subject: How To Get No Contract Broadband [print this page] Getting online at home is a complex business at the best of times but when you're not sure how long you're going to be in one place - or you know it's not going to be very long at all - it becomes a great deal more complicated.
Even here, when the title is no contract broadband, it's in somewhat bad faith since very few providers are actually offering home broadband access with no contract at all.
From the provider's point of view it's simply not worth their while to offer broadband deals for customers who aren't going to pay them for the long term, given that there are considerable set up costs to the provider not only in terms of administration but in terms of hardware.
For this reason, both no contract and very short contract broadband deals (for the purposes of this article they are, in fact, the very same thing) always come with at least some upfront costs or the requirement that the customer provide their own router.
Largely, broadband deals with a long contract of twelve, eighteen or even twenty-four months now come with a free router and don't charge for set-up.
Set-up is also known as a connection fee or installation fee but, with a few exceptions, they're describing the same thing as engineers are unlikely to install any broadband connection these days, it's just not necessary.
Set-up is usually charged at a flat rate of fifteen pounds to twenty-five pounds and the cost of a modem, if you're asked to buy one, is usually around twenty pounds. If the modem is more than this it may be worthwhile buying one from a separate retailer but this isn't always allowed by the broadband provider so it's worth checking before going ahead and signing up.
So, as we have seen, some upfront costs are inevitable but this doesn't explain more clearly how to get no contract broadband so this is the theme to which we should now return.
The first challenge is finding the internet service providers who are offering short or no contract deals. The best option may be a guide article or price comparison table online as few providers only offer short contract deals and some of the best providers for short contracts are large providers who like to keep the service a little under their hat.
For example, any guide which asks a question such as 'is plusnet any good?' would be remiss not to mention that the provider has a no contract option which allows users to cancel with just ten days notice and no extra penalties.
Once the providers are found it's a case of checking which providers are the kindest to those who want to leave in a hurry.
This can be found by checking reviews and also by checking for penalty fees for leaving.
For example, the three month rolling broadband contracts offered by providers such as Be do require notice of cancellation of three months which could be a potential pain.
Note that there are some restrictions on short contracts: anyone who wants to get sky sports with their deal will be in for a shock as it'll be near impossible, at least in a bundle with broadband.
