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12 Month Contracts?

Just had a look on the Broadband checker tool and no 12-month contracts where I'm moving to, will only be in for 12 months, any suggestions I need at least 300mbps which appear if I choose 24 months!

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  • matelodave
    matelodave Posts: 9,117 Forumite
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    Highly unlikely that you'll get 300mbit/s on a 12 month contract. the cost of running fibre to the premises for a short term contract just wouln't be viable (even assuing that it's available wherey ou are proposing to move).

    ZEN broadband will provide 12 month contracts but only up to around 65mbit/s which implies FTTC. They do seem to have Utrafast  called Fullfibre100 and 300 but they are on 18 month contracts witha £30 set-up fee but again it needs to be avaiable - you need to use their postcode checker to see what is available.
    Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers
  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    As above check what you can get first .
    many cannot get 300meg plus yet .
  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    edited 6 June 2021 at 11:30AM
  • cookie666
    cookie666 Posts: 351 Forumite
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    Property can already get 900mpbs according to the online checker tool
  • Cisco001
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    mobile boardband
  • IAMIAM
    IAMIAM Posts: 1,388 Forumite
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    Contracts are slowly increasing, most are 18 to 24 months and mobiles are now 24 to 36 months....
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