Broadband as a gift

I would like to buy a years Broadband subscription as a gift for a
relative. Are there any providers that allow a single annual payment?

On 14 Dec 2004 in uk.telecom.broadband, apl wrote:

>I would like to buy a years Broadband subscription as a gift for a
>relative. Are there any providers that allow a single annual payment?

I know Plus.Net does. I am fairly sure my other ISP (www.ukfsn.org)
would be able to accommodate you, as they can tailor WorldPay or let
you pay by cheque. Eclipse has been known to handle things manually,
so worthwhile asking them, too. Some while ago, Powernet (I think, a
daft website needing Macromedia Flash, so awkward to navigate) allowed
a discount for those paying for 1 or 2 years up front. Why not ring up
sales departments at the ISPs listed for "top of the speed tests" for
last month and look back 8-12 months and see which others were listed.

You may want to score them for how helpful and polite they are, and
then do a comparison of the ones you found to be helpful and could
accommodate your needs, and use the ISP comparison facility to
get existing customer perceptions of them, too... Lots of info
to be found at www.ADSLguide.org !! I bet many of the smaller ISPs
would have no problem accepting credit card or cheque from you (and
a credit card payment would be guaranteed in case the ISP went bust,
so there should be a refund available for unserved months, if it was
actually to happen, whereas a cheque payment has no protection! Peter.






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UKFSN passes all profits to Free Software projects in the UK.

"apl" (E-Mail Removed) wrote in message
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> I would like to buy a years Broadband subscription as a gift for a
> relative. Are there any providers that allow a single annual payment?

Pipex do.

"apl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I would like to buy a years Broadband subscription as a gift for a
> relative. Are there any providers that allow a single annual payment?

I believe http://www.freedom2surf.net/ do a gift voucher scheme, and
http://www.e7even.com/ allow you to pay for a whole year at once also
HTH

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>I would like to buy a years Broadband subscription as a gift for a
>relative. Are there any providers that allow a single annual payment?

NDO does this, it's a bit cheaper if you pay up front as well.
That probably applies to most ISP's, as they have your money already.

http://www.ndo.com/ndo/Products/Home...nthome500.html

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Paul

> I would like to buy a years Broadband subscription as a gift for a
> relative. Are there any providers that allow a single annual payment?

Would you like to adopt me :-}

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"Colin Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > I would like to buy a years Broadband subscription as a gift for a
> > relative. Are there any providers that allow a single annual payment?
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> Would you like to adopt me :-}

LOL
Me too pls

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> *Subject:* Broadband as a gift
> *From:* (E-Mail Removed) (apl)
> *Date:* 14 Dec 2004 03:40:05 -0800
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> I would like to buy a years Broadband subscription as a gift for a
> relative. Are there any providers that allow a single annual payment?
>

That's something we can do for you.



Leslie Costar
ICUK Computing Services Limited
http://www.icuknet.co.uk
ADSL, Dial Up, Hosting

"ICUKNet Support" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In article <(E-Mail Removed) >,
> (E-Mail Removed) (apl) wrote:
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> > *Subject:* Broadband as a gift
> > *From:* (E-Mail Removed) (apl)
> > *Date:* 14 Dec 2004 03:40:05 -0800
> >
> > I would like to buy a years Broadband subscription as a gift for a
> > relative. Are there any providers that allow a single annual payment?
> >
>
> That's something we can do for you.

Yikes 40 quid per month for a 1meg conection...
No hardware even included
Quote "One-off BT activation charge: £64.63 inc.VAT" (I thought they
charged 58 odd quid)....... All in all IMO adds up to...... A BIG OUCH!!
Im sure you are a good ISP though

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> Leslie Costar
> ICUK Computing Services Limited
> http://www.icuknet.co.uk
> ADSL, Dial Up, Hosting

BTW you need to update that address to the one it redirects to also.
NOT confidence inspiring, although as mentioned, im sure your a very good
ISP

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 02:26:32 -0000, "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)>
strung together this:

> (I thought they
>charged 58 odd quid).......

Add the VAT and you get.....
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