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Doing without a phone line?
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Re elderly parents having to ring their children's mobiles to keep in touch- Use the "3 Ring slam" as recommended on this site. I've trained my old mum to ring my mobile, let it ring for three rounds then hang up. I phone her back straight away if free to speak. No charge to her and most people have inclusive minutes with their contract if they're not PAYG... The alternative is a short text: Please ring when convenient....and then the window licker said to me...0
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How do you get broadband without a landline? Use one of those crappy dongles?"The only man who makes money from a gold rush is the one selling the shovels..."0
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I cancelled my BT line a while back, and have never regretted it. I have a cheap PAYG mobile phone, and I am very happy with my mobile broadband dongles!
I advise people to get in touch via email or texts - I hate gossiping and never use a phone unless it is essential - which keeps down the costs for other people.
The best thing is not getting cold calls from India.Who having known the diamond will concern himself with glass?
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Those dongles are so expensive though, don't you get 1GB per month or something silly? And a hit of £5 if you go over that?
Assuming you can get a connection..."The only man who makes money from a gold rush is the one selling the shovels..."0 -
How do you get broadband without a landline?
Virgin Media cable broadband as OP said in their post.
It doesn't use a phoneline.0
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