Compare Bundle Packages

These days loads of people are subscribed to many different monthly bills, with telephone, broadband, subscription digital TV, mobile phone all draining your funds on top of the standard utility bills, and having thousands of bits of paper shoved through your door or turning up in your in box, all from different companies can be depressing. Even worse is when you have a problem and have to deal with several different companies in order to get it sorted.

However, thanks to the gradual unification of telecommunication, internet, home phone and mobile services over the last few years, there are now options available to you that will allow you to amalgamate many of your monthly out goings into one bill using just one provider, a solution that will seem like salvation from the brink for some people. There are several different types of bundles available out there available from different providers and at different costs with different things included, so knowing what you want and where to find it is essential.

Cable Bundles

Virgin Media offer the only 'quadruple play' bundle on the market today, in which mobile phone, TV, broadband internet and home phone services can all be paid for together in one monthly bill, and it is arguably the cheapest way to go if you want to live a hassle free digital life. In this bundle, you'll be able to get up to 10Mbps broadband internet, home phone with unlimited calls to UK landlines during the weekends, digital TV with over 100 channels and BBC's iPlayer on demand video service and on top of that a choice of either just a SIM card that you can slot into your phone with 300 free minutes and 500 texts or a SIM and a free phone with 100 minutes and texts.

You will of course need to take a Virgin phone line for an additional monthly cost. If you don't want such an inclusive deal you can also mix and match between bundles which combine broadband, phone and TV, or just broadband and phone, so there's a lot of choice. You will of course need to live in an area which is within the reach of a Virgin Media cable network, and around half of UK properties fall under this category.

Non-Cable Bundles

If you want to stick with your BT land line and get multiple services in one bundle then there are plenty of options for you. If you want broadband as well as home phone packages, pretty much every major broadband ISP will try and sell you their home phone package when you sign up, and the average deal will include free off peak calls to UK landlines.

Tiscali will even reduce the price of their packages if you sign up entirely to their phone and internet bundle, so there will be no more line rental to pay to BT. Both BT and Tiscali now offer digital TV services over their broadband connections, known as IPTV. These services typically feature all of the channels you'd expect from a Freeview digital TV package, along with video on demand services and the option to upgrade to a set top box with a hard drive recorder to store all your favourite shows that you might miss. Take your time to consider the various bundles and choose one that is right for you.