Broadband without a phone line

mrmonkey_3

Hi there, not sure this is the right place to post this but anyway...

I am going into my second year at Uni and am looking to set up broadband in my new house, I'm sharing it with 6 other people.
I've found the broadband provider that I want but I was just wondering, is it possible to get broadband without paying the line rental on a BT (or other) landline as we aren't bothered about having a land line. Is paying that £11 a month or whatever it is a necessary cost to have broadband?

Thanks in advance

davodedthomas

Hey,

I live in a house with 4 others, and we got broadband from NTL who came highly recomended. You don't need phone line and good value for money too. Order online to get another £10 off and go through Quidco for lots of lovely cash back. Then, get your wireless kit from PC World (see Grabbit board) for £34.99 which includes one adaptor as well.

Blacksheep1979

or do what we did with NTL - after about a week of being connected we phoned up, asked to cancel. They asked why and we said SKY was offering 16mbit broadband for £10/month in the end we got 10mbit for £10/month and £55 credited to the account supposedly so we could buy a wireless router. Give it a try

CIS

The problem is that NTl/Telewest internet access requires that you are in a cabled area, if your not, you have no chance of getting NTL/Telewest; if your house hasnt already been connected for cable in the past, they are sometimes reluctant to connect houses for cost reasons.

Best bet is to give them a ring and ask

mrmonkey_3

Thanks for the replies guys, I'm definately able to get NTL as that is what the previous tennants had. However comparing the cost of NTL (£35 a month for 12 months) with the cost of having a a landline plus a broadband (http://www.newnet.co.uk/broadband/home_info.php) so £11 a month + £21 a month (for 9 or 10 months) still works out cheaper due to the necessary 12 month contract at NTL and my need for max. speed broadband + large download limit.

I guess it could be worth signing up and then like you say haggling down the price quoting a diff. offer?

ManAtHome

Was a recent thread about "Now" wireless http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=255728 - think coverage is a bit limited at the moment though.

cupid_s

i have just set up NTL
it costs £20 a month for broadband and digital tv for 12 months and £23.49 after that

it's less obviously if you only want the broadband

regulator_2

Not quite answering what u asked for but, to avoid a year's contract give Bulldog a try?

grex9101

regulator wrote:

Not quite answering what u asked for but, to avoid a year's contract give Bulldog a try?

six month contract, plus you'd still need to pay for a phoneline. would just be a bulldog one instead of BT

mrmonkey_3

cupid_stunt wrote:

i have just set up NTL
it costs £20 a month for broadband and digital tv for 12 months and £23.49 after that

it's less obviously if you only want the broadband

Yea but the thing is that broadband isnt fast enough/doesnt have a large enough download limit. This is shared between 7 people so I want 8MB (ive been told that I can get at least a 6MB connection) and need 20 min but preferably a higher download limit. And I dont get the first 3 months for cheaper because I only want 9 or 10 month contract.

mrmonkey_3

regulator wrote:

Not quite answering what u asked for but, to avoid a year's contract give Bulldog a try?

Well no its fine I have a broadband provider where I dont have to sign up for 12 months, https://www.newnet.co.uk is done on a monthly period.