In reply to a post by yarwell:

several ISPs offer monthly phone line rental - IDnet, Zen, Plusnet (LOL) "Plusnet Broadband Phone has a minimum period of 1 month"

Well OK, IDnet has a 1-month minimum term on phone but charge £120 installation, so in one month you're paying the same as you would for 1 year on BT. So rather than have a 12-month minimum term they basically charge you 12 months from the outset, over the course of a year you end up paying double. Zen seem to be deliberately hiding their connection charges but I assume they're the same.

As for "Plusnet Broadband Phone", you realise that's a VOIP service on top of Plusnet Broadband right? Which requires you taking their broadband (for 12 months+) *and* a phone line (for 12 months+).

Use of the Service

The Service is intended for sending and receiving voice transmissions over the Internet. Customers understand that:
The service is not intended as a like-for-like replacement for PSTN telephone services.
Customers must retain a PSTN telephone line in order to use the Service.

Edited by deleted (Fri 09-Aug-13 17:43:40)

Zen have no connection charge to hide, along with no contract tie-in and line rental at £11.22 without the need for a year up front.

In reply to a post by qasdfdsaq:

Well OK, IDnet has a 1-month minimum term on phone but charge £120 installation

Only for a new line, not an existing one "migrating" to them. The OP wasn't specific other than about contract length.

As for "Plusnet Broadband Phone", you realise that's a VOIP service

My bad, I glazed over trying to find the minimum contract terms on their web site.

Sky is the answer of you don't want to spend a fortune. Unlimited, no throttling and £10/month for adsl (£7.50/month if you take TV) or £20/month for a 40/10 fttc connection.

I'm on the £20/month fibre connection and get the expected speeds 24/7.

In reply to a post by _Resonance_:

Sky is the answer of you don't want to spend a fortune. Unlimited, no throttling and £10/month for adsl (£7.50/month if you take TV) or £20/month for a 40/10 fttc connection.

I'm on the £20/month fibre connection and get the expected speeds 24/7.

Available LLU only.
Connect is £17 for 40gb. Not recommended

minimum contract term for Sky ?

12 months I believe

In reply to a post by yarwell:

My bad, I glazed over trying to find the minimum contract terms on their web site.

In reference to www.plus.net/home-broadband/broadband-only/:

* Pricing

Plusnet Essentials
�With a contract: If you live in a low cost area it costs £8.49 a month, if you live outside one of these areas it costs £15.49 a month
�With no contract: If you live in a low cost area it costs £10.99 a month, if you live outside one of these areas it costs £17.99 a month

Plusnet Unlimited:
�With a contract: If you live in a low cost area it costs £12.49 a month, if you live outside one of these areas it costs £19.49 a month
�With no contract: If you live in a low cost area it costs £14.99 a month, if you live outside one of these areas it costs £21.99 a month

EDIT: Anyway PN contracts as now 12 months and you can get cheap deals on that if you take their landline too.

Edited by XRaySpeX (Fri 09-Aug-13 20:16:35)

If you want a monthly contract you could try either Vivaciti or Freeola.

Be aware though that while Vivaciti will absorb the Shared Metallic Path Facility migration fee when you migrate in if you then migrate out you will have to pay a connection fee to move the broadband portion back to BT Wholesale or between LLU providers.

If you want to keep such costs to a minimum you might be best placed to look at Freeola as mentioned.

Personally I'd recommend Xilo as the O2 Wholesale unlimited product works out about 3 quid cheaper per month than Vivaciti although I did have to pay £48 including VAT up front plus one months service charge to connect.

anything that says "no contract" is legally invalid IMHO.