Can i use any router on a TalkTalk line?

carryonjulie

My mum (77) has a TalkTalk home/broadband package but is not on the internet.
When we visit her my daughter wants to use her iPad. Can I set up using any router or do I have to have a TalkTalk one? I have asked TalkTalk for a router but they want £50.

Quentin

carryonjulie wrote: »

... Can I set up using any router ......

Yes:

https://help2.talktalk.co.uk/routers/how-do-i-setup-router-thats-not-talktalk

50Twuncle

carryonjulie wrote: »

My mum (77) has a TalkTalk home/broadband package but is not on the internet.
When we visit her my daughter wants to use her iPad. Can I set up using any router or do I have to have a TalkTalk one? I have asked TalkTalk for a router but they want £50.

Simple answer - yes, as long as you choose a "phone line" version as opposed to a "cable" one
This assumes that you are not on a cable phone/TV package ...
I would stick to known brands - such as Netgear or Belkin and make sure that you specify "WIRELESS"

JJ_Egan

Broadband but not on the internet ??

Does that mean she has a TT modem or TT Modem/ router .
A router only routes the signal . A modem receives the signal .

Router with no modem = no signal .
Add a router to an existing modem = signal .

Guess would be that part of the broadband package subscribed to would have included a TT combined modem and router .

carryonjulie

Thank you both for your help.

She is not on a TV package thank goodness but after a 3way conversation with Mum and TalkTalk to reduce costs, they phoned her back and talked her into this phone/broadband again. Have they no shame?