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O2 Home Broadband, MAC Key and TopCashback

Hi,

First, just to let you all know, Topcashback is offering £50 for any O2 Home Broadband signups at the moment! (upped from £25 previously I checked)

By the way, I just requested for a MAC key from Plusnet today, and as I need to give them 30 days notice, I'll still be liable for another 30 days of the broadband fee.

What I did was sign up for O2 Broadband (through TopCashBack), but I did not enter the MAC key there - I am planning to wait for another 2 weeks before entering the MAC key in, so I will have the lowest 'overlapping' charging period.

I'll allow 2 weeks so that there should be ample time for O2 to migrate my services over.

Question: Will my 'delay' in giving the MAC key affect my TopCashBack offer, i.e. if O2 decides to withdraw/decrease the offer, will I be affected? Also, does anybody foresee any problems with what I'm planning to do?

Comments

  • fossman
    fossman Posts: 364 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Not sure about your cashback query but just to let you know I applied for O2 broadband on Friday 20 February and am switching from Sky.

    The activation date I received yesterday from O2 is 2 March so its only taking just over a week for my switch.
    Cashback earned
    Quidco : £858 :)
    Pigsback : £20 and a Beatles CD.
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    The cashback is based on the date of signing up with o2, not the day you go live.
  • robin58
    robin58 Posts: 2,802 Forumite
    Be careful how long you take.

    Was told by customer services of 02 when i was thinking of signing up, that unless you complete the sign up completely within 21days - was having trouble getting Mac from pervoius Isp - they wipe incomplete signups from thier systems.
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