No Contract Broadband and Phone line rental

Furch

Hi,

I am looking to get connected to the internet via a 1 or 3 month contract (avoiding the 12 month and up contracts).

AOL seem to be the cheapest option but a representative stated that they require me to have a BT line rental plan which would mean a 12 month contract with BT. I was planning on going with the post office for my line rental as they seem quite competative and do not require a 12 month contract.

Any ideas?

Heinz

I think the AOL rep. is misinformed and you only need a 'BT type' landline. Post Office Home Phone is such.

Buzby

Heinz wrote: »

I think the AOL rep. is misinformed and you only need a 'BT type' landline. Post Office Home Phone is such.

Nope. You actually NEED a BT line. Their tariff is based on having BT as a partner. However the REAL issue is there IS a minimum term commitment for Broadband. Not only that, they will only accept customers who provide a DD or provide a continuous card mandate. From memory, their minimum period is 18 months - but check thei terms on their website. Incidentally, you will also be credit checked. As AOL is Carphone Warehouse, you may not wish to commit to them.

456789

Post Office can give you month to month line and BeThere can give you 3 month contract for internet if your exchange is unbundled

PNPSUKNET

Search the net for a plan called no wires broadband its more expensive, bt wholesale which every provider except vigin go through charge a card activation fee.

Mark_In_Hampshire

The best option for you might be a Three PAYG modem which avoids the need for a landline altogether.

We have this setup. This runs at about 1.6Mb downstream which is all our landline was ever capable of anyway. However the performance is highly subject to coverage and some people barely get any signal (plenty of threads on this) but we've found it to be excellent.

You could try it out and I believe you can return it if you can't get a signal, best check first.