It hopes to cover 70 per cent of the country by the end of 2007

It hopes to cover 70 per cent of the country by the end of 2007."The Sky offer could affect the broadband market dramatically because it has four million customers who are currently with other providers," says Mr Wolfenden."Very soon, [these people] are going to be able to turn around [to their existing broadband provider] and say 'why should I carry on paying for my internet connection?' "Sky customers not covered by its broadband network can sign up to a separate, faster deal called "Mid" This will be available over rented BT lines for £17 a month. Today, Sky's service - which is being pumped around the country through its own cables - only covers 28 per cent of British homes, largely in London, Birmingham, Man-chester, Edinburgh and Glasgow (go to the website below to find out if you can receive the service). And its most basic TV package costs £15 a month on a minimum 12-month contract.There is also a one-off £40 "activation" fee to pay, and if you're not confident about installing broadband in your home, it will cost £50 for a technician to come round and do it for you.As with all these deals, you must first be within reach of its broadband coverage. This is understandable since, in line with the ASA rules, the free offer was launched two months ago as a bolt-on to a number of existing Orange deals, although customers signing up for the service may need to extend their current contracts to qualify.Sky's entry into the "free" broadband market had been widely trailed but the terms took many of the switching websites by surprise. Its "Base" deal (see the table) - the simplest of the three new internet offers on the table - is described as "genuinely free broadband" by Tim Wolfenden of uSwitch.But as usual, terms and conditions apply.

To receive its basic broadband package - a 2Mb speed, fast enough for music downloads - free of charge, you need to be an existing Sky customer. But to give them credit they realised they were wrong in the end I think it's very sexy Less is more Sex is to do with the mind You saw a bit of a tummy and that was it. People were convinced afterwards that we were both topless in that scene, but we kept covered up for all of it. Their imaginations were doing all the work."I ask if there's anything else about the industry that annoys her.

"Actors who take themselves so seriously and carry on as if everything's a chore," she says "That really pisses me off. I think, how lucky are you to be here? Lighten up! You never know when it might be taken away."She says that last sentence with a slight wobble in her voice, as well she might, having had a health scare over Christmas that left her facing the possibility that she might never act again - a chronic condition that she doesn't want to name and which now, thankfully, seems to be responding to treatment. "I didn't know how debilitating it was going to be, and I still don't know, because I've just been diagnosed. I thought I was going to have to start again with everything I love acting - as corny as it sounds, I do. I was terrified, and I couldn't imagine life without it."Then I thought, what's the worst that can happen? If I had to give up I'd tear myself apart but what's meant to be is meant to be There would be no real point in fighting it. If I was to stop now it wouldn't be the end of the world, I've had a really good career. I would do all the things I've been putting off, go off to art school, live in the country and run a little farm...