Boradband in rental housing.

I intend to rent a flat in London for six months and install broadband.
Hopefully, after six months I will be able to move somewhere nicer.

1) Are there any broadband providers that permit a six month contract?

2) If not, would there be any problem in "switching" the service to
another flat for the second six months?

Also, presumably since no modification to the electronics are done,
installing DSL would be OK in rented housing?

I am assuming a contract with the provider is unavoidable.

TIA.

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Quimbler <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I intend to rent a flat in London for six months and install
> broadband. Hopefully, after six months I will be able to move
> somewhere nicer.
>
> 1) Are there any broadband providers that permit a six month contract?
>
> 2) If not, would there be any problem in "switching" the service to
> another flat for the second six months?
>
> Also, presumably since no modification to the electronics are done,
> installing DSL would be OK in rented housing?
>
> I am assuming a contract with the provider is unavoidable.
>
> TIA.

Many ISPs do monthly contracts - so you don't have to commit yourself for a
long period.

However, with these, you either have to pay an up-front activation charge of
about 60 quid - or you have to pay the equivalent at the end if you cancel
in less than 12 months.

Some ISPs will allow you to switch the service to a different line when you
move - but there will be costs involved, because the ISP gets charged by BT.

As long as the flat has a BT phone line in your name, you should be able to
get ASDL on it. If it's in the landlord's name, but he passes on the charges
to you, it gets a bit more complicated!
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Tim
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Quimbler wrote:
> I intend to rent a flat in London for six months and install
> broadband. Hopefully, after six months I will be able to move
> somewhere nicer.
>
> 1) Are there any broadband providers that permit a six month contract?

Yes

>
> 2) If not, would there be any problem in "switching" the service to
> another flat for the second six months?

Yes

>
> Also, presumably since no modification to the electronics are done,
> installing DSL would be OK in rented housing?
>

Yes

> I am assuming a contract with the provider is unavoidable.
>

Yes
> TIA.

Not at all
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Quimbler wrote:
> I intend to rent a flat in London for six months and install broadband.
> Hopefully, after six months I will be able to move somewhere nicer.
>
> 1) Are there any broadband providers that permit a six month contract?
>
> 2) If not, would there be any problem in "switching" the service to
> another flat for the second six months?
>
> Also, presumably since no modification to the electronics are done,
> installing DSL would be OK in rented housing?
>
> I am assuming a contract with the provider is unavoidable.
>
> TIA.

www.metronet.co.uk or zen.co.uk month by month contracts. good service.

Tiscali Tim wrote:
> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> Quimbler <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>I intend to rent a flat in London for six months and install
>> broadband. Hopefully, after six months I will be able to move
>>somewhere nicer.
>>
>>1) Are there any broadband providers that permit a six month contract?
>>
>>2) If not, would there be any problem in "switching" the service to
>>another flat for the second six months?
>>
>>Also, presumably since no modification to the electronics are done,
>>installing DSL would be OK in rented housing?
>>
>>I am assuming a contract with the provider is unavoidable.
>>
>>TIA.
>
>
> Many ISPs do monthly contracts - so you don't have to commit yourself for a
> long period.
>
> However, with these, you either have to pay an up-front activation charge of
> about 60 quid - or you have to pay the equivalent at the end if you cancel
> in less than 12 months.
>
> Some ISPs will allow you to switch the service to a different line when you
> move - but there will be costs involved, because the ISP gets charged by BT.
>
> As long as the flat has a BT phone line in your name, you should be able to
> get ASDL on it. If it's in the landlord's name, but he passes on the charges
> to you, it gets a bit more complicated!

I was thinking about that. But if the phone line is with BT and the
ADSL is with a different company would they not bill you differently to
if it was BT who also own the phone line?

IOW, 2 bills not 1 (as with BT)?

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Quimbler <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Tiscali Tim wrote:
>> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
>> Quimbler <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> As long as the flat has a BT phone line in your name, you should be
>> able to get ASDL on it. If it's in the landlord's name, but he
>> passes on the charges to you, it gets a bit more complicated!
>
> I was thinking about that. But if the phone line is with BT and the
> ADSL is with a different company would they not bill you differently
> to if it was BT who also own the phone line?
>
> IOW, 2 bills not 1 (as with BT)?

Yes, there'd be 2 bills - one from BT for the line and one from the ISP for
the ADSL service.

In order to implement the ADSL service, your chosen ISP has to get BT to
move the exchange end of the line to an ADSL rack, and enable ADSL on it via
that ISP. There could possibly be a problem if BT receive a request - via
the ISP - from someone who isn't *their* recorded customer for that line.
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Quimbler wrote:
>
> But if the phone line is with BT and the
> ADSL is with a different company would they not bill you differently
> to if it was BT who also own the phone line?
>
> IOW, 2 bills not 1 (as with BT)?

Not sure I'm with you on this With two suppliers (BT & ISP) you *will*
get two bills. I think that the situation would be the same even if BT was
your phone supplier *AND* your ISP, since its two different BT divisions -
ie. I don't think that the BT ISP charge will appear on yout BT phone bill -
but I could be wrong.

Most ISPs accept Direct Debit or Credit Card and charge monthly to that. I
have *NEVER* seen a bill from Pipex in the 2 years I've been with them. They
charge my CCard - and I pay it when the CCard bill arrives.

HTH
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"Tiscali Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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[snip]

> In order to implement the ADSL service, your chosen ISP has to get BT to
> move the exchange end of the line to an ADSL rack, and enable ADSL on it
> via
> that ISP. There could possibly be a problem if BT receive a request -
> via
> the ISP - from someone who isn't *their* recorded customer for that
> line.

Shouldn't be a problem. I know someone who has ADSL in his own name on his
parents' line. 2 bills, the parents get the BT bill and the son gets his
ADSL bill. Totally separate.

Ivor

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Ivor Jones <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Tiscali Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
> [snip]
>
>> In order to implement the ADSL service, your chosen ISP has to get
>> BT to move the exchange end of the line to an ADSL rack, and enable
>> ADSL on it via
>> that ISP. There could possibly be a problem if BT receive a request -
>> via
>> the ISP - from someone who isn't *their* recorded customer for that
>> line.
>
> Shouldn't be a problem. I know someone who has ADSL in his own name
> on his parents' line. 2 bills, the parents get the BT bill and the
> son gets his ADSL bill. Totally separate.
>
> Ivor

It may not be a problem. But ISTR that somewhere in the sign-up procedure I
had to specify the BT account number covering the line. If someone did it on
his parents' line with their knowledge and approval that would not be a
problem. If you wanted to do it in a rented flat without involving the
landlord, it *may* still be a problem.
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Tim
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> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> Ivor Jones <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

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>> Shouldn't be a problem. I know someone who has ADSL in his own name
>> on his parents' line. 2 bills, the parents get the BT bill and the
>> son gets his ADSL bill. Totally separate.
>>
>> Ivor
>
> It may not be a problem. But ISTR that somewhere in the sign-up
> procedure I
> had to specify the BT account number covering the line. If someone did
> it on
> his parents' line with their knowledge and approval that would not be a
> problem. If you wanted to do it in a rented flat without involving the
> landlord, it *may* still be a problem.

Good point.

Ivor