Prepare for launch

We're proud to pre-launch the World's First Internet Balloon Race, to promote the launch of Orange's Animal tariffs for pay as you go customers.

As far as we're aware this is the first time that balloons have been set off across the web. And the balloons aren't just going to float over a little bit of the web. They're going to race over as much of the web as wants to take part - excluding sites that feature naked folk doing bad stuff.

To sign up for a balloon visit: http://www.playballoonacy.com

The person whose balloon goes the furthest over the 7 days of the race is going to get a killer prize. It's an £18,000 holiday to Ibiza for you and 7 mates. 18 grand gets you quite a bloody awesome holiday, even in Ibiza. And there's a load of daily prizes too.

If you've got a site / blog you can go here to get balloons to go over your site - we're hoping this will bring lots and lots of balloon fans to your pages once the race gets going.

Note: it's only in the registration stage just now - the real magic starts in a couple of weeks when the balloons set sail and the race begins...