Hi,

Can anyone suggest an ISP that will give me the following?

1 Month contract
No upfront fee
No router required, will provide my own.
Small monthly download limit - probably around 2 Gig

I'm considering Plusnet, but would like a few more options if possible
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Cheers

Peter

PeterT wrote:
Are you migrating, or activating a "new" line? If migrating, are you
currently with a BTwholesale-based product, or another LLU operators
product?

<cough> wireless dongle and an unwitting neighbour...

Are you expecting to get an e-mail account from them too? For example
Onetel gives adequate (but no better) internet access but their e-mail
service is <expletive deleted> and their DNS servers are no better.

Paul DS.

"PeterT" <peter.thomas8899@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:50d5v3hjmmpuatble407607okr3kkg83oo@4ax.com...

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:25:20 +0100, Paul Cupis <paul@cupis.co.uk>
wrote:

A new line, one that has never had broadband conneected to it
previously
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Cheers

Peter

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 00:24:04 +0100, Colin Wilson
<REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgroup@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.c o.uk> wrote:

The nearest neighbour is half a mile away and it's the local police
station. They may well be unwitting....
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Cheers

Peter

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:37:05 +0100, "Paul D.Smith"
<paul_d_smith@x-hotmail.com> wrote:

Not looking for an email account - I've got my own. No web space
either
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Cheers

Peter

PeterT wrote:
No-one in their right mind will offer free activation of a "new" line
with a 1 month contract, unless their monthly charge is inflated to
cover their costs.

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:51:18 +0100, PeterT wrote:

As in witless?
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Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:12:53 +0100, Paul Cupis <paul@cupis.co.uk>
wrote:

Apparently Plusnet offer a 1 month contract with no upfront charge
(providing you use your own router), and you stay with them for 12
months.

details at:

http://www.plus.net/residential/broadband/
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Cheers

Peter

PeterT wrote:

Yes we do. Just to be clear though, the activation is charged should you
leave within the first 12 months.

Rgds,

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PlusNet Support Team wrote:
Which is another way of saying either you pay for activation (but not up
front) or it is a 12-month minimum term. Semantics.

Paul Cupis wrote:
And the point you are trying to make is what?

Peter Crosland

g6jns@yahoo.co.uk

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:55:31 +0100, Peter Crosland wrote:

A one month contract with a penalty for leaving before 12 months, is a 12
month contract.

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alexd wrote:
In what way is that wrong? I ask becuase you seem to imply that there is
something wrong with doing so. It seems to me that Plusnet are being quite
open about the terms which more than can be said for many other ISP's that
try and conceal terms in a mass of fine print. In any case the commercial
reality is that offering contracts of less than a year are simply
uneconomic. That does not stop some ISPs doing so but they are not likely to
remain in business for long.

Peter Crosland

g6jns@yahoo.co.uk

"alexd" <troffasky@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:47f54ca3$0$714$bed64819@news.gradwell.net...
Not quite: a 12 month contract would hit you for all outstanding monthly
payments as well as the activation fee if you left early.

George

Peter Crosland wrote:
No one implied there was anything wrong with the deal. They were
pointing out it was misleading to describe it as a 1 month contract.