BT broadband

BT (British Telecom) is the UK’s largest and best-known telecoms company. In fact, it may be misleading to talk of BT only in terms of the UK, as it is a global company that provides a multitude of communications and IT services to businesses in dozens of countries. The company is firmly rooted in the UK however, the only country in which it provides consumers with a full suite of traditional telephony services and internet access products.

Read on to find out more about BT broadband, or find out more about BT home phone tariffs.

What do I need to connect to BT broadband?

You will need:

• A BT analogue phone line in a broadband-enabled area
• A broadband USB modem for connecting a single PC or a broadband modem router for connecting multiple devices (PCs, Xboxes etc.), and micro filters
• PC users: Windows Millennium edition, 2000 or XP
• Mac users: 8/9 or higher, Mac OSX

How can I compare BT with other UK broadband providers?

Comparing all your options isn’t as complicated as it sounds if you use the uSwitch.com broadband comparison service.

Just tell us where you live and what you want from a broadband package, and the uSwitch service will search the top UK broadband providers to give you a list of the best packages for you. The service is free, easy to use and completely impartial. uSwitch makes money from small commissions the providers pay us should you choose to sign up via our service. This doesn’t affect where the providers appear on our results tables.

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