Posted: 27th Mar, 2004 By: MarkJ
The UK satellite ISP
AVC Broadband has become the main sponsor of Stevenage Borough football club:
AVC Broadband Announces Sponsorship For Stevenage Borough FC
AVC Broadband is delighted to announce that it is now the main sponsor of Nationwide Conference team, Stevenage Borough football club.
The agreement, which commences immediately, covers a two-year period, which, over the contracted term and based on performance will be worth approximately £100,000 to the club
The two year deal is the culmination of a long standing association between the club and the network and communications group, AVC, which has its headquarters in Stevenage.
Stevenage Borough FC is hoping for promotion into the football league and will debut the AVC Broadband colours at the next home game against Morecombe on March 27. Next season's replica shirts with the AVC broadband logo will be on sale from early June.
AVC Broadband have joined forces with ASTRA, UK's leading direct-to-home satellite company, to provide the first consumer broadband via satellite service on the ASTRA platform
AVC Broadband provides a broadband via satellite service ANYWHERE in the UK.
AVC Broadband caters for the 29% of households within the UK without access to terrestrial broadband.
Qualified installation is typically within seven days of placing an order and uses a standard digital satellite TV dish.
AVC Broadband offers everyone unlimited downloads with service packages ranging from 256Kbps to 2 Mbps (over 20 times faster than standard dial up). Monthly subscriptions are competitively priced, starting at £26.99 per month for the 256k service and £34.99 for the 512kbps service. All prices inclusive of VAT
The service includes a ready-to-use free-to-air digital TV package - over 30 TV channels including national, regional, news, children and special interest stations and over 110 radio stations - which users can watch and listen to on your PC and recordable on the hard disk.
**Until April 30 2004 the 512kbps service will be available for £29.99 per month together with a reduced installation charge of £174.99 and free connection. The reduced installation charge and free connection are also available on the other service packages.