ISP - 3 month break?

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Sudden

Sudden

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I just moved house and was with Sky for ages. Decided to cancel because they were increasing their prices, I was about to finish the contract anyway and thought i'd save on a few weeks worth of broadband since I wasn't going to be in the country.

Looking for a new ISP now, but will also be in the US for 3 months so the broadband will not be used at all. Am I better off just taking a 12 month contract and letting it sit idle for the 3 months? Or are there better options? I've been looking a bit at one month contracts, but most of them charge an installation fee and have higher monthly costs, which overall, I'm not sure works in my favour since would be back after the 3 months.

Help, oh wise collective of OcUK :)
 
Go via Quidco and get BT or something with the cashback card, the monthly cost isn't all that much with all the offers. Unless you can wait till after the three months that is.
 
Not enough information. Depends when you're going and your usage.

If you're leaving in a month and only use it for emails you could get by with a 3G connection. If you're leaving in 9 months and download 1 TB per month of data it's a bit different.
 
Going in mid July so about 4 months.

Use is general browsing, online gaming and Netflix. Too long/much to get by just with a phone connection.

I THINK and not sure at all, i once checked my WiFi usage and it was around 130-150 GB/month. Could be way off, but Netflix would be a decent chunk of bandwidth.
 
Not unrealistic - 1 hour per day of 10 Mbit usage is about 132 GB a month.

I've had a look and it depends on how much you're paying a month and if you want ADSL2 or FTTC.

If the monthly cost is cheap then it's better to just get a 12/18 month new customer deal. E.g. the deals on http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/cheap-broadband or quidco/topcashback etc.

If the monthly cost is relatively expensive then it'll be cheaper to get something like Pulse8 or NOW TV for a few months and cancel, but take the hit on set-up charges twice.
 
Thanks guys. i'm paying about £20 at the moment and don't see myself paying a huge amount more than this. Sounds like it'll be best to just suck up the 3 or so months.
 
If that's £20 with line rental then yes, suck it up. If that's £20 plus line rental (so about £35) then you'll probably find Pulse8 and the like represent a saving.
 
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