One of the fun parts of moving into a new student house, or moving back into your student house after the summers over, is sorting out cable & internet among other things. It's a chore, no one likes to do it, and then on top of it you have to pay money every month for the services. So the goal here is to make it simple, show you have to save some money and make it a little bit less of a chore. This post strictly deals with internet and cable, as well as cable alternatives. Notice how the title of this blog post doesn't include home phone, it's never something that I even considered because who needs a home phone while at university, save yourself some cash, please!
Internet and Cable Providers & Deals
- Check out the Rogers. They offer a Student deal (Usually 8 months, great Bandwidth and pretty affordable. It will pop up on the Rogers site in late July, August)
- In the case of Rogers there is an entire discussion on Red Flag Deals about Retentions & New Customer where you can find out how to get an even better deal, it just takes a lot more negotiating
- Check with Bell, I haven't used Bell since the days when you plugged your internet into your phone line so I'm not much help when it comes to their services. View all their plans here
- Leverage previous agreements with Rogers or Bell, use them against each other. You can often get fairly large discounts on cable & internet if your contract is set to expire.
- Tekksavvy-Internet and Cable plans are cheaper, but make sure to check, they often charge you for a modem
- Shaw- This provider is only of great use to those who live outside of Ontario I believe
- Telus-Another provider for those non-Ontarian's
You can view the rest of this blog post on the Cheap Students blog
