namesco broadband

Updated August 2006

Namesco is offering what 12 months ago would be ADSL at an unthinkable price, for a £60 connection fee, you get connected to their ADSL service, and receive a free router, and for the next 12 months pay no monthly fee if your monthly usage remains under 2GB per month. This offer is only running for the month of August.

The free for 12 months service is a basic 0.5Mbps ADSL connection, with a 2GB monthly usage allowance, with additional downloads costing £1 per GB. The free router is a ZyXEL 660RC the same as they supply for their other consumer oriented services. Once the free 12 month period is complete the monthly fee will be £10.95 per month. It is worth pointing out that there is no premium rate support line, just the standard Namesco 0845 number, and the minimum contract term is 30 days.

http://www.names.co.uk/

fluffynit

I have just signed up - paying £64.50 by credit card (£4.50 postage for the router) - for a whole year of broadband internet.
As someone still on dial-up, this seems like a good way in, 2GB will be sufficient for me and I will receive calls whilst I'm on the internet.

Whilst hurrah is right that all the "free" broadband options are actually anything but free, this seems by far the cheapest "free" available. I spend less than £1 each month on my mobile, less than £1 on landline calls, and have no desire to pay a penny for any more rubbish TV channels than the ones that I already can receive, so this is by far the cheapest "free" option for me!

Thought there would be a catch, if you are new to broadband then it costs £50 plus vat to leave, what is a real con though is that if you migrate in it is £15 to leave. I t think that the contract period advertised should be when you can leave without penalty. Otherwise I could say 30 day contract and have in the small print a £999 termination fee. For the exact wording see below...


# Our termination charge is £50 plus VAT if the service is terminated within the first twelve months unless you migrated to us from another ISP when the termination fee is £15 plus VAT. Termination after the first twelve months does not incur a termination charge but you must give notice under paragraph 7b.


However, if you are going with the "free" service and you stay the 12 months, you should be able to avoid the termination fee. Though you may have to pay for 13 months, depending on whether you get penalised for giving your notice in the first 12 months. If you decide that you want more than 512kbs, it could turn expensive.

EdCov wrote:

Thought there would be a catch, if you are new to broadband then it costs £50 plus vat to leave, what is a real con though is that if you migrate in it is £15 to leave. I t think that the contract period advertised should be when you can leave without penalty. Otherwise I could say 30 day contract and have in the small print a £999 termination fee. For the exact wording see below...


# Our termination charge is £50 plus VAT if the service is terminated within the first twelve months unless you migrated to us from another ISP when the termination fee is £15 plus VAT. Termination after the first twelve months does not incur a termination charge but you must give notice under paragraph 7b.


However, if you are going with the "free" service and you stay the 12 months, you should be able to avoid the termination fee. Though you may have to pay for 13 months, depending on whether you get penalised for giving your notice in the first 12 months. If you decide that you want more than 512kbs, it could turn expensive.

that isn't actually a con - that's how much BT charge them - however the company will absorb it if you stay with them for a year.. otherwise they don't - a lot of people do that.

This is good for anyone that can't get faster than 512.. wish I'd known earlier as a friend of mine just signed up elsewhere but he can only get 512 - this would have worked out much cheaper.

lellie wrote:

that isn't actually a con - that's how much BT charge them - however the company will absorb it if you stay with them for a year.. otherwise they don't - a lot of people do that.

This is good for anyone that can't get faster than 512.. wish I'd known earlier as a friend of mine just signed up elsewhere but he can only get 512 - this would have worked out much cheaper.

I did not know that BT charged people for migrations? Most companies that I have seen are free in and out on migrations once you are out of the contract period. The reason I described it as a con is that they emphasise the 30 day contract and no strings attached, when actually they charge a termination fee. With most companies you can terminate within contract so long as you pay a termination fee.