Broadband for shared house

I share a house with 3 others. The tv and phone are provided through
Telewest but there is a dormant BT line we could activate.

As none of us is sure to be in the house in a year's time, we do not
want to sign up with Telewest because it is a 12 month contract, and to
transfer the account name triggers a new 12 month contract.

So we are thinking of scrapping the Telewest phone deal and activating
the BT line.

Could someone recommend a broadband supplier which fits this:

- no 12 month contract (6 months or less would be better)

- 512KB

Thanks!

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

: - no 12 month contract (6 months or less would be better)

: - 512KB

This has been discussed many times before. Several ISPs will give a one month
contract if you pay them the activation fee (~£50 +VAT) that they gett
charged by BT for enabling ADSL.

The only ISP to both waive the activation fee AND to allow short term (after
3 months?) cancellation has, so far, been Virgin.

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:15:05 +0000 (UTC), Brian McIlwrath
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
> : - no 12 month contract (6 months or less would be better)
>
> : - 512KB
>
> This has been discussed many times before. Several ISPs will give a one
> month
> contract if you pay them the activation fee (~£50 +VAT) that they gett
> charged by BT for enabling ADSL.
>
> The only ISP to both waive the activation fee AND to allow short term
> (after
> 3 months?) cancellation has, so far, been Virgin.


We offer a 512k connection with a monthly contract for a one-off fee of
£70.50 which starts at £14.99 a month for 1GB usage. Additional GB's can
be purchased for £1.50 each in advance. Or our Premier package for higher
useage starts at £21.99 a month.

With Regards,

Ben,
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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I share a house with 3 others. The tv and phone are provided through
> Telewest but there is a dormant BT line we could activate.
>
> As none of us is sure to be in the house in a year's time, we do not
> want to sign up with Telewest because it is a 12 month contract, and to
> transfer the account name triggers a new 12 month contract.
>
> So we are thinking of scrapping the Telewest phone deal and activating
> the BT line.
>
> Could someone recommend a broadband supplier which fits this:
>
> - no 12 month contract (6 months or less would be better)
>
> - 512KB

However if you activate the BT line you will probably have a 1-year
minimum on the line rental even if you sign up for a 1-month broadband deal.

"Wireless Reader" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> However if you activate the BT line you will probably have a 1-year
> minimum on the line rental even if you sign up for a 1-month broadband
> deal.

Why did you just make that up? There's 3 or 6 month line rental contracts,
it's not even a contract as such, and i know folk who've had no probs
getting it cancelled.

> There's 3 or 6 month line rental contracts,

Are you *really* sure about that? Just in case:
http://www.serviceview.bt.com/list/c...boo/000214.htm

I've never heard of a 6 month minumum rental period but there's a minimum
term for brand new provision of service (12 months) and a minimum term for
takeover of existing (3 months)

> it's not even a contract as such, and i know folk who've had no probs
> getting it cancelled.

So what exactly do you suppose it is if it's not a contract? An agreement
for BT to provide you with a service that you agree to pay for... IANAL but
that does sound like a contract?!?! Just because there's an early
termination clause doens't stop it being so.

Dave

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:56B2e.731$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> There's 3 or 6 month line rental contracts,
>
> Are you *really* sure about that? Just in case:
> http://www.serviceview.bt.com/list/c...boo/000214.htm
>
> I've never heard of a 6 month minumum rental period but there's a minimum
> term for brand new provision of service (12 months) and a minimum term for
> takeover of existing (3 months)

You can cancel the 3 or 12 month contracts for a small fee as described at
http://www.serviceview.bt.com/list/c....boo/00023.htm

Regards
Sunil

On 30 Mar 2005, "PlusNet Support Team" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 30 Mar 2005 09:15 (UTC), Brian McIlwrath wrote:
>
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>
>> : - no 12 month contract (6 months or less would be better)
>>
>> : - 512KB
>>
>> This has been discussed many times before. Several ISPs will give a one
>> month contract if you pay them the activation fee (~£50 +VAT) that they
>> get charged by BT for enabling ADSL.
>>
>> The only ISP to both waive the activation fee AND to allow short term
>> (after 3 months?) cancellation has, so far, been Virgin.
>
>
>a 512k connection with a monthly contract for a one-off fee of £70.50

Unfortunately, compared with 0.00 for setup, the Plus.Net option is hardly
'competitive' in this instance... Peter M.



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"Brian McIlwrath" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:d2dqmp$884$(E-Mail Removed)...
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> The only ISP to both waive the activation fee AND to allow short term
> (after
> 3 months?) cancellation has, so far, been Virgin.

What about www.bulldogdsl.com Free connection and no 12 month contract on
either the broadband or phone line (if your in an LLU area)

Paul

Paul G wrote:

> What about www.bulldogdsl.com Free connection and no 12 month contract on
> either the broadband or phone line (if your in an LLU area)
>
> Paul

From my old dodgy memory, If you reactivate a BT line and couldn't
prove regular income (i.e. Student), BT could ask you for a deposit
before they connected you for phone use. Does Bulldog do the same thing?
Does BT still have this practice? (talking 20 years ago here).

Adrian