BT tends to offer useful extras on these two plans, so watch for cashback offers or free use of streaming services.
The former gives you an average download speed of 50Mbits/sec for £28 on a 24-month contract, while the second takes the speed up to 67Mbits/sec and the price up by another £2. If your connection will take a faster service, you can step up to BT’s Superfast Fibre 1 or Fibre 2 service. READ NEXT: The best broadband providers in the UK BT Broadband review: BT Superfast Fibre 1 and Fibre 2 For an extra £10 a month you can also add BT’s Complete Wi-Fi service, which includes one of BT’s Wi-Fi Disc mesh extenders, with up to two more on offer if you can’t get a solid signal in every room. The Smart Hub 2 delivers dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi, four Gigabit Ethernet ports and support for both standard VDSL2 and G.fast fibre connections, making it one of the top ISP-provided routers. That’s not a bad price for a no-frills option, particularly when it now ships with the more advanced BT Smart Hub 2, rather than the older Home Hub 5. BT Broadband review: BT Fibre EssentialīT’s cheapest Fibre package delivers, on average, 36Mbits/sec download speeds for £26.99 a month, although you may find it discounted to £25 in one of BT’s regular offers. It does, but only where you can’t get fibre, and there’s no money to be saved in getting it as the basic BT Fibre Essentials package currently comes in at the same price. Unless you live in an area where no fibre service is available, you would have a challenge even finding out that BT still offers any ADSL services.
It’s still one of the pricier providers but BT Broadband users don’t have to feel that they’re getting a raw deal. There’s still work to do on value for money and customer support but BT is improving its reliability and nearly 71% of users would now recommend it. More than a third of its customers told our Broadband Awards Survey that they wouldn’t recommend BT Broadband to someone else. However, when we last looked at BT Broadband in 2020, we found it was charging premium-grade prices for what weren’t always premium-grade services, particularly when it came to customer satisfaction and value for money. It currently has around 38% of the market – although that figure includes users of BT subsidiaries EE and Plusnet – and while its network arm, Openreach, is now run independently, there’s still a close relationship between the two.
It already offers a selection of TV packages, including basic entertainment from £12 a month, or big entertainment from £22 a month, all the way up to VIP packages from £65 a month, with packages for TV and broadband combined also available.Īll the latest updates around BT packages and Black Friday deals can be found through their website.It’s no surprise that BT remains the biggest name in UK broadband. They also say expect massive discounts on the hottest tech, from smart speakers to home CCTV cameras, 4K Ultra HD TVs, gaming gadgets, smart home devices, snazzy laptops, tablets and much more. There is a place on the site to register your interest for future sales as well, so you can be updated via email and given exclusive access to their Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2021 promotions This year's sale is bigger and better than ever." "Our TV deals will knock your socks off and just wait until you see how much you can save on our laptop and gaming deals.
The company advises customers to check closer to the day itself in November to see what's in store for the next BT Black Friday Sale, but they are already letting customers know that they are planning broadband deals, mobile deals and more.Ī message on the BT shop reads : "At BT Shop, we've got a whole host of amazing Black Friday offers for you to get your hands on this November. The BT website says they will be working hard all year to bring customers their best deals for Black Friday 2021. It is also followed by Cyber Monday the Monday after. Set for Friday, November 26 this year, it is a day of shopping reductions that first originated in the United States as the first day of Christmas shopping, traditionally taking place the day after Thanksgiving. BT is one of many brands that is observing Black Friday in 2021.