Getting broadband connection with bad credit

kemaniro

I apologise if the is already a thread for this, but searching turned up nil.
I'm in the process of having to move into new accommodation after always living with my parents due to debts i've had and not being able to afford living costs independently being a single parent. My remaining living parent has to go into a care facility due to medical reasons, and in turn this means i will be moving into council property with my daughter but this means i can only afford rent/living costs or paying off the remainder of my debts. I can not possibly do both much to my regret.
My question is, at the moment my credit score is good, as i always make my payments, but very shortly i will have to skip the monthly repayments due to my moving and having to pay rent. Will i be able to get broadband connection as my daughter is in her GCSE years and relys on the internet for study purposes. I'm freaking out worrying if her education is going to suffer due to my own financial downfall.

spike7451

The only ISP that would cause problems would be VM,They do credit checks & you may have to pay a deposit.Other ISP's you pay a month in advance iirc.And I have bad credit after redundency & didn't have any problems getting broadband with O2,and last year home phone with them as well.

kemaniro

spike7451 wrote: »

The only ISP that would cause problems would be VM,They do credit checks & you may have to pay a deposit.Other ISP's you pay a month in advance iirc.And I have bad credit after redundency & didn't have any problems getting broadband with O2,and last year home phone with them as well.

Thank you for taking the time to reply, i actually am with VM currently so i'm presuming it'll be a no go when the time comes.

spike7451

kemaniro wrote: »

Thank you for taking the time to reply, i actually am with VM currently so i'm presuming it'll be a no go when the time comes.

If you have been with them for a while,paid your bills on time mostly,then you'll have built up a sort of trust rating with them so assuming you stay with VM for the broadband then the shouldn't be any problem adding broadband to your package.
Heck,when I worked for NTL/VM as an engineer,I was constantly reconnecting customers who'd been cut off for non payment.

chanz4

get a dongle deal

mcjordi

if your credit history is that bad 02 will refuse service too.. i know they did for me. however talktalk didnt do a credit check
bt credit check as they wanted a 100 quid deposit or something like that off me..