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BT tempts new home phone customers with free wine

Wednesday 12 May, 2010

By Seamour Rathore - seamour@consumerchoices.co.uk

BT has boosted its home phone, broadband and digital TV offers by adding in six bottles of fine wine when you sign-up.

BT is giving away free wine, from Naked Wines, in a new spring offer.

The UK’s largest phone company is offering six free bottles of wine to customers who sign-up for a new package before 31 May 2010.

Customers have to sign-up on a dedicated BT/Homephonechoices.co.uk offer page.

The packages are:

• Phone-only – Free for the first three months, £4.99 a month thereafter Includes: Unlimited UK anytime calls; free calling features including 1471
• Phone and broadband - £7.49 a month for the first three months, then £14.49 a month Includes: Unlimited UK weekend calls, 20Mb broadband, 10GB monthly downloads, free customer support
• Phone, Broadband and TV - £13.49 for three months, then £28.99 a month Unlimited UK weekend calls, 20Mb broadband, 10GB monthly downloads, Includes TV and Replay viewing packs, Free ESPN (£9.99 one-off fee).

All the packages require customers to take BT line rental at £11.54 a month.

The six bottles of wine that come with the deal include a La Croix du Chene 2007, a Rimbaldi Montepulciano 2008 and a Canepa Sauvignon Blanc 2008.

Customers can instead take the option of choosing their own wine from Naked Wines up to £50, but will have to pay the difference if their order exceeds this amount.

Simon Piper, business development manager at Homephonechoices.co.uk, said: “If you’ve been planning to switch to one of BT’s packages, this is a great time to do it as you’ll have a good choice of wines for Spring/summer drinking.

“The phone-only package is great value at the moment given the three months free offer it already includes. Added to that you’ll get Anytime UK calls – perfect for people who make plenty of calls to friends and family.

“BT is also offering great value add-ons to the packages including 40% off daytime rates to mobiles and discounts on international calls.”