Short term broadband?

PatKeyboard

Hi All, 

In a bit of a pickle with this one and cannot seem to find a solution.

I have just bought a new house and will be moving to it in 3 - 6 months. However I want to have broadband in there so when the house is getting renovated I can work from there - this means I can't do a "move house" request with my current provider (Sky) because I want to maintain it in my current accommodation. 

I cannot find anything less than a 12 month contract with any provider. Three and Virgin claim to offer no contract broadband but every time I put my postcode in I'm only offered 24 month contracts. I obviously don't want to sign up to that because in 3 - 6 months I will move my Sky package to the house anyway. 

Does anyone have any other ideas? Unfortunately the signal coverage on my mobile (o2) isn't great there so tethering not an option... 

Is my only option to sign up to a 12 month contract and take the hit on having to pay twice for the last 6 months potentially? Thanks!

la531983

Check signals for other mobile providers?

flaneurs_lobster

la531983 said:

Check signals for other mobile providers?

This. If you can find a network with a decent signal (test it near windows around your new gaff) you can buy a Mi-fi device for ~£20 and unlimited mobile data deals are available for about the same per month.

Fine for normal internet access, if your "work" is editing real-time UHD video - not so much.

onomatopoeia99

PatKeyboard said:

Hi All, 

In a bit of a pickle with this one and cannot seem to find a solution.

I have just bought a new house and will be moving to it in 3 - 6 months. However I want to have broadband in there so when the house is getting renovated I can work from there - this means I can't do a "move house" request with my current provider (Sky) because I want to maintain it in my current accommodation. 

I cannot find anything less than a 12 month contract with any provider. Three and Virgin claim to offer no contract broadband but every time I put my postcode in I'm only offered 24 month contracts. I obviously don't want to sign up to that because in 3 - 6 months I will move my Sky package to the house anyway. 

Does anyone have any other ideas? Unfortunately the signal coverage on my mobile (o2) isn't great there so tethering not an option... 

Is my only option to sign up to a 12 month contract and take the hit on having to pay twice for the last 6 months potentially? Thanks!

https://www.aa.net.uk/broadband/home1/vdsl-prices/

One month term available here. The page above is for FTTC but they also offer FTTP and even ADSL where that is the only option.  You pay the install costs and router cost (if you need one) up front on 30 day minimum term contracts so may not be appealling to expert moneysavers.

Note : I use this ISP and have done since 2003.

PatKeyboard

onomatopoeia99 said:

PatKeyboard said:

Hi All, 

In a bit of a pickle with this one and cannot seem to find a solution.

I have just bought a new house and will be moving to it in 3 - 6 months. However I want to have broadband in there so when the house is getting renovated I can work from there - this means I can't do a "move house" request with my current provider (Sky) because I want to maintain it in my current accommodation. 

I cannot find anything less than a 12 month contract with any provider. Three and Virgin claim to offer no contract broadband but every time I put my postcode in I'm only offered 24 month contracts. I obviously don't want to sign up to that because in 3 - 6 months I will move my Sky package to the house anyway. 

Does anyone have any other ideas? Unfortunately the signal coverage on my mobile (o2) isn't great there so tethering not an option... 

Is my only option to sign up to a 12 month contract and take the hit on having to pay twice for the last 6 months potentially? Thanks!

https://www.aa.net.uk/broadband/home1/vdsl-prices/

One month term available here. The page above is for FTTC but they also offer FTTP and even ADSL where that is the only option.  You pay the install costs and router cost (if you need one) up front on 30 day minimum term contracts so may not be appealling to expert moneysavers.

Note : I use this ISP and have done since 2003.

Thanks for this. Yes looking at the prices, it's probably more cost efficient to take the hit on a 12 month from a normal provider, but thank you! 

PatKeyboard

flaneurs_lobster said:

la531983 said:

Check signals for other mobile providers?

This. If you can find a network with a decent signal (test it near windows around your new gaff) you can buy a Mi-fi device for ~£20 and unlimited mobile data deals are available for about the same per month.

Fine for normal internet access, if your "work" is editing real-time UHD video - not so much.

Thank you - Is there a feasible way to do this without signing up? Or should I just find friends on different signals and test it? Do you put a SIM directly into that Mi-Fi device? Cheers!

GrubbyGirl_2

Have you talked to sky to see if they can do anything for you?

la531983

PatKeyboard said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

la531983 said:

Check signals for other mobile providers?

This. If you can find a network with a decent signal (test it near windows around your new gaff) you can buy a Mi-fi device for ~£20 and unlimited mobile data deals are available for about the same per month.

Fine for normal internet access, if your "work" is editing real-time UHD video - not so much.

Thank you - Is there a feasible way to do this without signing up? Or should I just find friends on different signals and test it? Do you put a SIM directly into that Mi-Fi device? Cheers!

You can get a Lebara SIM dirt cheap, they run off Vodafone. Be worth a test.

flaneurs_lobster

PatKeyboard said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

la531983 said:

Check signals for other mobile providers?

This. If you can find a network with a decent signal (test it near windows around your new gaff) you can buy a Mi-fi device for ~£20 and unlimited mobile data deals are available for about the same per month.

Fine for normal internet access, if your "work" is editing real-time UHD video - not so much.

Thank you - Is there a feasible way to do this without signing up? Or should I just find friends on different signals and test it? Do you put a SIM directly into that Mi-Fi device? Cheers!

Yep, need to get SIMs on the ground, friends/family would be ideal. The coverage maps from the networks are pretty useless at the individual property level.

Yes, the SIM goes into the Mi-fi. Here's a typical one from Cex

https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=SMONGEN300MIFIVOD

QrizB

I purchased a refurbished, unlocked 4GEE device from Amazon a couple of weeks ago. The price does go up and down but it's currently £22:

https://amzn.eu/d/0EAlR2p 

Mine works fine (by the standards of the subpar mobile reception in my house) with a ScanCom Three SIM like this:

https://amzn.eu/d/6RYt7Dl

Obviously you might want more than 50GB of data a month; they have SIMs to suit most use cases.

JSmithy45AD

GrubbyGirl_2 said:

Have you talked to sky to see if they can do anything for you?

Worth a call.

Has @PatKeyboard checked that they can get Sky BB at the new address? If not, that solves your problem as you'd need a new supplier anyway, Sky would terminate the original deal whenever you move (or tell them you've moved).