Especially for games enthusiasts, AOL are offering customers signing up to their Broadband Wireless Plus package a new Sony Playstation 3. However, in order to take advantage of the deal customers must sign up to the Wireless Plus package for 24 months.
The £19.99 monthly broadband package offers an up to 8Mb connection, a wireless router, AOL Pay as You Go Plan and a 40GB download allowance. For those not in an area that AOL has unbundled there is a £10 monthly addition fee.
It’s important to remember though, that customers are only entitled to keep the PS3 provided the 24-month contract is maintained.
PlusNet broadband is also targeting the gaming market with its Broadband Your Way Pro package, specifically optimised for online gaming. The 8 Mb download service, which priorities all gaming and VoIP traffic (including Ventrilo and TeamSpeak) is offering up a free PS3, Xbox 360 or PC game and wireless router for all sign-ups before 1st February 2008.
If the idea of enhancing your home connectivity sounds like an attractive prospect then you may be interested in the BT Total Broadband package. With speeds of up to 8Mb download, the package comes bundled with a Wireless BT Home Hub and BT Vision digital TV recorder.
Stephanie Rogers from Broadband Genie gives some advice to customers looking for a new broadband service before Christmas: “If you are thinking of signing up a new broadband package before Christmas it’s worth doing some research to find out if there are any bundled extras that might suit you. If you were already thinking of treating yourselves or your children to a new Sony Playstation 3, for example, AOL’s broadband Wireless Plus package could be the answer.”
However, Broadband Genie stress that signing up to a package on the basis of a Christmas deal shouldn’t happen without some background research: “A new Sony Playstation 3 maybe the answer to all your problems this Christmas,” added Stephanie Rogers, “but before you sign up you be absolutely certain that you will be able to afford the subscription costs for 24 months to avoid any nasty surprises months down the line.”
For a full list of ISP providers and direct links to their package offers visit http://www.broadbandgenie.co.uk/
Notes to editors
Broadband Genie allows users to compare broadband online, and is part of Genie Group.
Genie Group Ltd is a leading independent provider of internet comparison shopping services in the UK, and was set up in 2004 by Philip Wilkinson (co-founder of Kelkoo UK). Genie Group's unique selling point is 'the Genie', which makes personal recommendations to internet shoppers based on ground-breaking, intelligent technology. This gives Genie Group the ability to provide an enjoyable and satisfying internet shopping experience, and deliver an unmatched quality of sales leads to our affiliate merchants. Genie Group launched its flagship broadband comparison service Broadband Genie in January 2005.
More information can be found at http://www.broadbandgenie.co.uk . Please direct all media enquiries to Ciaron Dunne. Interviews with Philip Wilkinson can be arranged on request.
