Broadband without phone line?

catmkcat

hi, hopefully someone will be able to help- i am currently with Virgin through a cable connection and pay £18 per month just for broadband. i wan to move (im out of contract) to somethign cheaper. i dont seem to have a telephone line in the house. there is a cut wire outside a window from when windows were changed and i think this was the telephone line. ( i have just been using my mobile phone since moving in)

do i need to get a telephone line put in to get the non cable deals??

help needed!!

many thanks. cat.

dylanuk

Yes - the only bb you can get without a phoneline is Virgin.

Have you tried VM retentions? If you say you want to cancel they might offer you a discount for staying.

Otherwise, you'll need to get a BT line installed. You'll have to take up a 12 month contract for the line rental - but you can take broadband from someone else straight away.

It'll cost about £125 from BT.

You can also get a BT line installed if you go to Plusnet - but you'll have to take their broadband too (it's a good choice if you can't get Be/O2). Plusnet charge about £75 I think for new lines.

catmkcat

many thanks, once you have a landline with bt do you always have to pay them line rental or when you move to someone else do you stop paying bt their line rental?

hope this makes sense!

kwikbreaks

You have to keep paying line rental. No payment = no line = no ADSL.

Rufus_348

If you get a BT broadband contract you can actually get the line installation for free, once the contracts over you could move to get cheaper line rental.

This might be a silly question but have you ever checked your phone line? It might be worth buying a cheap phone and just seeing if you can get a dial tone - I moved into a house a few years ago and my housemates were convinced that their landline didn't work but when I tested it it was fine!

elektra-2007

Or use a dongle is the only other option. Personally id be pleased to pay £18. Currently i have to pay line rental £11 a month and broadband on top.