Free broadband vs free broadband

Here's an interesting one - it seems that, in negotiating their new contract, Orange has persuaded Carphone Warehouse to sell its broadband product instore, right next to the (remarkably similar) TalkTalk offering.

Not sure how they managed that, but the net result is that those looking to find a pretty cheap, none-too-spectacular "converged" broadband service can size up the two main rivals in the same store.

Mind you, Orange's business broadband offering is apparently good enough for Microsoft, who've just selected it to link up 1,500 of their UK-based homeworking employees.