BT Total Broadband

Basic details

British Telecom or BT uses its largest telephone network in UK to offer its BT Total broadband products to homes and businesses. Extensive UK coverage and decades of market presence make BT stand tall among all UK ISPs. Currently, BT broadband can reach more than 90% UK households and there are estimated to be 4.5m BT broadband customers in UK.

With Virgin Media, the cable broadband ISP and the main competitor to BT, bringing superfast speeds (20 Mbps) on its fibre optic cable network, BT also enabled a major upgrade on its ADSL broadband network that can offer download speeds up to 20Mbps to its customers in selected areas. BT says, around 40 per cent of UK homes & businesses can access its 20Mb broadband. However, in other areas, BT continues to offer its up to 8Mb broadband.

BT Total broadband for home users also comes with a digital TV service ‘BT Vision’ which can be taken on pay-per-view or on monthly subscription rates.

BT Total broadband packages

BT home broadband (BT Total) offers three packages – Option 1, Option 2 and Option 3.

Except Option 3, other BT broadband packages come with a monthly cap. All the packages can be bundled with BT home phone packages, BT Vision digital TV subscribptions and BT mobile broadband plans.

BT offers its Home Hub wireless router for FREE, when you sign a contract (minimum 12 months).

BT uses its fair usage policy to tackle heavy usage on its network. The ISP could throttle down the speeds, if you are found a heavy user during peak hours.

BT charges additionally 58p per GB, when you exceed your monthly limit. However, if you exceed the limit for more than two months in a row, you would need to consider upgrading your package.

Free telephone support is available on 0800 number.

Compare BT Total Broadband Options

Provider	Package	Speed	Download Limit	Contract	Connection	Monthly Price
	BT Total Option 1 £7.99 per month for 3 months and £15.99thereafter. Wireless Home Hub wireless router, security software and free technical support on phone. Read more	20Mb	10GB	18 Months	Free	£7.99
	BT Total Option 2£13.99 per month for 3 months and £20.99thereafter. Wireless Home Hub wireless router, security software and free technical support on phone.. Read more	20Mb	20GB	18 Months	Free	£13.99
	BT Total Option 3 £18.99 per month for 3 months and £24.99thereafter. Wireless Home Hub wireless router, advanced McAfee security and free technical support on phone. Read more	20Mb	Unlimited	18 Months	Free	£18.99
	BT Total Option 1 Wireless Home Hub wireless router, security software and free technical support on phone.Read more	20Mb	10GB	12 Months	Free	£15.99
	BT Total Option 2 Wireless Home Hub wireless router, security software and free technical support on phone. Read more	20Mb	20GB	12 Months	Free	£20.99
	BT Total Option 3Wireless Home Hub wireless router, advanced McAfee security and free technical support on phone. Read more	20Mb	Unlimited	12 Months	Free	£24.99

Compare BT Total Broadband Bundles

Provider	Package	Speed	Download Limit	Contract	Connection	Monthly Price
	Talk and Surf – Broadband & Calls  £7.49 per month for 3 months and £14.99 thereafter. Unlimited evenings & weekend calls to UK landlines. Line rental extra	20Mb	10GB	18 Months	Free	£14.99
	Talk and Surf Plus – Broadband & Calls £9.99 per month for 3 months and £19.99 thereafter. Unlimited evenings & weekend calls to UK landlines.Line rental extra	20Mb	Unlimited	18 Months	Free	£19.99
	Talk and Surf unlimited – Broadband & Calls  £19.99 per month for 3 months and £27.99 thereafter. Unlimited anytime calls to UK landlines.Line rental extra..	20Mb	Unlimited	18 Months	Free	£27.99
	Starter – Broadband, Calls & TV£15.49 per month for 3 months and £30.98 thereafter. Free Vision box. Unlimited evenings & weekend calls to UK landlines. Bronze Value TV Pack included	20Mb	10GB	18 Months	Free	£30.98
	More Access – Broadband, Calls & TV£25.48 per month for 3 months and £40.97 thereafter. Free Vision box. Unlimited evenings & weekend calls to UK landlines. Gold Value TV Pack included	20Mb	10GB	18 Months	Free	£40.97
	Full House – Broadband, Calls & TV £36.48 per month for 3 months and £49.97 thereafter. Free Vision box. Unlimited evenings & weekend calls to UK landlines. Gold Value TV Pack included	20Mb	Unlimited	18 Months	Free	£49.97
	Simplicity – Broadband & TV £15.49 per month for 3 months and £30.98 thereafter.Free Vision box. Bronze Value TV Pack included.	20Mb	10GB	18 Months	£15	£30.98
	More Broadband – Broadband & TV£26.49 per month for 3 months and £39.98 thereafter.Free Vision box. Bronze Value TV Pack included.	20Mb	Unlimited	18 Months	£15	£39.98
	Maximum – Broadband & TV  £31.49 per month for 3 months and £44.98 thereafter.Free Vision box. Gold Value TV Pack included..	20Mb	Unlimited	18 Months	£15	£44.98

Latest news about BT

• BT announces cheaper broadband and phone bundle limited time offer--- BT comes with a special offer for its Talk and Surf Plus customers who will pay just £7.99 for first 3 months. The ISP will also offer free Vision +Box to the new customers who buy bundled packages that include its online TV service, BT Vision
• BT announces 40Mbps superfast broadband prices---BT reveals the pricing for its new, fibre optic broadband packages to be launched on 25 January 2010.
• ISP BT launch improved Vision+ Box that saves energy ---BT introduces new, black Vision+ box for its IPTV customers that can reduce the power consumption by 12 %.
• BT gets 5 millionth broadband customer ---Broadband service provider BT reports that it has now over 5 million broadband customers, adding more than one million customers in last two years. BT becomes the first UK ISP to hit this landmark.
• BT to complete fibre broadband rollout before 2012 London Olympic Games---BT announced that it would complete its fibre broadband rollout before London Olympic games and provide fast broadband service to 10 million.