Contract expired but potentially moving home

patchyX2

My phone and broadband contract has ended with Sky. I'm still with them but my monthly cost has jumped up.

Normally I'd hop on a new deal, but I'm potentially moving home in the next 12 months or so.

Is there any benefit to not being on a contract when moving home? I think most places let you port your deal don't they (assuming your new property has the supporting infrastructure)? 

Neil_Jones

Not everybody lets you port the deal (more so if you're with Virgin and move to a non-Virgin area for example), but you can cancel without fees as you aren't on a deal - just a rolling contract.

As a general rule if you stick with a BT line based provider you can usually transfer the broadband to another property (though if you can get FTTP it isn't universally available so you may get lumped with FTTC or even bog standard ADSL if that isnt' available )

macman

The contract is at your current address only: very few providers allow you to move it to another address, and, if they do, it normally requires a new minimum term contract. Breach the minimum term and you'll be charged an ETC.
You need to equate the ETC against the extra cost you will pay per month by not agreeing a new minimum term.
Either way, you are still in a contract.

GrumpyDil

Although I am with gigaclear who will waive the termination fee if you move to an area they are not able to service.

I choose gigaclear on that basis because I am intending to move next year. 

The other choice OP could consider would be to look at mobile broadband if they have decent service as that could be taken with them to a new address. 

iniltous

If you are outside any minimum term with Sky and are paying more than you need to (if you committed to a new minimum term ) then the flexibility being able to give a months notice could be worthwhile for someone intending to move in the very near future , but it’s not always the case ….obviously keeping things as they are ( and paying extra for the privilege ) could work out well , if when you move , the address has access to alternative networks as well as Openreach, or you could get a better deal from another Openreach provider than the Sky renewal deal….but it’s also possible that the deal you get is no better than the Sky renewal, in fact the ‘best’ option could turn out to be Sky , in which case you would have needlessly paid a higher monthly fee at your current address for however many months before you move…
There  is no hard and fast rule, but as Sky use Openreach, and OR are pretty much everywhere, if you do renew with Sky , you should be able to use the home mover service and keep the price etc at the new address , even if it’s with a different phone number and different broadband speed ( which could be better or could be worse ).
Personally , if the move is likely to be in less than 3-4 months and the difference in price with Sky ( inside or outside a minimum term ) is around £10 , I would keep the flexibility, if it were £30 then that’s a different proposition , unless you know what’s available at the ‘new’ address.

HaroldWhistler

GrumpyDil said:

Although I am with gigaclear who will waive the termination fee if you move to an area they are not able to service.

I choose gigaclear on that basis because I am intending to move next year. 

The other choice OP could consider would be to look at mobile broadband if they have decent service as that could be taken with them to a new address. 

I would second this. Go with a rolling monthly (landline based) broadband provider with flexibility. Or Mobile broadband until the move is completed.