Everything Everywhere Launching Fibre Broadband in UK

10:24 - Tuesday 23 October 2012 by Jane McEntegart - source: via Crave

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Would you like broadband with your 4G?


It's a pretty big month for Everything Everywhere. The parent company of Orange and T-Mobile is launching EE, the UK's first 4G LTE network at the end of October after getting the go-ahead from Ofcom this past summer. However, not content with just launching the nation's first 4G service, the company today announced that it's also launching a fibre broadband service, too.

The company says EE Fibre Broadband will offer speeds up to ten times the UK average with a max download speed of 76Mbps. Plans will start from £15 per month (40 GB cap) and off-peak calls and router are included in the price. Unlimited data is available to those willing to pay £20 or £25 per month, with the latter availing of 76Mbps speeds. Customers on the £15 per month and £20 per month plans will be limited to 38Mbps.

Those who sign up for EE's 4G service will save £5 a month of the fibre service provided they keep the internet for the duration of their phone plan. Line rental is an additional £14 per month.

If superfast broadband aint your thing, EE's also got some regular broadband packages. Whether you're paying £5, £10, or £15 per month you'll be getting unlimited data, but speeds are limited to up to 14Mbps across all plans. The £5 package includes off-peak calls, the £10 plan includes anytime calls, and the £15 package bundles in anytime mobile.

EE 4G data caps that are broken in 5 mins

By Stewart Mitchell

Posted on 23 Oct 2012 at 09:31

EE will place strict data caps on its newly announced 4G tariffs, that could see customers exceed their quota in as little as five minutes.

The company recently announced plans to launch 4G services in 10 UK cities this year after tense negotiations with the industry and government officials.
Now, the company says tariffs for the high-speed data service will start from £36 a month - or £21 a month SIM-only - although the lowest package's 500MB download limit might put data-focused early adopters off.

With EE claiming average network speeds of up to 12Mbits/sec, that means users could theoretically exceed their cap in just over five minutes of full-speed downloads - or a little over ten seconds a day.

At the other end of the scale, a tariff with an 8GB download limit will cost £56 per month, and there are other packages in-between. Full details of the tariffs are published on the company's site.

Although customers may be deterred by the data caps, EE is at least taking a relaxed approach to tethering. "All customers will be able to tether or use VoIP services as part of their plan – with no need to buy specific data add-ons," the company said. "BT Wi-Fi is also included in all plans at no extra cost, providing on-demand access to millions of wireless hotspots across the UK."

Small businesses
 The company was also keen to play up its credentials for mobile workers, offering business plans with more data that consumers get for the same price.
The company said small-business customers would have a range of 4GEE phone plans, with data allowances of 1GB - including unlimited UK calls and texts - starting from £35 a month, excluding VAT.

Companies would also be able to reduce costs by choosing the new 4GEE Sharer Plan, which allows sharing of data allowances across all users and devices, EE said.

For consumers with 4G-ready handsets, the company says it will offer SIM-only plans from £21 a month for 500MB of data.

Network limits
 The services will only be available in London, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield and Glasgow and parts of Southampton at launch.

However, how widespread coverage is in even those cities remains to be seen, with the company saying the network would be "expanding further within those cities", and adding a further five - Belfast, Derby, Hull, Nottingham, Newcastle - by Christmas.

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