Stunning deal for satellite broadband home users

If you’re on dial-up or don’t have access to fixed line broadband, we’ll save you money – read on!

At the launch of the company’s new cheaper home user offering, Tariam Managing Director, Andrew Walwyn says the question customers most often ask him is “why do I have to pay for the equipment and set up charge?”

Andrew said

“It’s a common question. I usually respond with a bit of a politician’s answer! People can reject satellite as an option because of the perceived costs associated with it, but you have to get people to people think ‘outside the box’ and see the true facts.

“Lets start by saying that satellite internet has never been cheaper; we’ve just introduced our best ever offer where if customers source their own local installer, we’ll supply the kit delivered to them for £299 (inc VAT). Bearing in mind the operators have to fund the infrastructure, including the costs of multi million pound satellites, the deal is really very fair, buts lets look at it in more detail.

“For home users, our Tooway product offers an industry leading 3.6 Mbps satellite internet service for £24.99 a month (inc VAT) which I think is a good price, as it doesn’t discriminate by location and is available with full performance everywhere in Europe.

“There is a short term investment to be made in the hardware, but if you pause, and look at the maths, this will SAVE you money, just think about it.

“As an example – the cost of the hardware if you source your own local installer is £299 (inc VAT). The typical working life of the hardware is, say, 5 years, so if you annualise the cost of the kit, that comes out at £59.80 per year, about £4.98 a month.

“I would challenge any UK household of more than 2 people, or indeed any family, that they’d save substantially more than that £60 every year just by then being able to shop online for their insurances, utilities, even their weekly shopping and clothes.

“With a bit of work, I would hope that they’d be able to offset the cost of the airtime as well, and even come out slightly better off financially than if they didn’t have broadband at all.

“If you add in the benefits of broadband to enhance your leisure time with things like being able to book concert and sporting tickets in advance online, the fun of social networking, as well as having access to time saving applications like online banking, having satellite broadband can really improve your quality of life as well as saving you money.

So if you’re in a not-spot, and don’t know how to get your home or family online, order online here, and we’ll do our best to have you online in about a week. If you want to try-before-you-buy, we’d be delighted to welcome you to our Demonstration Centre in Weston-on-the-Green, just off the M40 near Oxford. Just give us a ring before you call in to give us time to get the kettle on!

*Customers who run their businesses from home and are registered for VAT can obviously claim VAT and tax relief on the cost of the hardware and airtime, further reducing the cost of the service.

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