Broadband 6 month contract, no phone line required:possible?

Draeger · 27 May 2021 at 20:54

Due to some personal circumstances, I’m renting a property for 6 months and will then be buying a place of my own.

I see there are a few rolling month to month contract broadband deals out there, has anyone had experience of something similar or can recommend what to look at?

Also, daft question.....can I sign up to a broadband deal without having to pay for a phone line? I’ll never use a landline for phone calls, only my mobile. Is it possible to get broadband internet into a flat without having to pay for a phone line package too? Thanks.

ChrisD. · 27 May 2021 at 21:41

Virgin Media do monthly rolling contracts.

Nikumba · 28 May 2021 at 13:29

Three do a rolling month contract for a 4G router, works fine

b0rn2sk8 · 28 May 2021 at 13:41

You can port an existing BT based service to a new address without any problems.

otherwise, 4g is likely your best bet.

Draeger · 28 May 2021 at 14:00

Thanks all.

I see Now Broadband are doing a 60mb speed deal for £25 a month with a £65 setup fee. Will have a look at that also.

Caged · 28 May 2021 at 16:03

https://cuckoo.co will do a monthly contract with a £60 setup.

Avalon · 28 May 2021 at 16:32

NowTV (Sky), though if you aren’t a massive data user or highly latency sensitive 5G or 4G may work for you.

Draeger · 28 May 2021 at 18:14

Not really a high data user and the only game I play online is The Division 2 so latency shouldn't really bother me. I'll look at Cuckoo as well. This is only temporary as I plan on being in the property for 6 months or so and then buying a place where I'll go for a 12 month contract :cool:

b0rn2sk8 · 28 May 2021 at 18:30

Why don’t you just sign up to a normal contract and take it with you when you move?

There is no charge to do the above and it’s unlikely you’ll end up somewhere that bt can’t supply an alright connection unless your moving to Hull. Once you are all settled in, cancel and order Virgin if it’s available. If Virgin isn’t available well you’ll be stuck which whatever BT can offer anyway.

Seems rather costly to sign up to a rolling when you really don’t need to.

Draeger · 28 May 2021 at 20:26

b0rn2sk8 said:
Why don’t you just sign up to a normal contract and take it with you when you move?

There is no charge to do the above and it’s unlikely you’ll end up somewhere that bt can’t supply an alright connection unless your moving to Hull. Once you are all settled in, cancel and order Virgin if it’s available. If Virgin isn’t available well you’ll be stuck which whatever BT can offer anyway.

Seems rather costly to sign up to a rolling when you really don’t need to.

It's a wee bit complicated. My partner is living in a flat that we intend selling or letting around October time when we will both be buying a house together. We thought we would take her broadband contract with us as its fast Virgin cable with a TV package. The place I'm renting for around 6 months will be temporary until we buy together so it makes sense if we want to stick with Virgin that we take her contract with us and I just grab a monthly one to tide me over, if that makes sense.