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BillieTheBot
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Right. I moved into a new house where there isn't really a shared internet connection. One of the guys has it for work and shared the password but apparently no-one else has been able to make it work and he seemed reluctant to share with me. Git. I sort of need internet access at home and can't use it all the time when I'm at work or I'll get in trouble a bit, so I'm trying to find out what options I have. So far I've come up with...
1) Check the telephone point in my room and see if its a live one, then get it through there if I can. Problem here is if its the same line that the other guy has I'm guessing this isn't an option.
2) Get a new BT line put in. For £125 I'm thinking I'd rather not tbh.
3) Get Virgin cable.
I'm only in a 6 month contract for the house, and won't be there forever but I do need something in the meantime and am having problems coming up with solutions. If I have to pay off the remainder of a contract then so be it, but I just don't know what options there are available to me. I don't even need the phone part, just the internet which is why it pisses me off that BT want to screw me out of £125 for a new line.
Any help/suggestions appreciated
1) Check the telephone point in my room and see if its a live one, then get it through there if I can. Problem here is if its the same line that the other guy has I'm guessing this isn't an option.
2) Get a new BT line put in. For £125 I'm thinking I'd rather not tbh.
3) Get Virgin cable.
I'm only in a 6 month contract for the house, and won't be there forever but I do need something in the meantime and am having problems coming up with solutions. If I have to pay off the remainder of a contract then so be it, but I just don't know what options there are available to me. I don't even need the phone part, just the internet which is why it pisses me off that BT want to screw me out of £125 for a new line.
Any help/suggestions appreciated
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ETA: something like this...
http://www.airband.ltd.uk/
That would be too slow for computer use and would cost an absolute fortune.
If you're only in the house for 6 months you're pretty stuck, most providers have 12 month contracts. Your only other routes could be
Satellite
Dialup *shudder*
Use a library and buy lots of floppy disks.
Excellent! As I said a few posts up, just give NTL (now Virgin) 2 weeks notice and they'll relocate you for free. They'll answer your query on the customer services number. You'll need to keep your modem on you. What the engineers will do is wire your new house in accordance to where you'll be having your computer and modem. I don't work for NTL or anything... I just know this because I've moved house a couple of times before.
On the contrary, a 3G/ HSDPA connection can be comparable to broadband speeds used with a single computer, and T-Mobile has a 7.50/month no commitment option with as much data as you want for 1quid a day max.