UK ISP Sky Broadband Cuts Broadband and FTTC Prices for 18 Months
New customers of Sky Broadband’s various unlimited and superfast “fibre” (FTTC) based packages, which include phone line rental, should note that the ISP has significantly discounted the price of all their bundles for the first 18 months of service (12 months on ADSL).
Every Sky Broadband package includes a wireless router (Sky Q Hub on the Sky Fibre Max product), Sky Talk line rental (standard UK call rates), unlimited access to WiFi hotspots from The Cloud, Sky Shield (Parental Controls and Anti-Malware), unlimited usage, a 12 month McAfee Internet Security Suite trial and Sky Yahoo Email.
Optional Sky Talk upgrades (e.g. free anytime UK calls etc.) are available from between £4 – £12 extra a month. Sky also offer a 30 day Broadband and Talk Satisfaction Guarantee (refund applies to subscription charges only [not set-up charges or non-inclusive call charges] and is pro-rated).
Sky Broadband Unlimited
* Download speeds up to 17Mbps (1Mbps upload) / Average speed of 9Mbps
* Unlimited usage
* £9.95 one-off setup fee
* 12 Month contractPRICE: £18.99 per month for 12 months (£28.99 thereafter)
Sky Fibre
* Download speeds up to 38Mbps (9.5Mbps upload) / Average speed of 34Mbps
* 25GB monthly usage
* £48.95 one-off setup fee
* 18 Month contractPRICE: £20 per month for 18 months (£28.99 thereafter)
Sky Fibre Unlimited
* Download speeds up to 38Mbps (9.5Mbps upload) / Average speed of 34Mbps
* Unlimited usage
* £48.95 one-off setup fee
* 18 Month contractPRICE: £30 per month for 18 months (£38.99 thereafter)
Sky Fibre Max
* Download speeds up to 76Mbps (19Mbps upload) / Average speed of 60Mbps
* Unlimited usage
* £48.95 one-off setup fee
* 18 Month contractPRICE: £35 per month for 18 months (£43.99 thereafter)
Sky also informs us that those taking Sky TV should also be able to add Sky Fibre Unlimited, Talk and line rental to the bundle for the even lower price of just £25 a month for 18 months (plus a one off cost of £19.95).
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on Twitter, Google+, Facebook and Linkedin.
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