Posted: 16th Nov, 2010 By: MarkJ
The
Belfast (N.Ireland) based UK ISP
UTV Internet has launched a new range of "
Fibre Optic Broadband" and phone bundle packages, which offers internet download speeds of up to 40Mbps using BT's
Fibre-to-the-Cabinet ( FTTC ) technology.
The new service is also being offered at a special discount price of just £6.99 per month for the first three months (normal costs displayed below). Each package also charges an engineer
Connection Fee of £35 (normally £70 from 1st January 2011 onwards) and includes a
VDSL Modem (+£7.50 for postage).
Sample UTV Packages
Broadband Only 1 - £27.99 Per Month
Download Speed: up to 40Mbps
Upload Speed: up to 2Mbps
Download Cap: 40GB
Broadband & Talk 1 - £18.98 + £11.99 [Line Rental] Per Month
Download Speed: up to 40Mbps
Upload Speed: up to 2Mbps
Download Cap: 40GB
Included Calls: Evening & Weekend Local + National UK & Irish Calls
Broadband & Talk Anytime 1 - £23.97 + £11.99 [Line Rental] Per Month
Download Speed: up to 40Mbps
Upload Speed: up to 2Mbps
Download Cap: 40GB
Included Calls: Anytime Local + National UK & Irish Calls
Each packages also includes 90 days free UTV Internet Security, 30 days free UTV Internet Online Backup, unlimited emails, 100MB of web space and a whopping
24 month minimum term contract (the default for most FTTC based services is usually 12 months).
UTV's packages compare reasonably well with some rivals, although BT remains the cheapest of all. However IDNet , Fast.co.uk and ADSL24 do deliver some comparable options, most of which are better at off-peak downloading flexibility than UTV.