Internet without BT phone line

budfly

Hi I would like to get the internet but dont want a BT phone line as i have no use for it. Anyone know what would be my best options. I have heard about dongle but the restrictions on this are far too small to make it practical and sadly im outside Virgin area.

saverbuyer

budfly wrote: »

Hi I would like to get the internet but dont want a BT phone line as i have no use for it. Anyone know what would be my best options. I have heard about dongle but the restrictions on this are far too small to make it practical and sadly im outside Virgin area.

Plusnet do broadband only.

BigAl94

saverbuyer wrote: »

Plusnet do broadband only.

Plusnet is owned by BT and you need a BT line to the property.

BigAl94

Here's an option but very expensive so your only realistic option is to have a fixed line installed

http://www.avantiplc.com/products/consumers/northern-ireland-broadband

A dongle is not satisfactory as a permanent solution as you state.

almillar

Unless you're very rural, Virgin or BT are the only options. A 'BT Line' includes lots of unbundled options like Sky, O2, AOL, TalkTalk etc if they're unbundled in your area (LLU) but you're stuck with rental for a phoneline that you'll never use (like me) plus rental for BB. Virgin would be the same, and not cheaper!

saverbuyer

Sorry my bad.

steveymp

When OFCOM eventually grow a set and rip into the telecoms industry we will all be able to have broadband without a phone line (or indeed stupid phone charges) They have promised a review into BT, making them in the future provide a line for BB only if the customer so requires. I'm not holding my breathe thou

shellymoo

if you have an iphone/smart phone with relatively good 3g you can use them sort of as your modem, I had a BT dongle and it expired and a friend said you can use iphone - its called tethering or something - all legal and above board...i think :rotfl: i have used it quite few times now with my laptop

tyronealan

we live in rural tyrone and can't get broadband so we use a satellite system which is excellent, only needed because bt haven't updated our exchange. we don't need a phone line but still have one????

gwni

When I moved into my house a few years ago I got Virgin Broadband without the phoneline and I was paying approx £20 a month, checking on virgin site it is now £21.

Sky came round last year and offered us TV, Broadband (2GB download Limit) and Talk for £30 (HD +£10) as well as free installation of phone line. I frequently go over my limit so sky have just upgraded me to the unlimited package for an extra £7.50 a month.

Before I got my internet upgraded by sky I was checking around for any better offers and didn't really see any and currently you are talking about £23.50 a month for unlimited sky broadband, sky talk (includes rental and unlimited evening / weekend landline calls)

The 3G dongle route would be a nightmare, once you leave Belfast the 3G signal gets quite weak which also means slow. Ok if you are using a mobile and it is refreshing in the background but waiting for a page on a laptop / pc to load would not be practical.