Hey im looking for broadband for the cheepest price.

this is the catch.

i recently moved home so the house im in now. HAS a phone line but isnt activated - and they also have a telewest broadband line box thing. whats attacked the to phone socket. but yet again isnt activated.

I dont want a phone line. i just want broadband. what are the best deal i can have?

i have been offerd virgen - medium speed - 14.99# a month free instalation - and no phone line needed.

Any advice?

thanks alot all.

If you have a o2 contract mobile phone.

O2 do a broadband service for £7.50 a month

O2 for sure, and contrary to popular belief, you don't need a contract phone, PAYG will do...

Free customer service (0800) based in the UK, my line has never once dropped and speed isn't great but it is pretty good compared to what I was getting on Tiscali...I get upto 8mb and actually get on average 6mb...so not to bad. There's thousands of reviews all over the place that I can't be bothered to find but they are all excellent.

Apart from the one issue of accsesing this forum I to will give O2 the thumbs up!!

And what about the line rental? you still need a service unless you're talking about mobile broadband which doesn't get you the top speeds.

If O2 do cable broadband you'll still have to get Virgin out to reconnect the CATV cable in the base unit at the street point, then O2 will bill you from there perhaps.

ADSL broadband you're obviously gonna have that phone line connected, which BT will charge you about £125 for, then the line rental of about £35/quarter then the bill for your broadband on top of that.

Bethere.co.uk is big on the market at the moment with 24mb at £18 (8mb £8) both unlimited, free connection and 0800 support (phone answered by a techie not a chimp). I get a solid 20mb down 800 yards from exchange.

And what about the line rental? you still need a service unless you're talking about mobile broadband which doesn't get you the top speeds.

If O2 do cable broadband you'll still have to get Virgin out to reconnect the CATV cable in the base unit at the street point, then O2 will bill you from there perhaps.

ADSL broadband you're obviously gonna have that phone line connected, which BT will charge you about £125 for, then the line rental of about £35/quarter then the bill for your broadband on top of that.

Bethere.co.uk is big on the market at the moment with 24mb at £18 (8mb £8) both unlimited, free connection and 0800 support (phone answered by a techie not a chimp). I get a solid 20mb down 800 yards from exchange.

20mb 800 yards away, so for 24mb you'll have to live IN the exchange?

theres something wrong there m8 :)

If there is already a BT point in the home - active or not - BT will connect free of charge, you then sign up to a 12month BT line rental @£10.50 - paperless billing free off peak calls.

02 16Mb is £15 a month or £10 if you have a pay as you go or contract mobile on there service.

O2 use bethere's network again 0800 english support.

i would deffo recommend O2 as well, £7.50 a month, im over 1 mile away from my exchange and getting 5-6 meg steady, you also get up to 1.3 meg upload speeds, im getting about 800K, thats top level cable speeds that cost £35 a month

20mb 800 yards away, so for 24mb you'll have to live IN the exchange?

theres something wrong there m8 :)

No nothing wrong there, ADSL is predominantly slower than Cable Broadband, I lock at 23mb and depending on the IP route I can get over 2.2 down. Depending what favours Ive done the ISP they can shoot a 35mb service down my line, depends what mood they're in.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q174/mrmawalker/temp/ultraping.jpg

On the price from BT, the last 5 properties I've worked on, where it's been a new client, weather a master socket present or not, they've invoiced the customer circa £125.

For any body considering getting O2 broadband consider how popular it is becoming, thus at peak time speeds are reduced and pings are quite high. (Sheffield is named as an area with an issue)

Last two days things have improved greatly so maybe they have got their act together. Apart from that they have good speeds, good value, and customer service is not only free but their advisor's have a clue!