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I am looking for a bit of advice for a friend. He is living with his brother and they are sharing a virginmedia broadband connection. They have used a splitter and his brother is connected directly while he is linked wirelessly. They both contribute equally to the bill but have had a bustup and my friend wants to get a broadband link separately now.
He tells me that he is going to call up virginmedia and get them to install a new braodband line for him and ask for an independant bill in his name only(they were previously billed under his brother's name). I am not too certain that this will be allowed as his house already has a cable line so they cannot be classed as a new customer imo.
I told him that he may be able to get adsl broadband as he has SKY(no subscriptions though) and a BT line but I could not say what the going rate was?
He does not download much but does surf quite a bit so will not need anything ultraquick. What would be the cheapest and best option for him?

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  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    cheapest option is probably for him and his brother to calm down.
    surprised they have both a cable and a bt line, 2 bills?! subscribing to sky could be a cheap option, off top of my head £17/month for slow/low capped bband, phone and tv if available at his exchange
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