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Broadband for students
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I'm moving into a flat this week and want to get a good broadband deal. I heard some companies do deals for students which are like 9 month contracts as opposed to the usual 12. Does anyone know who does these?
Also, just in general, what good companies should I be looking at? There's only two of us so we have to split cost down the middle so it has to be reasonably affordable.
Also, just in general, what good companies should I be looking at? There's only two of us so we have to split cost down the middle so it has to be reasonably affordable.
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http://www.telewest.co.uk/html/student_pack/student_time_out_pack.html
In the past when i was signed up to telewest, i was with them for 8 months i think, gave them 1 or 2 months notice when i was moving out the house and they were fine with it.
So, if your planning on using P2P or surfing all day (well what else is a student to do?) its best to go uncapped.
What kinda flat?
Univeristy accomodation or private?
Are you sharing the place? If so you could all chip in for the internet and use WiFi to share it.
I pay #15 per month for mine but for each person I recommend who take it up I get a 50p discount - so now it's like 13.99, just need another 28 people and it will be free .. LOL
Uncapped is probably what we want yes.
I would also like wireless broadband as we both have laptops and it would be a bonus to be able to use them whereever.
I have no phoneline established in the flat yet. I believe the BT line calls £10.50 a month for a standard line. Then i was going to get Tiscali 2MB broadband for like £17.99 a month on top of that.
I looked into telewest's phone/internet/tv all inclusive deals but unfortunately they don't supply my street, even though they seem to supply the rest of fucking Edinburgh.
Should I just go for the BT standard line together with an outside company for broadband (Tiscali) or are there other alternatives I'm blatantly missing?
if you decide to switch (bad customer service record) they wont transfer you as easily as the other people, youll have to get adsl deactivated and reactivated
The £10.50 BT deal is pretty good, but is actually £11.50, they advertise it as £10.50 because that is how much it is if you pay by direct debit.
I had NTL last year at £17.99 for phone and internet on a 9 month contract, but they were absolutely hellish to me and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone, not even my worst enemy.
Check this article out for some good considerations for students needing broadband, and a table showing the total you'd pay in 9 months on different contracts.
Cheers, Steve
8mb uncapped £10 per month for 12 months.
we were payi 25 for 2mb
whoever thought of wireless keyboards was an idiot, they just -dont- work
Hi there,
I realise that this page is slightly out of date. Think that getting advice on which broadband to choose is still a prob- here's a page I wrote for Top 10 Broadband (earning a bit of money as a student- woo hoo) and even though I say it myself I think it's pretty helpful...
http://www.top10-broadband.co.uk/types/student-broadband/
Take it easy xx
No more replys please - Let this thread die peacefully
I found www.broadbandforstudents.com and went with Be! You can search by post code or phone number and comes up with all the best deals for students
Does this make it a keegan thread?