Broadband Options with no dish allowed

Leodogger

I am with Virgin cable at the moment for Broadband, Phone & TV. I am in the process of moving house and will have a BT phone line in the new property and wanted to change Broadband supplier as I think I can get cheaper packages elsewhere, but the housing association we are going to be with do not allow dishes on the outside of the properties. I have also considered doing without the landline phone and having mobile broadband and phone also, but do spend a lot of time on the internet surfing and emailing (approx. 6-8 hrs a day), although do not download music, videos, games etc.

What are my options if I want to get rid of Virgin and have Broadband with someone else without a dish ?

iniltous

What has a dish got to do with broadband, Sky TV uses the dish, Sky broadband uses the phone line, you probably get a discount on broadband from Sky if you also take TV, but you can have one without the other, there are probably hundreds of ISP's that can give you broadband over the BT access network as well as Sky

Leodogger

iniltous wrote: »

What has a dish got to do with broadband, Sky TV uses the dish, Sky broadband uses the phone line, you probably get a discount on broadband from Sky if you also take TV, but you can have one without the other, and there are probably hundreds of ISP's that can give you broadband over the BT access network as well as Sky

I probably didn't explain myself properly. We want to change our package which obviously would mean getting rid of Virgin but we still want TV from someone other than Virgin. I was wondering if it was possible to have TV as part of another package where you don't have to have a dish but it sounds like we wouldn't be able to if we don't want cable.

custardy

JWhite wrote: »

I probably didn't explain myself properly. We want to change our package which obviously would mean getting rid of Virgin but we still want TV from someone other than Virgin. I was wondering if it was possible to have TV as part of another package where you don't have to have a dish but it sounds like we wouldn't be able to if we don't want cable.

why do you want to ditch VM?
you can use their TV without BB or the other way
you are probably going to have to use BTs TV service otherwise

iniltous

BT and TT have a TV service, partially delivered over broadband as VOD (video on demand)...BT Vision is loved by some, hated by others, but it isnt like Sky where lots of channels are broadcasting and you pick a channel to watch or record...BT Vision is more like a library of programmes , you pick something to watch and its streamed to your TV, it also has BBC I player, and catch up services from ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5,..dunno anything about TT's service, its what used to be Tiscalli TV

Leodogger

custardy wrote: »

why do you want to ditch VM?
you can use their TV without BB or the other way
you are probably going to have to use BTs TV service otherwise

We get a lot of freezing on cable TV and even though we have had our smart card replaced, it still happens and is quite irritating.

I don't know anything about BT Vision but sounds like you get more programme choice, is that right ? Perhaps I need to split the package as I can have Talk Talk for phone (with a BT line) and I am told by my sister that they offer a good phone contract with up to one hour free calls in the evening after 7pm whereas I am being charged by Virgin and only have free weekend calls, I also pay the earth for 0845 Nos. with virgin too. Also I believe Talk Talk offer cheap BB too. I will look at BT Vision and see what they have to offer, thanks.

Mark_In_Hampshire

How about a TV aerial and a Freeview box?

Filters out most of the cheap American trash TV nicely.