BT Broadband

BT is the UK’s biggest broadband provider, with more than four million customers. It offers three BT Total Broadband packages, all offering speeds of up to 8Mb, but with different download limits and different prices depending on the length of your contract.

What does BT Broadband offer?

BT Total Broadband offers two capped packages and one “unlimited” package (fair usage applies). All of them offer speeds of up to 8Mb, but Option 1 has a 5GB monthly download allowance and costs £8.95 for the first six months, £17.99 thereafter on an 18 month contract, or £12.99 a month for the first three months and £17.99 thereafter on a 12 month contract. It also comes with 250 inclusive WiFi minutes each month and 5GB of free online storage with BT Digital Vault.

Option 2 has an 8GB download limit and costs £13.99 for the first six months, £22.99 thereafter on an 18 month contract, or £17.99 a month for the first three months and £22.99 thereafter on a 12 month contract. It also comes with 350 inclusive WiFi minutes each month and 5GB of free online storage with BT Digital Vault.

Option 3 offer unlimited downloads (subject to a fair usage policy) and costs £18.99 for the first six months, £24.99 thereafter on an 18 month contract, or £22.99 a month for the first three months and £24.99 thereafter on a 12 month contract. It also comes with unlimited WiFi usage (fair usage applies) and 5GB of free online storage with BT Digital Vault.

BT Broadband packages

Supplier	Package details	Speed (up to)	1st year cost	Monthly charge	Download limit	Go
	Option 1 Broadband + Free BT Home Hub (18 month contract)	8Mb	£164.19	£7.78	10GB
	Option 2 Broadband (18 month contract)	8Mb	£225.93	£13.69	15GB
	Option 1 Broadband + Free BT Home Hub (12 month contract)	8Mb	£187.80	£15.65	10GB
	Option 3 Broadband (18 month contract)	8Mb	£275.91	£18.59	unlimited
	Option 2 Broadband (12 month contract)	8Mb	£246.48	£20.54	15GB
	Option 3 Broadband (12 month contract)	8Mb	£293.52	£24.46	unlimited

Added extras

As well as inclusive WiFi minutes and free digital storage, Options 2 and 3 customers always get a free BT Home Hub wireless router, and BT is currently offering this to Option 1 customers too.

All BT broadband packages are also BT Vision ready so you can add BT’s digital TV service for no extra monthly charge and the option to add further pay-per-view and subscription programming. BT Vision offers month-by-month subscriptions, including a sports package from only £4 a month.

Can I bundle with BT?

Although BT offers broadband, home phone, line rental, digital TV and even wireless minutes and mobile, it doesn’t offer discounts to customers who take multiple products.

BT awards & accreditations

BT has been nominated for the 2008 Internet Service Providers’ Association “Best Consumer ISP” award. It also beat contenders to win the 2007 Mac User magazine “ISP of the Year” award. Nominees included, Demon, ntl:Telewest (now Virgin Media), Pipex and Zen Internet and the awards were voted for by the readers of Mac User magazine. You can compare the best broadband offers from BT with our comparison calculator.