With the Summer holidays coming to an end, it's time for new and returning students to head off to university. A decent broadband connection is vital for student accommodation these days, as so many aspects of university life rely on it. But many students only need to stay connected during the academic year and head back home for the summer months. This makes long contracts a waste of money as you either have to keep paying for the whole year, or incur fees for leaving your contract early. Luckily many unlimited broadband providers have 9 month offers designed just for student houseshares that also take into account your limited student budget.
BT Student Broadband: Sign up with your .ac.uk student email address to take advantage nine month contracts on both BT Infinity and standard copper broadband.
Sky Student Broadband: You don't need to be a Sky TV customer to take advantage of their student deal - just pay for line rental, and get truly unlimited up to 17Mb broadband free for the nine month contract.
TalkTalk Student Broadband: TalkTalk are offering their usually 18 month contract SimplyBroadband package on a 12 month contract with 12 months free, exclusively for students. Includes a £50 Love2Shop voucher*. Pay line rental a year up front to save even more.
Virgin Media Student Broadband: If you can get Virgin Media in your area, then you can benefit from their ultrafast speeds on a 9 month contract. Suitable for even the busiest student homes.
However, you don't necessarily need a student-specific package to cover your needs. Plenty of broadband providers offer short, monthly contracts that also fit the bill. We've put together a guide that gives you all the information you need to know about student broadband, with a list of all the deals that suit your requirements as a student.
If you're in the market for a new broadband contract, TalkTalk are currently offering their SimplyBroadband package as free for 18 months - it's an offer so good that TalkTalk are calling it the Boss of Broadband Deals! With the SimplyBroadband package, you benefit from speeds of up to 17Mb and a truly unlimited download allowance. You'll also get a free Super Router, HomeSafe® online protection, and free calls to other TalkTalk customers. Sign up before midnight of the 21st of August, and you can also claim a £50 Love2Shop voucher, which can be redeemed in a number of popular high street shops!
Minimum broadband contract 18 months. Free broadband offer ends midnight, 28th September. Voucher offer ends midnight, 21st of August. Love2Shop vouchers only available to customers switching online from BT, Sky or Plusnet and keeping their existing landline number. Speeds dependent on location and distance from local exchange - use our postcode checker to find out what's available in your area. Line rental required at £16.70 a month, or £180.36 for a year up front. £6.75 delivery fee for the router.
If you're shopping around for a great fibre deal, then TalkTalk's fibre flash sale could be exactly what you're looking for. With TalkTalk's fibre offer, you can enjoy unlimited superfast broadband for just £7.50 a month with free connection! What's more, the special introductory price lasts for the entire duration of the 18 month contract, not just the first 12 months! This package can also be stacked with TalkTalk's current £50 Love2Shop voucher deal, which can be redeemed in a large range of popular high street retailers. So hurry to take advantage of these money-saving offers!
Minimum fibre broadband contract 18 months. Offers ends midnight, 13th of August. Love2Shop vouchers only available to customers switching online from BT, Sky or Plusnet and keeping their existing landline number. Fibre deals only available in fibre-enabled areas - use our postcode checker to find out if you can get fibre in your area. Line rental required at £16.70 a month, or £180.36 for a year up front. £6.75 delivery fee for the router.
For a limited time only, TalkTalk are offering 6 months free Netflix (worth £44.94) when you sign up to their Plus TV package! As soon as your TV service is live, TalkTalk will send you a code to redeem at Netflix.co.uk. Already got a Netflix subscription? Don't worry, you can simply extend your subscription for 6 months by adding the code that TalkTalk will supply to your existing Netflix account!
The Plus TV package lets you enjoy over 70 Freeview channels (including some in HD), record 200+ hours of TV, provides access to many on demand channels, plus much more! It also comes with truly unlimited broadband, Anytime calls, a free YouView recording box, a TalkTalk mobile SIM, and free connection. The Netflix offer can be stacked with both the current £75 Love2Shop voucher and 18 months half price deals. So hurry to take advantage of these great deals or explore even more truly unlimited, reduced price TV and Fibre deals from TalkTalk!
Minimum broadband contract 18 months. Netflix offer ends midnight, 23rd of July. Love2Shop voucher offer ends midnight, 16th of July. Love2Shop vouchers only available to switching customers ordering online. Fibre deals only available in fibre-enabled areas - use our postcode checker to find out if you can get fibre in your area. Line rental required at £16.70 a month, or £180.36 for a year up front. £6.75 delivery fee for the router.
TalkTalk have launched a fantastic new mobile offer that's available with any TalkTalk Broadband product. For just £12 a month you can get a mobile plan with unlimited data, minutes and texts! That means you can enjoy the freedom of playing games, listening to music and catching up on your favourite TV shows while out and about without worrying about running up a large bill. What's more, the plan is on a 30-day rolling contract, so you're not tied up for months or even years if you find the plan isn't right for you.
If you're a new customer, you'll get an All-in SIM when you sign up, with the option of adding up to 4 more (including 2 handsets) after 3 months. If you're an existing TalkTalk Broadband customer, then don't worry, you can still take advantage of this offer. As a SimplyBroadband or TV customer, you can have up to 5 mobile plans, including 2 handsets. All you need to do is order online.
The great news is that TalkTalk's latest broadband offers make this deal even more tempting, with reduced prices and free £75 Love2Shop high street shopping vouchers available to new customers:
Minimum broadband contract 18 months. Love2Shop vouchers only available to switching customers ordering online. Fibre deals only available in fibre-enabled areas - use our postcode checker to find out if you can get fibre in your area. Line rental required at £16.70 a month, or £180.36 for a year up front. £6.75 delivery fee for the router.
Great news for TalkTalk TV customers! Netflix is the world's largest internet TV network, and it will be available on YouView early in the new year!
Netflix has a huge selection of popular movies and TV boxsets to choose from, with new titles being added all the time. With TV series such as Orange is the New Black, Breaking Bad, House of Cards and The Originals, movies including Skyfall, The Hobbit and The Hunger Games, and a great choice of kids' programming, you're guaranteed to find something to entertain you and your family.
Existing TalkTalk TV customers can pre-register for Netflix here, and if you're interested in signing up for a TalkTalk package, keep reading!
In addition to this, TalkTalk have some fantastic offers right now, including a free £50 Love2Shop voucher on all deals!
Minimum contract 18 months. Love2Shop vouchers only available to switching customers ordering online. Fibre deals only available in fibre-enabled areas - use our postcode checker to find out if you can get fibre in your area. Line rental required at £16.70 a month, or £180.36 for a year up front. £5 delivery fee for the router.
With the rise in popularity of online gaming and video streaming, demand is high for faster broadband, and speedy connections are vital. Fibre broadband is the solution, and it's steadily becoming available to more and more areas of the UK. However, Fibre deals aren't always the cheapest around, and while it's worth spending more on a better broadband connection, most people still want a good deal that saves them money.
Well, Sky have you covered, and have introduced a package that's one of the best value Fibre broadband deal in the UK. For only £10 a month, you'll get download speeds of up to 38Mb and upload speeds of 9.5Mb, free weekend calls and a download allowance of 25GB a month. This package should suit the needs of the average broadband user.
Have a larger family, live in shared housing, or just need an unlimited download allowance? Don't worry, Sky have you covered there, too. For £20 a month, you can enjoy the same speeds and not have to worry about going over a monthly allowance.
Sky's Fibre deals also come with a free Sky Hub router, Sky Broadband Shield internet protection, and free Sky WiFi, which allows you to wirelessly connect to the internet in over 20,000 locations around the UK.
Deals only available in fibre-enabled areas - use our postcode checker to find out if you can get fibre in your area. Speeds will vary depending on location and distance from your street cabinet. 18 month minimum contract. Line rental required at £16.40 a month. Up front £30 activation fee and £6.95 delivery fee for the router.
It's the battle of the broadband brands as several ISPs compete to offer the biggest and best discounts and rewards over the Black Friday / Cyber Monday long weekend! Check out the offers where you live using our availability checker, or browse the list of sale promotions below. But hurry, these offers are for one long weekend only and expire at midnight on Monday the 1st of December!
Just take a 12 month contract and pay for line rental and router delivery and your first year of Plusnet up to 17Mb truly unlimited broadband is FREE. What's more you get £75 cashback meaning you actually make back £69 over the first year! Unlike some of the offers below, this one's available regardless of where you live, not just in low cost areas!
If you're new to Sky, when you sign up for a TV bundle now you get up to half price Sky TV for a year plus your choice of reward from one of £100 of Amazon or M&S vouchers, a Samsung Galaxy Tab or a Spaced360 bluetooth speaker worth £250 RRP!
What's more, if you add Sky Movies to your bundle, you'll get the upgrade for 6 months half price and you'll also qualify for 12 month free truly unlimited broadband!
New BT customers can nab truly unlimited broadband for only £5 per month for up to 17Mb phoneline broadband and £10 a month for upto 38Mb BT Infinity fibre! Prices go up after a year, but they're on a special 12 month contract so you're free to switch.
No only that but you'll get Sainsbury's gift cards - £50 worth for phoneline and £100 worth for Infinity - that can be spent in Sainsbury's stores or online!
Sign up for any of Virgin Media's Big Bundles of cable TV, fibre optic broadband and telephone calling over this long weekend and get 12 months reduced price, 6 month of free Netflix - even if you already have a subscription - and a reward ranging from £50 to £100 of account credit.
Big Bundles come with Virgin Media's TiVo box that can record 3 channels while watching another already recorded!
Meanwhile there are also competitive ongoing offers from TalkTalk, Fuel, Tesco, EE and Hyperoptic meaning it's still worth comparing broadband to see if there's a better offer where you live or for your particular needs.
Offers only available to new customers ordering online and may only apply to particular bundles and contract lengths. Line rental required for all offers, see provider site for details. Rewards and cashback may need to be applied for separately once you're connected to the service. Offer prices are introductory and may rise after the offer period expires. Delivery and installation fees may apply. Broadband speed, availability and pricing can depend on where you live and how far you are from your telephone exchange or fibre street cabinet. Some offers only available if you live in the provider's low cost network area. Full details of restrictions should be provided before you sign up.
With the new university year just around the corner, it's time for students - both new and returning - to start considering getting a broadband connection set up in their new accommodation. As so much of university life depends on the internet these days - from registering for courses, researching and submitting course work, to arranging social activities and unwinding at the weekends - you're going to be wanting decent and reliable access to the internet with a broadband package that takes into account budget, the need for a shorter-length contract, and what you as a student want out of your broadband experience.
Whether you're looking for broadband only, mobile broadband, a TV deal, or want a package ideal for gaming, our guide will help you decide what's best for you.
After the popularity of our previous exclusive offer with EE, Broadband.co.uk is pleased to announce a new exclusive offer of £50 Amazon.co.uk gift vouchers with all EE Home Broadband deals. This voucher can be combined with current EE offers, including:
Up to 17Mb standard unlimited home broadband only £2.50 for 12 months
Standard up to 38Mb unlimited Fibre broadband £5 for 3 months
Unlimited Fibre Plus £15 for 3 months with speeds up to 76Mb
As an added bonus, EE's cheapest deals are now available to all customers in their network area, not just EE, T-Mobile and Orange mobile phone and mobile broadband customers, and all EE broadband customers will be able to take advantage of perks like EE Film 2-for-1 cinema tickets on Wednesdays.
Voucher only available online. Line rental required, available from £11 monthly equivalent price if paid a year upfront. Quoted prices and features may only be available in EE network areas. Speed achieved depends on factors such as your distance from the telephone exchange, you will be provided with the fastest connection available. Full details will be provided before you sign up.
Plusnet Unlimited - 12 months FREE broadband and £75 cashback!
Sky TV Bundles - Reward of your choice worth up to £250 and up to half price Sky TV for a year!
BT Broadband - 12 months better than half price truly unlimited broadband + Sainsbury's gift cards!
Virgin Media Big Bundles - 12 months reduced price, 6 months free Netflix and up to £100 reward!
