UK billpayers can get reward cards, free Netflix or discount SIMs when they switch

While hunting for the best broadband deals, shoppers probably have one eye on the speed and one on the price, but at times that could leave many UK billpayers missing out on a full range of perks.

This can include free iPads, subscriptions to premium services like Netflix or Disney+, or anti-virus software. Broadband prices change all the time, but the cheapest deals can often be found for the most basic packages - and that means no perks.

Plusnet bucks this trend, offering a £50 reward card on its cheapest Fibre package, at £24.99 a month on a 24-month contract. Plusnet offers rewards on other packages, but they're more expensive. That reward card is a pre-paid Mastercard, so you're free to spend that reward anywhere you like.

Plusnet is an award-winning service, picking up loads of gongs and praised by Ofcom, Broadband Genie and others for its customer service. It also includes Plusnet Safeguard providing free content control and antivirus software.

• See the Plusnet rewards here

Those looking for a bundle with TV, then it's hard to beat Sky's £35 TV and broadband bundle. Sky's most affordable package pairs Full Fiber 150 (worth £26 a month), with the Essential TV package (worth £15 a month). But the package costs £35 a month, so you're saving £6 a month.

Over a 24-month contract, you'd save £144 (although bear in mind that prices will change in the middle of the contract, which is a downside). It's worth noting that currently, Sky's slower 61Mbps and 75Mbps services both cost the same as the 150Mbps service.

The TV part of this deal gets users a Sky Stream puck to stream Sky services (including Sky Atlantic), as well as terrestrial TV channels with no need for an aerial - there are over 100 channels. It also includes Netflix in the price, which is a great bonus, but it's the standard version with adverts which may not be ideal for everyone.

• See the Sky TV bundles here

Virgin Media and O2 have recently merged and have a range of packages that combine benefits from both companies. These are called Volt.

The Mega Volt bundle gets you everything (Gig1 fibre, 230+ TV channels, Sky Sports, Sky Cinema, Netflix and unlimited O2 SIM) but costs £84.99 a month, which might put you off.

In reality, that's good value, because shoppers are getting Gig1 broadband (worth £34.99 a month), the unlimited SIM from O2 (worth £22 a month), a full Sky package with Sky Sports and Sky Cinema, which is worth over £50 a month (if you bought it from Sky), which totals over £100 a month. Mega Volt sometimes has other perks, like a free iPad for signing up, but that comes and goes.

Of course, we'd urge all to read the small print as this is an 18-month contract and there are price rises during that term in line with inflation, so it will cost a little more by the time users reach the end of their contract.

Remember that with that SIM you're getting O2 Priority, which includes priority booking for concerts and other perks, while you can also get a 6-month extra, which can include Disney+, Amazon Prime and others - but be aware that after 6 months, these expire.

• See the Mega Volt deals here

Before billpayers go all-in on Mega Volt, however, it is worth knowing what Sky's own big bundle gets you.

Shoppers can get Sky Full Fibre Gigafast (900Mbps) with Sky Stream on the Essential TV package with Sky Sports and Sky Cinema, upgraded to the UHD quality with Dolby Atmos and Netflix for £86.

The downside is that this is a 24-month package and it doesn't include the unlimited SIM that Mega Volt offers.

• See the Sky deal here

EE offers broadband, TV and SIM bundles, allowing users to build them. There are broadband offers up to Gigabit, to rival Virgin Media and Sky speeds. Like Virgin Media, EE lets users add a SIM card to the bundle, and this is offered from £15 for an unlimited data SIM (capped at 100Mbps).

Looking at the SIM card offers in more detail, because shoppers can add an unlimited and uncapped SIM on the Allrounder Plan for £23.50 and that comes with Apple Music, Apple TV+, Netflix or a Google One Premium Plan included in the cost.

Apple Music is worth the most at £10.99 a month, so the £23.50 asking price for this SIM is good value. Normally, this SIM would cost £27 a month (in the summer sales, it was £42 a month), so it's a great saving if you customers can bundle it into their broadband switch.

EE also offers full TV services, from adding a Sky Stream box (which we'd recommend direct from Sky for price) or its own entertainment from £20 a month. It's basically the same content as Sky Essential TV, but EE TV offers the ability to record up to four channels.

However, once you bundle up Gigabit broadband, an EE SIM, the Full Works TV package (with Sky Cinema and Sky Sports, Netflix), the price is over £130 a month, so it's hard to recommend when Mega Volt is much less.

• See all the EE deals here

As always, customers should make sure that they read the small print and, if they're looking for the best deal, make sure to look at what the household will actually use, rather than what's discounted. It might be cheaper to unbundle and take basic broadband with Sky Stream separately, or it might be better value to take a SIM deal elsewhere, giving you the freedom to manage your payments separately.

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