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Yes - you need a phone line for broadband!

This doesn't apply to virgin!

If you need ADSL or FTTC (Fibre to Cabinet) you must have a phone line for the service to be delivered to you. There is no other way for the service. It has to come from a wire from the exchange, which is a phone line. You have to pay rental on this wire hence yes you have to pay line rental.

It is cheaper to get a line rental and broadband package usually and especially if you pay the line rental upfront for 12 months.
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  • Not misleading at all really. Clearly states "if you require ADSL or FTTC"...

    Yeah, the Virgin bit may be, but everyone knows what he means.
  • It's not misleading.

    It's a bit "Captain Obvious", but that's about it really.
  • There we are..... I have deleted my posts, sorry for trying to give people the right information

    Lets tell everyone who is not tech savvy that there are only 2 ways to get broadband in UK, A/VDSL through BT or its partners or Cable from Virgin.
  • Gordon_Hose
    Gordon_Hose Posts: 6,259 Forumite
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    Need me to call you a WHAAAAMBULANCE?
  • marleyboy
    marleyboy Posts: 16,698 Forumite
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  • AJG88_2
    AJG88_2 Posts: 21 Forumite
    Sure why not I need something to do, their number is whine-whine-whine although their number is pretty "Captain Obvious".

    TBH I just thought I would sign up and help a few people seeing as I do this for a living but why bother, I'll just let people try and figure it out themselves.
  • Gordon_Hose
    Gordon_Hose Posts: 6,259 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    WatchMad wrote: »
    All either of you are doing now is bumping up your post count....

    Oh, the irony... :T
  • AJG88_2
    AJG88_2 Posts: 21 Forumite
    lol yea irony there BUMP BUMP BUMP ...

    Hang on how can I be bumping up my post count, I deleted 3 posts!
  • Gordon_Hose
    Gordon_Hose Posts: 6,259 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    And added two more since.
  • What on earth is going on here? Has there been posts deleted?

    I was hoping this would be a sticky so the question doesnt get answered many times. So whats happened to spark all these posts?
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