6 months free broadband from John Lewis Broadband (12 month contract) £228.00
John Lewis have recently launched an offer giving you free broadband for 6 months on their 12 month Standard and Unlimited contracts. This does not include line rental.
The price I have listed is the bare minimum for 12 months - standard (20GB p/m limit). Evening (7PM to 7AM) & weekend calls are included free of charge. Anytime calls are available for an extra £5 p/m. [b]Line rental is included in this calculated price.[/b]
So, a typical plan for a normal family would be unlimited download broadband and evening and weekend calls. The total over 12 months without the discount would be £378, or £31.50 p/m. With the discount, the total cost is brought down to £270, or £22.50 p/m.
I realise that TalkTalk are currently offering a bit of a better deal, but having experienced their broadband for a number of years, I have nothing but bad things to say of them. John Lewis have a good name, and hopefully that extends into their broadband division.
There is no installation cost, however there is a charge of £49.99 if a new phone line is needed. Prices are universal regardless of location. For rural people like me, this is a godsend. A John Lewis Broadband email address is available if you want to tell old schoolfriends that you've really gone up in the world.
0845 and 0870 numbers have no charge. An N-band wireless router comes with the package free of charge - either a Netgear N150 WNR1000 or a Technicolour TG582 (depending on your connection). As far as I can tell (feel free to correct me), there is no cashback available on this. Also included is a 12 month BullGuard subscription (one of the best AV suites available). For OSX users, John Lewis offers an exclusive discount on Intego software security
Expiry date: 30/09/2012.
Offer available to new customers only.
PS. As I have no experience of John Lewis Broadband, anyone who can give any insight into their practices will be hugely appreciated.
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Jump to unread Post a CommentIn rural Somerset, broadband is expensive. For example, Orange's cheap prices (£5 for unlimited + evening & weekend calls) are suddenly bumped up by an extra £10 where I live. This is the case for many others.
On Orange (cheapest major ISP other than TalkTalk [don't even...]), the minimum price on contract for me then is £28.50 p/m. This is £6 p/m more expensive over 12 months than John Lewis Broadband. Over 12 months that's £72.
Edited By: hammeredpizza on Jul 09, 2012 16:50
Edited By: Astec123 on Jul 09, 2012 16:54
Of course there are better offers in other areas, but where I live, unlimited broadband for under £23 is almost unheard of.
Shame the city kids are voting this one down.
Of course there are better offers in other areas, but where I live, unlimited broadband for under £23 is almost unheard of.
Shame the city kids are voting this one down.
That is not the deal we are voting on however. We're voting on a broadband deal for everyone, as no mention is made in the deal of it being aimed at rural ruddy faced farmers. The 'city kids' as you put it, happen to be the majority of Broadband consumers, as the vast majority of the UK population don't live in rural Somerset, but in fact live in the cities or within a reasonable distance of an exchange in a larger town.
However had this been posted as a deal for people living in rural areas where broadband without limits is expensive and given some comparison food for thought then I'd happily weigh the deal on it's merits and possibly vote it up, or at least not pass judgement if it does not apply to me in the same way that I don't vote on other deals that I cannot use personal experience to consider them for a rating of hot or not. Therefore, as it's not posted in that way, I've voted accordingly on the deal posted and my position remains that the deal as posted is not hot and in fact is decidedly poor in comparison to the first provider I looked at, offering the same or more for less.
Edited By: Astec123 on Jul 09, 2012 17:56
Of course there are better offers in other areas, but where I live, unlimited broadband for under £23 is almost unheard of.
Shame the city kids are voting this one down.
That is not the deal we are voting on however. We're voting on a broadband deal for everyone, as no mention is made in the deal of it being aimed at rural ruddy faced farmers. The 'city kids' as you put it, happen to be the majority of Broadband consumers, as the vast majority of the UK population don't live in rural Somerset, but in fact live in the cities or within a reasonable distance of an exchange in a larger town.
However had this been posted as a deal for people living in rural areas where broadband without limits is expensive and given some comparison food for thought then I'd happily weigh the deal on it's merits and possibly vote it up, or at least not pass judgement if it does not apply to me in the same way that I don't vote on other deals that I cannot use personal experience to consider them for a rating of hot or not. Therefore, as it's not posted in that way, I've voted accordingly on the deal posted and my position remains that the deal as posted is not hot and in fact is decidedly poor in comparison to the first provider I looked at, offering the same or more for less.
I started reading you post but got very bored very quickly (sorry) so just read your final sentance and decided (all things considered) to vote the deal hot which of course will cancel out your vote.
Of course there are better offers in other areas, but where I live, unlimited broadband for under £23 is almost unheard of.
Shame the city kids are voting this one down.
That is not the deal we are voting on however. We're voting on a broadband deal for everyone, as no mention is made in the deal of it being aimed at rural ruddy faced farmers. The 'city kids' as you put it, happen to be the majority of Broadband consumers, as the vast majority of the UK population don't live in rural Somerset, but in fact live in the cities or within a reasonable distance of an exchange in a larger town.
However had this been posted as a deal for people living in rural areas where broadband without limits is expensive and given some comparison food for thought then I'd happily weigh the deal on it's merits and possibly vote it up, or at least not pass judgement if it does not apply to me in the same way that I don't vote on other deals that I cannot use personal experience to consider them for a rating of hot or not. Therefore, as it's not posted in that way, I've voted accordingly on the deal posted and my position remains that the deal as posted is not hot and in fact is decidedly poor in comparison to the first provider I looked at, offering the same or more for less.
I started reading you post but got very bored very quickly (sorry) so just read your final sentance and decided (all things considered) to vote the deal hot which of course will cancel out your vote.
Good for you. Welcome to the world of opinions. Glad to see you have an attention span a goldfish would appreciate, which is good for HUKD too that you will get bored before having a real negative effect. I look forward to seeing a deal you post and will enjoy reciprocating.