{"id":8360,"date":"2014-12-22T07:34:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T07:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=8360"},"modified":"2014-12-22T13:42:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T13:42:47","slug":"christmas-price-war-talktalk-offers-12-months-free-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/12\/christmas-price-war-talktalk-offers-12-months-free-broadband.html","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Price War as TalkTalk Offers 12 Months FREE Broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent spate of Internet access discounts from the big UK ISPs has continued today with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a> matching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/bskyb\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Broadband<\/a> by offering their Simply Broadband service free for the first 12 months of service (\u00a33.50 a month thereafter), which includes a \u00a350 Love2shop voucher.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Customers must order online and will of course also need to add the ISPs <strong>Phone Line Rental<\/strong> service on top from the equivalent of \u00a315.03 a month when pre-paid for a year in advance or \u00a316.70 monthly. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a>&#8217;s website, the offer will be available until 19th February 2014; although we suspect they meant 2015 \ud83d\ude42 .<\/p>\n<p>On top of that customers who would rather take <strong>Superpowered Fibre<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a>) speeds of &#8216;up to&#8217; <strong>38Mbps<\/strong> (Megabits per second) can also add this service as a half-price upgrade for just \u00a35 per month (first 12 months of service).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>SimplyBroadband Package Summary<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>* Download speeds of up to 17Mbps<\/em><br \/>\n<em> * Totally Unlimited Usage<\/em><br \/>\n<em> * Standard Call Charges (PAYG)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> * Included Calls Between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a> Customers<\/em><br \/>\n<em> * Included Wireless Router<\/em><br \/>\n<em> * Included HomeSafe Security and Parental Controls<\/em><br \/>\n<em>* 18 Month Contract<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>AnyTime UK Landline Calls can also be added for an extra \u00a37.50 per month (includes unlimited calls to UK landlines and mobiles), not to mention their various other mobile and TV (IPTV) package add-ons (boosts). 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