Broadband with no minimum contract??

Infidel

Hi all.

I'm just wondering if anyone can recommend a broadband provider with no minimum contract. I just want to use the internet for july and august so do not want to pay for a full 12 months.

I did have a browse around but it seems many of the companies require a 12-month contract.

Thanks. :-)

devizes18193

I Think Plus Net Might

espresso

devizes18193 wrote:

I Think Plus Net Might

You must be joking!

Read the small print:

"For every year you stay with PlusNet we'll guarantee that the cancellation cost decreases. What does this mean? If you cancel within the first year, then you will pay £47 for the activation. For every year you stay we'll reduce this by £9.40. If you also choose to take a modem as part of the offer there will be an additional cancellation fee of £25 in the first year and this will reduce by £5 for each year that you stay."

:eek:

HTH

Infidel

Is that a 'no' then?

mhendo

Infidel wrote:

Is that a 'no' then?

Most ISP's look to recoupe the costs of activation now, if you leave within 12 months. Virgin.net was one of the last, but have introduced a £50 cancellation fee if leaving within 12 months.

Try Freeola (a reseller of EntaNet). Its a 3month trial (no activation fee, and discounted for the 1st 3 months). £9.99pm with 3GB cap, or £14.99pm with 330GB cap - on up to 8Mbps.

You'll see here, that EntaNet are pretty highly rated.

Hope that helps.

Infidel

Has anyone had any experience of freeola?

Do i need a phone line for that or cable?

Actually i just read that you need a BT phoneline, i am actually on NTL at the moment.

sasparillo

Zen and Newnet, I think, have a month's notice. Newnet does a residential broadband connection from between £13 and £14.

hd7481

We use Freedom to surf. We have no contract.

espresso

hd7481 wrote:

We use Freedom to surf. We have no contract.

Now owned by Pipex.

More small print:

*Activation price waived subject to the service being retained against the same uninterrupted and unchanged BT Line Rental Contract for a minimum of 6 months, otherwise standard activation fee of £49.99 is due.

** Activation price waived subject to the service being retained against the same uninterrupted and unchanged BT Line Rental Contract for a minimum of 3 months, otherwise standard activation fee of £49.99 is due.

:rolleyes:

piggeh

As I just wrote in another thread - Nildram have a one month minimum term and are the dogs dangly bits.

£47 cancellation fee if you cancel in first 12 months though, or a £47 activation fee for anyone connecting to the PAYG service which starts at £14 a month for up to 8MB speeds.

mhendo

Infidel wrote:

Has anyone had any experience of freeola?

Do i need a phone line for that or cable?

Actually i just read that you need a BT phoneline, i am actually on NTL at the moment.

Well, you won;t be able to use any ADSL ISPs then. You'll only be able to use NTL's internet service if you want broadband. I recall reading that you can also get AOL through cable (never seen this advertised myself).