First there was Sky TV, then Sky Digital, and later the mighty Sky+. Today, Sky is to join the growing ranks of “free” broadband suppliers with the launch of its Sky Broadband service Tuesday.Three broadband products are being made available when the service launches in August: Sky Broadband Base, Mid and Max. All three products are available to any Sky digital customer covered by Sky’s expanding broadband network. All three ship with wireless routers.Sky Broadband Base is free to Sky digital customers covered by the Sky Broadband network. It offers download speeds of up to 2Mb and a 2GB monthly usage allowance.Sky Broadband Mid costs 5 pounds (US$9.14) per month, and offers download speeds of to up 8Mb and 40GB of usage. Sky Broadband Max costs a competitive 10 pounds a month and offers download speeds of up to 16Mb, unlimited downloads and free installation. Carphone Warehouse started the free-broadband bandwagon rolling earlier in the year with its all-in-one 20.99-pound TalkTalk service. This was followed by others, including mobile-phone operator Orange’s service for 18-month pay-monthly mobile plans of 30 pounds and above. ISP PlusNet also has a range of broadband and free-calls services available from 20.99 pounds, with a one-month tie-in period. This is available to more U.K. customers than the TalkTalk or Orange deals.Sky Broadband also offers PC users a year’s free subscription to the McAfee Internet Security Suite, worth 49.98 pounds. Mac users receive 12 months of free McAfee Virex protection. Advance registration for Sky Broadband begins today. Sky will invest around 400 million pounds at the operating profit level over the next three years to develop its broadband business.-Macworld staff, Macworld.co.ukCheck out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe