - communication,
entertainment and online protection
FREE PC firewall and PC anti-virus
software
FREE Wireless router
40GB monthly usage guideline
Up to
£200 off a laptop or desktop PC
* wireless router will be
free for options 3 and 4 if you order online, and cost £25 for options 1
and 2 if you order online. Terms and conditions apply
** Applies to
Local and National calls. Excludes non-geographic calls (eg 0845, 0870),
premium rate numbers, mobile and Internet calls. Other exclusions
apply. Applies to calls up to one hour, then 1pence per minute.
Offer ends 31.3.06, subject to status and minimum 12 month term.
£2 per month offer price applies for 6 months from order, then normal
price of £4 per month applies. The £2 discount will appear as
a one-off credit on you Broadband Talk bill. Terms and conditions
apply.
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