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Moving house - get Broadband quickly..

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  • kunekune
    kunekune Posts: 1,909 Forumite
    What I would do is get a prepaid dongle which you could use while waiting for the more permanent system to be set up. The dongle will come in handy at some time anyway - I have three (long story) and found it really handy when we go on holiday. It's not fast broadband, but it is faster than dial up and it should keep him working in the handover period.
    Mortgage started on 22.5.09 : £129,600
    Overpayments to date: £3000
    June grocery challenge: 400/600
  • JulieH
    JulieH Posts: 36 Forumite
    Brilliant, thanks everyone. I think we'll look into dongles and see what the situation is with the neighbours...asking them obviously! Thanks.
  • 1echidna
    1echidna Posts: 23,086 Forumite
    Our system with Virgin was up and running two days after the move. It could have been scheduled the day of the move or the day after but we wanted a little time to settle in.
  • gmgmgm
    gmgmgm Posts: 511 Forumite
    I was in a similar position to OP. BT promised the earth and things went wrong- no broadband for over 3 weeks. Probably not their fault- there are so many variables in setting up broadband.

    I survived on 3G-broadband-over-my-Nokia.

    Get the dongle- the risk just isn't worth it.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Read this
    http://www.kitz.co.uk/isp/housemove.htm
  • Busbyuk
    Busbyuk Posts: 19 Forumite
    You can do whats called a Sim Provide. It means the same day your phone line is provided you also have your broadband. It costs around £100 extra to do this however.
  • JulieH
    JulieH Posts: 36 Forumite
    We did ask BT about the sim provides, but unfortunately our current providers don't offer that. Looks like our only option will be a dongle.
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