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Free laptop offers with broadband connections

Many Internet service providers are now offering free laptops with subscriptions to their broadband services, to encourage customers to sign up to long term contracts. For example AOL are currently offering a HP Compaq Notebookwith its ‘Talk Pay As You Go’ home phone package. To qualify for the free laptop you must sign up to the package for a minimum of 2 years at £19.99 per month, and you may be subject to a credit check before you are accepted. The package includes AOL Broadband Wirelesswith 40GB usage allowance and 8MB download speeds, which is adequate for average Internet users, and also AOL home phone connection, which is similar to, and in some cases cheaper than BT prices. You also get access to AOL’s 24-hour online support, which provides general customer service and technical support.

The free laptop is a mid-range model, with the Windows Vista Home operating system, 1GB memory, 80GB hard drive, and a DVD writer. The laptop includes a wireless card, wireless router and also wireless security so it is ready to connect to the Internet as soon as it arrives. There is also an option to upgrade the laptop, and you may want to consider increasing the RAM at the very least, to speed up the overall performance.

The AOL free laptop offer does have a 7 day cooling off period, if you find that your are unhappy with the service and wish to cancel your subscription, and also to receive your laptop you will have to pay a standard £14.99 delivery charge.

To find out more about free laptop deals with broadband packages you can go toBroadband-expert.co.uk. This site lists all the deals currently available on the UK market, so that you can easily compare both the available laptop models, and the broadband connection details to find the offer that best suits your requirements. For example although all the deals have a free laptop with broadband connection, some require you to sign up to other services as well, such as the home phone package with AOL. Also if you are a heavy Internet user you may find it is cheaper to buy a mobile broadband package separately, and purchase a low price laptop yourself. For example the Three offer is £30 a month with the broadband connection and the free laptop, which is £720 over a two-year contract. You can get separate mobile broadband packages for just £15 a month, £360 over two years, and as you can get great laptop deals for around £200-300 online and in stores, you could save yourself some money this way. 

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