Free wireless internet and cheap 3G broadband article discussion

There is a major loophole in Vodafone's IN STORE offers on mobile broadband.

Amongst others, the following 2 standard options are available to customers:
1)Customers can get a free Huawei E220 (3.6mps) modem on a 12 month contract for £15/month for 3GB monthly usage.
2)For customers not wishing to enter in to a 12 month contract, they can buy the modem for £49 and then pay £20 per month for the 3GB on a rolling 30 day contract.

There are the following twists to these offers which can be mixed together to create the loophole:
3)Customers connecting to the 12 month contract for £15/month for 3GB monthly usage who do not take the modem are entitled to a one-off £150 bill credit instead.
4)There is an offer for existing customers who have any, minimum 12 month term, contract with Vodafone whereby they can take the 30 day option for £20 per month but do not actually have to pay the £49 for the modem.

The way to get up to 3.6mps 3G broadband for less than £5 per month for 3GB monthly usage is the following:

Head to your nearest Vodafone store and ask for both the £15/month mobile broadband for 3GB on a 12 month contract without a modem (to get the £150 credit) and also the 30 day £20/month option with a free modem (which you will be eligible for because you now have a 12 month contract with them).

The salesperson should honour this request as this is effectively 2 contract sales for the salesperson.

Put the SIM card you have been given for the 12 month contract in to the modem and as soon as is practicable, give the 30 days notice required to cancel the 30 day broadband, so that you have effectively obtained the modem for £20.

The charges for the 12 months from the date of you signing the 2 contracts will then be the following:

Month 1: £35 (£15 + £20)
Months 2 to 12: £15

In total that makes £200 of charges for 12 months of usage. However offsetting these charges is the £150 credit applied to your account on day 1.

That's therefore £50 for 12 months of 3G broadband- less than £5 per month
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Technical note:
If you stay within the 3GB/month limit, you will therefore pay nothing on the contract(s) for the first 8 months because your account will still be in credit. You will then pay £5 in month 9 and the £15 per month for months 10, 11 and 12 as the credit will have been used up by the previous charges.

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