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I know of several people who would dearly love to have a basic internet connection but even with hand me down kit, find any expenditure to an ISP difficult to meet.
So two questions come out of this:
1) Are there any grants or similar available to help?
2) Any suggestions for a rock bottom internet connection price that remains at sub £10 after introductory offers expire.
And yes a BT phone line is there in each case, but if line rental costs rise substantially in the future even this is at risk. I have thought about piggy backing onto an agreeable neighbour's service but there are no wireless signals nearby.
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Grants - none that I know off the top of my head. There is BT Basic line rental only available to certain groups
http://www.bt.com/includingyou/other-products-servic...
But finding line rental that lets you have another providers Broadband service and is cheap is difficult.
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isp/talktalk/package/1... TalkTalk SimplyBroadband with line rental saver is about as cheap as you can get at £13 per month combined.
If their usage needs are not high, then a MiFi device with pre-pay usage to allow costs to be controlled may be the way to go.
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What exchange are the lines connected to?
What is the monthly GB usage required?
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What exchange are the lines connected to?
What is the monthly GB usage required?
01252 70xxxx [Elstead, Surrey]
Unknown but planned usage is for a small number of emails and limited surfing.
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TalkTalk is present so probably cheapest big name option.
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Yes, I think that will be the ticket. Thank you.
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Primus I don't think goes as cheap once you exclude offer periods.
Utility Warehouse might get there, but I would never recommend them.
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Primus I don't think goes as cheap once you exclude offer periods.
Utility Warehouse might get there, but I would never recommend them.
You have been really helpful on this matter. Thank you very much.
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Is it? Samknows doesn't show it, but I do realise it isn't always up to date.
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You could always try to come to an arrangement with a neighbour to share their broadband,
If they can cope with using a smartphone then a truly PAYG SIM card package like "3"'s 321 is another option ( data is 1p MB , and topups dont expire).
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http://maps.thinkbroadband.com/#!lat=51.178868985199...
Even has FTTC and evidence of users upgrading from TalkTalk with ADSL2+ upload speeds to the 80/20 fttc service
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Do you have an iPhone?
If so you could buy a little wireless dongle for your desktop computer and connect up through the phone via internet tethering when you need it.
Freeserve Dial-Up --> BTopenworld --> <n>ildram -->Talk Talk LLU --> ZeN
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I see you've replied to MrSaffron, I guess you meant to address the OP 
FWIW It's not just iPhones that can create wifi hotspots, Android phones (and I'm guessing WP) can too.
I agree this could be a solution if they can get on a decent mobile package for their limited needs.
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