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AOL broadband (UK) launched in 2002 and is now owned by Carphone Warehouse. AOL have recently started offering a free laptop or Playstation 3 with some of their broadband packages.
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Be founded in October 2004, Be Internet is the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the UK to offer broadband services at 24Mbps. O2 recently acquired Be Broadband in preparation for its home broadband launch.
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BT is the UK's largest telecoms company with more than 20 million business and residential customers. They are the UK's largest broadband supplier, with over 4 million customers.
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Demon was founded in June 1992. Demon are more focused towards the business user however they do cater for the home user too, offering 24/7 telephone support.
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Eclipse was formed in 1995 and is now owned by Kingston Communications. Although not as well known as some of the other major players, Eclipse do offer a number of very competitive deals and are renowned for their customer service.
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Madasafish is part of the Brightview Group, established in 2001, which is now fully owned by BT. Madasafish have won many industry awards and all its offers now come with wireless networking kits.
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Namesco provides an award winning high-speed internet connection for Home and Office. They offer broadband packages with no minimum contract and have a very good reputation for customer service.
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O2 have recently entered the broadband market. The mobile operator offers discounts for current O2 phone contract customers and also uses UK call centres. All O2's packages include a free wireless router.
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Orange formerly known as Wanadoo and Freeserve, the mobile phone operator, now has over 1 million active UK broadband account holders.
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Orange Mobile were the 4th mobile phone operator to offer mobile broadband. The Orange Mobile Broadband deal offers speeds of upto 1.8mb and includes a free USB modem stick.
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Pipex were recently acquired by Tiscali. Pipex were quite heavily consumer focus until their acquisition, however Tiscali are now going to use Pipex as their business broadband brand.
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PlusNet are an open and honest broadband provider with over 10 years of Internet experience. They were recently acquired by BT and now have around 200,000 broadband customers. Customers can choose a usage allowance and a price that suits them.
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Post Office have recently entered the broadband market with offers that focus on trust and UK customer support. Their most competitive offers include broadband, phone calls and line rental bundled together.
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Sky is the UK's market leading digital TV provider. They now offer broadband and home phone services as part of a bundle to their TV customers. Sky now have over 1,000,000 broadband customers.
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T-Mobile offer a number of mobile broadband packages, from 12 to 24 month deals, to pay as you go broadband on the move.
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TalkTalk is the home phone company from The Carphone Warehouse. TalkTalk were the first company to offer broadband for free, this is provided on the condition that you agree to signup for their telephone services.
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Three or Hutichison 3G, are a mobile phone operator that have recently started offering 'Mobile Broadband' - broadband available on your laptop everywhere you go without the need for a phone line.
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Tiscali formed in 1998 and are now one of Europe's largest Internet Service Providers (ISP's). Following their acquisition of Pipex, Tiscali have over 1.9 million UK broadband subscribers.
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Toucan is part of IDT Europe and has been based in London since 1998. They are predominantly a home phone provider but are now offering broadband, so customers can benefit from a broadband and phone bundle.
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UK Online have been around since 1994, offering some of the safest and fastest Internet packages around. UK Online broadband offers various packages with speeds ranging from 2mb up to 16Mb.
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Virgin formed in February 2007 and is the result of a merger between, NTL, Telewest and Vigin.net. This deal makes this ISP the second largest, with over 3.7 million broadband customers. Virgin Media offer broadband, phone & digital TV bundles.
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Vodafone are the UK's largest mobile phone operator. They have recently started offering 'Mobile Broadband' - broadband available on your laptop everywhere you go without the need for a phone line.
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