Advice for 9 months broadband...

torizia

Hi everyone,
I'm moving into a flat next week and will be living there for 9 months during a work placement. I can't live without the internet (!) and use it for iplayer etc so couldn't use mobile broadband. I just checked out the Virgin Media £150 cashback offer, but apparently the flat isn't in a fibre optic area so I couldn't do that. Please can you give me any advice on the cheapest way to sign up to broadband (i.e. line rental plus broadband or equivalent). I understand that I'll have to sign up to a 12 month contract and pay an early cancellation charge...
Thank you for any advice
Toria

Fire_Fox

I'm in a somewhat similar situation - I have my own flat and have been using Three mobile broadband as you get 15GB. I want to be able to watch iPlayer so considering 'proper' broadband but no Virgin cable here. I too want the cheapest way to get broadband as to be honest I don't want or need a BT phone line so it's a waste of £12. Considering cancelling my TV license as I hardly ever watch live TV (would stop completely to be legal) and using that money to pay for the broadband.

Moneybags55

torizia wrote: »

Hi everyone,
I'm moving into a flat next week and will be living there for 9 months during a work placement. I can't live without the internet (!) and use it for iplayer etc so couldn't use mobile broadband. I just checked out the Virgin Media £150 cashback offer, but apparently the flat isn't in a fibre optic area so I couldn't do that. Please can you give me any advice on the cheapest way to sign up to broadband (i.e. line rental plus broadband or equivalent). I understand that I'll have to sign up to a 12 month contract and pay an early cancellation charge...
Thank you for any advice
Toria

Are you sure mobile broadband is out of the question? Its just that most contracts will be 12 months minimum especially for the phone line. Like Fire Fox says you could get a 15gb contract although using iplayer would be dependent on you getting a good signal.

torizia

Hmm I wasn't aware that any mobile broadband would be good enough for regular iplayer use...? I use the internet loads, but mostly for social networking, MSN and iplayer. I was under the impression that mobile broadband is only for people who basically want to check their emails and do little more!

torizia

Oh also, I will be sharing with another girl who's in the same situation so I guess it might be cheaper to get broadband which covers the flat, rather than us both paying for individual mobile broadband!

p.s. thanks for your advice

Woby_Tide

Be* internet? £75 Quidco, £17.50 a month for a 9 month unlimited contract = £9 ish per month for broadband, then you only have a 12 month phone contract to worry about i.e. 3 months cancellation fee. Or if you have O2 mobile then a 12 month O2 deal may work out cheaper

macman

Current O2 offer (3 months free, £50 Quidco cashback, with O2 mobile discount) will certainly be cheaper even if you cannot use the last 3 months of the contract.
Total first year cost with all of the above is only £16.06.
However this rate only applies if you can get O2 LLU on your exchange.

Moneybags55

torizia wrote: »

Oh also, I will be sharing with another girl who's in the same situation so I guess it might be cheaper to get broadband which covers the flat, rather than us both paying for individual mobile broadband!

p.s. thanks for your advice

In that case normal broadband is probably best for you then
In reply to your other post mobile broadband can be good enough to use the iPlayer but probably only if you are lucky enough to live in an areas with a great signal!

MORPH3US

Does the flat already have a phone line.... if its a new build and doesn't have a BT account already then chances are it will have the socket there, but you'll still have to pay the £125 to activate it on top of your line rental £11.75 per month minimum.

torizia

Ooh okay, I don't think it's a new build so hopefully that won't be a problem - I know very little about the flat as I only had half a day to flat hunt up in Edinburgh so can't remember many details about the one we chose!

I am an O2 customer so that sounds brilliant It sounds like the best option is to pay for BT line rental and O2 broadband...although I have no idea what the LLU thing means! How can I find out whether I can have it in my area?

Thank you to everyone for your responses!x

MORPH3US

torizia wrote: »

I don't think it's a new build so hopefully that won't be a problem

Doesn't necessarily have to be a new build... if it hasn't had a BT line connected recently then it might need reconnection which will cost the money either way. You need to ring BT and check

To check for LLU, look on http://www.samknows.com/broadband/checker2.php

Although you'll need the postcode.