Moving house, 6 week gap

libertino

I'm moving out mid-September, staying with family for 6 weeks (where there is internet and phone), then moving into a different property end of October.

I already notified BT of my cancellation. I just phoned my ISP (Plusnet) to do the same but was told of their £25 cancellation fee, which I'd forgotten about. What I ended up agreeing to is this:

Continuing my £11.49/month internet (including the 6 weeks I'm unable to use it)
Signing up to £11.99/month landline phone at the new property with free line activation (I think this may also commence during the 6 weeks I'm at neither property)

I hadn't planned on getting their landline but £11.99's cheaper than BT are charging me and free line activation saves me £125 (I think).

What do you think to this? I'm avoiding a £25 cancellation fee and a line activation fee, but I am paying for £35 of internet and phone while I can't use it.

Could I be getting a better deal elsewhere anyway? (I'm a heavy internet user and light landline user.)

libertino

Hmm, seeing as I can get line activation free elsewhere as well as cheaper monthly internet provision (eg. Primus £3/month) I think I should get out of this.

libertino

I'm unconvinced by Primus so think I'll leave them alone.

Cancelling will cost me £25, staying will cost me approximately the same (service charge for the 6 weeks I'm not using it), so what it comes down to really is the line activation fee and monthly cost. Getting free line activation is excellent, even though BT's is £30 instead of £130 at the moment, and £23/month for line and internet is OK, save for too-good-to-be-true deals like Primus.