The supermarket giant is giving free broadband for 12 months to its mobile phone customers.
Tesco Mobile is to offer all of its customers free broadband for a full year.
The supermarket giant's mobile network has 3.2 million customers, across pay monthly, pay-as-you-go and SIM-only deals. And all of them will be offered unlimited broadband for a year.
While the broadband won’t cost you a penny, there is £13.75 a month line rental to pay. However, at £165 for a full year’s access to the net, that represents a pretty special deal. And you don’t just get broadband – the package includes your home phone, with free evening and weekend calls.
All you need to do to take advantage of the deal is head to tescobroadband.com/mobile and follow the instructions.
The deal runs until 31st December and you earn three Clubcard points for every £1 you spend. Just make sure you can leave your current provider before you switch.
How Tesco compares
Of course, if you aren’t a Tesco Mobile customer and don’t fancy switching, it’s not much of an option. So let’s see how it compares to some of the best-value broadband deals on the market. (Note that these are broadband and home phone packages)
|
Package |
Broadband usage |
Speed (up to) |
Calls |
Monthly cost |
Line rental (monthly) |
Total first-year cost |
Offers? |
|
Unlimited |
14Mb |
Evening and weekend |
£2.50 |
£13.75 |
£195 |
Triple Clubcard points |
|
|
10GB |
16Mb |
Evening and weekend |
£3.24 (with one-off £4.99 up-front set-up cost) |
£12.99 |
£199.75 |
12 months half price |
|
|
40GB |
14Mb |
Evening and weekend |
£2.99 (with one-off £4.95 up-front set-up cost) |
£13.99 |
£208.71 |
|
|
|
Unlimited |
14Mb |
Evening and weekend |
£3.25 |
£14.50 |
£213 |
12 months half price, ends 10th October |
|
|
Sky Broadband Unlimited + Talk Weekends (existing customers) |
Unlimited |
14Mb |
Weekend |
£7.50 (with one-off £2.18 up-front set-up cost) |
£14.50 |
£221.18 |
Free for six months |
|
Orange Broadband & off-peak calls (Orange/T-Mobile customers only) |
Unlimited |
14Mb |
Evening and weekend |
£5 |
£13.50 |
£222 |
Comes with £40 Tesco voucher |
|
20GB |
16Mb |
Evening and weekend |
£11 |
£13.50 |
£228 |
Six months free, finishing on 30th September |
|
|
Unlimited |
14Mb |
Weekend |
£10 (with one-off £2.18 up-front set-up cost) |
£14.50 |
£236.18 |
Six months free |
|
|
60GB |
16Mb |
Evening and weekend |
£5.74 (with one-off £4.99 up-front set-up cost) |
£12.99 |
£229.75 |
12 months half price |
|
|
Unlimited |
14Mb |
Anytime calls |
£7 |
£13.75 |
£249 |
Triple Clubcard points |
|
|
10GB |
16Mb |
Evening and weekend |
£13 (with one-off £6.95 up-front set-up cost) |
£14.60 |
£260.15 |
Comes with Sainsbury’s £25 gift card, ending 4th October |
So even if you are not a Tesco Mobile customer, Tesco still currently offers the cheapest broadband and home phone package. To compare broadband only or packages that include digital TV subscription services, head over to our friends at BroadbandChoices.