any broadband trials or monthly contracts to work with bt voyager modem

sare^baw's · 18 Apr 2006 at 22:32

my ol mum at 65 is a stranger to the internet, she bought a cheapo laptop from ~~~~~ for £350 or something, now she aint keen on internet but i said i would try and find out if there are any broadband trials to see if she would like broadband full time.

Ideally a 1 month trial would suit but i cant see any provider offering 1 month trials, am i wrong and are there any trials.

My other thoughts were getting a monthly contract broadband provider and let her try this but with no set up costs or modems needed, i have a bt voyager modem kicking about wich i xould give her so is there any monthly contracts with no set up fees would work with this voyager modem.

thanks

OllyM · 18 Apr 2006 at 23:38

It costs the ISP £40 + VAT to activate your line for ADSL, plus there's a port cost of £8.40 + VAT per month... there's no way any ISP would do a free trial of broadband nowadays.

tolien · 18 Apr 2006 at 23:43

Like Olly said, it's costing the ISP money to get the connection activated, so free activation and a monthly contract is a pipedream.

sare^baw's · 19 Apr 2006 at 00:23

ok guys thanks for the replies, need to re-think things.

i suppose my migration to F2S was free because im already adsl enabled and my mother aint so any monthly contract wont be any use either?

Mercutio · 19 Apr 2006 at 01:44

You could likely get somewhere running the odd special offer of cheap installation + monthly contract but would probably mean a couple of months connection + mebbe £20 activation.

sare^baw's · 19 Apr 2006 at 15:27

ok thanks for the info

if i looked for a monthly contract for her would i be able to use the bt voyager modem with another isp to save on equipment costs?

tolien · 19 Apr 2006 at 16:30

Yes, though any monthly contract would be fine - you'd just have the activation fee to pay (plus the monthly charge).

sare^baw's · 20 Apr 2006 at 15:36

thanks

off your head are there any monthy contract isp's dont have an activation fee for new customers?

Burbleflop · 20 Apr 2006 at 15:48

I don't know of any, and I'd be surprised it any exist.

BTW, you may want to edit your first post and remove the name of the competitor.

tolien · 20 Apr 2006 at 15:51

sare^baw's said:
off your head are there any monthy contract isp's dont have an activation fee for new customers?

tolien said:
it's costing the ISP money to get the connection activated, so free activation and a monthly contract is a pipedream.