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Student broardband

My student D/D is moving into a house with 3 others they have mobiles ,what is the cheapest way for them to connect to the internet B/B packages or anything else available.

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  • jayme1
    jayme1 Posts: 2,154 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 5 September 2011 at 2:51PM
    if they can get virgin cable then they can just get BB on a 9 month contract, and because it is BB only you are not wasting money having to pay for a phone line or TV.

    linky so that would work out at £57.25 (including the £40 install fee) each for the entire 9 months BB, one of them would have to have the contract in their name (usually the one who is best with money) and if I was them I would collect all the money for the contract at the beginning as you know it is a fixed cost and also negates the whole once a month going round and collecting the money to put in the bank account so it can be taken by DD
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Not enough info. Is there already a landline or cable supply at the property?
    If not then they'll need one or the other for any fixed line broadband.
    Without those, the only alternative is mobile broadband via a dongle.
    Do an exchange search on https://www.samknows for the available LLU providers if they are looking at ADSL broadband.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
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