Following my previous post, TalkTalk, the landline telephone services of Carphonewarehouse, is offering

free broadband … forever

when you sign-up to their Talk3 calling plan. Obviously, a BT line is required. This means that the line rental will be paid to TalkTalk instead of BT and the monthly charge of £9.99 will be incurred. This calling plan includes:

• Inclusive calls to all TalkTalk customers
• Inclusive and unlimited anytime calls to local and national UK landlines
• Inclusive and unlimited international calls to 28 countries (USA, Canada, Australia, France, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Estonia, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Malta)

The FREE 8MB broadband connection, however, has a limit of 40GB downloads per month.

All in all, this isn’t so bad considering that the price of broadband connection ranges from £10 for a 2MB speed to as high as £40 for higher speeds (I think there is a company in the UK that offers up to 24MB).

Now, I can’t wait for my BT line! I will definitely try this out. I’m a bit miffed about the 40GB download limit but hey, that’s enough for 100 downloads of Charmed or 24!

I think these are definitely in the right way, with the customers at least, of providing broadband services for free. Internet connection at home has become a necessity and not a convenience in recent times. Actually, it should be the utility providers who should really be looking to offer this as they have the widest network reach. In fact, I have heard that some utilities in the US have been testing to offer broadband internet through your electric sockets and plugs. So, for those of you in the US, watch out for this service from your electricity providers!

What about you, what do you think? Should services like these be free?

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