Broadband/Internet without phoneline

NJG_2 · 22 February 2011 at 8:49PM

Hi, I' just moving into a 1 bedroom flat and there is no active phone-line. I've read I have two options- cable broadband or a dongle for approximately £15 per month.

I don't want to commit to more than a 6 month contract but cable seems to be 12 month and dongle 18 or 24 month.

Could anyone who has any experience of this kind of internet please advise!

Thanks in advance

PlutoinCapricorn · 22 February 2011 at 8:52PM

I use prepaid 3 dongles, and top them up with SIMs from eBay. This seems to be the cheapest option. It depends on how many films you want to watch!

Mark_In_Hampshire · 23 February 2011 at 3:24AM

The early termination fees were reduced for cable last October, I think.

Given that cable will outperform 3G just about everywhere (unless you live right next to a university campus):

You can get Three on PAYG - 7GB costs £25. Perfect for email, browsing, one or two films a month or a bit of TV and no commitment.

But I'd work out the early termination fee with cable and weigh up the numbers, since cable will provide anything up to 100Mbps downstream whereas 3G will struggle for 7Mbps on an extremely good day, 2 to 3Mbps is more normal.