Virgin hiking my price and ADSL/FTTP not available

born_again

What about a mobile internet contract, if you get a decent mobile signal?

https://www.moneysupermarket.com/broadband/mobile-broadband/

itm2

Smith2001uk said:

is 4G or 5G mobile broadband a possibility for you? three shows £504 for 24 months with the usual CPI increases.

I did think about that, but (a) I self-host a domain (for home automation and a couple of other purposes), and I don't think 4G/5G broadband would support a fixed IP address, and (b) I suspect it may be even pricier than Virgin Media, as my data usage is extremely high (>150GB per month)

onomatopoeia99

itm2 said:

So far I've tried the BT, Sky, Vodafone and Zen Internet broadband websites and none of them are showing  any broadband availability for my address.
The MSE broadband checker also shows Virgin Media as being the only option.

Try A&A who still list ADSL as something the offer, if only for an indication of availability as most here don't like their prices.  

iniltous

As you say FTTC / SoGEA isn’t available, so ADSL is apparently the only alternative to Virgin , ( unless an Alt Net is available or mobile broadband can deliver an acceptable performance ) , Virgin no doubt will know what’s available from competitors in every area they serve , and if there are no realistic alternatives they have no reason to offer discounts.

itm2

onomatopoeia99 said:

itm2 said:

So far I've tried the BT, Sky, Vodafone and Zen Internet broadband websites and none of them are showing  any broadband availability for my address.
The MSE broadband checker also shows Virgin Media as being the only option.

Try A&A who still list ADSL as something the offer, if only for an indication of availability as most here don't like their prices.  

Thanks - they do seem to offer ADSL for £35/month (plus a £75 installation charge). 1TB download limit. It's not a great price, but could be a useful fallback if all else fails...

iniltous

Strangely, SOADSL2+, ( that’s simply ADSL2+  without PSTN telephone ) shows neither available or waiting list , just ‘- -‘ , this is a pretty indeterminate response, its neither one thing or the other ,

This is a BTw checker , so only refers to providers that consume BTw , most LLU providers that offer ADSL2 don’t use the  BTw platform, so Sky ,Talk Talk and Vodafone are not bound by the returns on this checker , although the ADSL2+ speeds will be in line with the checker  , so around 16Mb ,but obviously they may have their own reasons for not offering service, seems odd though that ADSL2 isn’t available at all , 
Do you know your exchange name , 

https://kitz.co.uk/adsl/broadbandchecker.php

these checkers once were pretty accurate, not so much now, but may show what was available from LLU providers