In a rare move the Rochdale-based ISP Zen Internet has slashed the cost of their ‘up to’ 17Mbps (ADSL2+) unlimited broadband service by offering the first six months of service for free (£16 per month thereafter), although line rental of £16.99 per month is still payable as per usual.
The package operates off a 12 month contract term, comes with an included wireless router (£6.95 delivery charge) and you also get a Static IP address. It’s not often that we see an offer like this from one of the higher rated small to medium sized ISPs, which makes it uniquely attractive for those who prefer a better quality of service than the big boys offer.
* Never sure in these 'Free' deals whether you should include the line rental which of course is compulsory
** Apparently there is £42 cashback via Total cashback,although I can't myself confirm this.
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the__cat
10 Feb 1612#1
Zen are the best ISP in the country by a mile.
rwillett
11 Feb 163#9
I've been with Zen since 2002 and their customer service is excellent. The service people know their stuff and are very happy to go off script if you know what you are talking about. We had a very long discussion about PPPoE through powerline adapters into a Smoothwall firewall running on an ESXI server and pros and cons.
The staff are all UK based and work weekends as well.
Not cheap but excellent service do after 14 years I'm still with them.
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the__cat
10 Feb 1612#1
Zen are the best ISP in the country by a mile.
Quids
10 Feb 161#2
Just followed the linky and under 'Check my line to see what I can get'. it says...
Which is news to me and gonna be news to other broadband providers too. Everyone else, BT included, tells me we can't get fibre where I am.
But if it IS right, I might go for this as I'm currently with Sky and they're pants imo.
Edit: WOW! It is right - it must have changed literally in the last couple of weeks as I checked it when the last BT offer was on hukd a few weeks ago and it told me I could get anything but the measly 2-4mbs speed.
Cheers OP - if I hadn't seen this deal and checked it I'd never have known!
ThunderBolt
10 Feb 161#3
Great spot. Wish I didn't have to have the phone as well though.
zimboy69
10 Feb 162#4
Just a word of warning DON'T GO WITH BT.
I did and we had 3 price rises in 4 months my bill went up by about £10 a month (at the time it was the only company offering fibre)
It was only after seeing a loop hole in the contract that I could without penalty
Now dont get me wrong I dont mind companies giving a price rise as along as it is within reason
but my bill went from £41 to £51 a month which is a big price rise
since then I went with plusnet
same internet same hardware (BT didnt come back for the hub so i still use it )
I pay less than £30
now i get download speed roughly 71m/s download and 18 m/s upload
but honestly i dont even think i need more than 40 megs so probably when my internet contract come to the end i will drop down and save another £5-£10
earthlling
10 Feb 16#5
Almost every phone/broadband provider have increased their prices. Mine with Virgin Media has gone up from £16.50 in October to £28.50 now.(broadband only)
col11
10 Feb 16#6
looks good I will look later, heat from me
kobirulali
10 Feb 16#7
Woah just signed up with 18 month contract with PlusNet. Would prefer to get this so going to use coming off period i think
Wadadli_Cooler
11 Feb 161#8
Vodafone now do Broadband. Some really good deals for existing customers, and some cleaver router features as well.
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The package operates off a 12 month contract term, comes with an included wireless router (£6.95 delivery charge) and you also get a Static IP address. It’s not often that we see an offer like this from one of the higher rated small to medium sized ISPs, which makes it uniquely attractive for those who prefer a better quality of service than the big boys offer.
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2016/02/uk-isp-zen-internet-offers-6-months-free-unlimited-broadband.html
* Never sure in these 'Free' deals whether you should include the line rental which of course is compulsory
** Apparently there is £42 cashback via Total cashback,although I can't myself confirm this.
Top comments
The staff are all UK based and work weekends as well.
Not cheap but excellent service do after 14 years I'm still with them.
All comments (60)
Which is news to me and gonna be news to other broadband providers too. Everyone else, BT included, tells me we can't get fibre where I am.
But if it IS right, I might go for this as I'm currently with Sky and they're pants imo.
Edit: WOW! It is right - it must have changed literally in the last couple of weeks as I checked it when the last BT offer was on hukd a few weeks ago and it told me I could get anything but the measly 2-4mbs speed.
Cheers OP - if I hadn't seen this deal and checked it I'd never have known!
I did and we had 3 price rises in 4 months my bill went up by about £10 a month (at the time it was the only company offering fibre)
It was only after seeing a loop hole in the contract that I could without penalty
Now dont get me wrong I dont mind companies giving a price rise as along as it is within reason
but my bill went from £41 to £51 a month which is a big price rise
since then I went with plusnet
same internet same hardware (BT didnt come back for the hub so i still use it )
I pay less than £30
now i get download speed roughly 71m/s download and 18 m/s upload
but honestly i dont even think i need more than 40 megs so probably when my internet contract come to the end i will drop down and save another £5-£10