Unlimited Broadband ONLY?

The_stingemeister

I've searched and cannot find any provider (apart from Plusnet) that will do unlimited broadband (or, say, 20GB) without a phone line package included.
They want £19.99 :eek:. Before anyone asks why not have a package: its a shared house situation and I don't want the phone bills joined with the internet. I currently pay £14.49 pm for just broadband and 10GB data on a monthly rolling contract. I'm finding 10GB doesn't cut it anymore due to my streaming tv of BBC iplayer and sport on Now TV.

Any ideas? Tehering on a mobile is out as I don't get a phone signal at all, and cable is unavailable.

Uxb

Here we go again........on this subject.

In the UK, OFCOM have mandated that the rent component for the physical line plus its maintenance, upgrade, backhaul/exchange equipment etc is bundled up into the voice component charges and called Line Rental.

This means that Broadband charges look cheap while landline voice services which include this compulsory line rental part look expensive...and is why you cannot avoid the charge.
OFCOM could equally have mandated that the line rental part is dumped instead onto broadband charges. Then your broadband price would be huge while the extra cost of a voice service would be relatively small - but I'll bet you would not like that either.

Now I know what you are looking for - it's called Naked DSL where there is a broadband service but no voice service so you can "get out" of paying your fair contribution to the maintenance of your line, the exchange etc.
Well it isn't going to happen - sorry!

What would be clearest would be if we paid 3 monthly fees
1. To BTOR as network operator for the physical line to our address
2. To our voice retailer for having a voice service on the line
3. to our Broadband retailer for having a data service on the line.

Now, hang on you say, Plusnet will do Broadband only.
Not exactly
You MUST be paying for the voice landline component either to Plusnet or to BT (who own Plusnet)
So you are still contributing to the 'rent' for your line to one of them though a voice landline service.

Norman_Castle

Not sure if its possible but can you have a phone package but prevent it being used either via settings or by physically preventing a phone connection.

The_stingemeister

Uxb wrote: »

Here we go again........on this subject.

In the UK, OFCOM have mandated that the rent component for the physical line plus its maintenance, upgrade, backhaul/exchange equipment etc is bundled up into the voice component charges and called Line Rental.

This means that Broadband charges look cheap while landline voice services which include this compulsory line rental part look expensive...and is why you cannot avoid the charge.
OFCOM could equally have mandated that the line rental part is dumped instead onto broadband charges. Then your broadband price would be huge while the extra cost of a voice service would be relatively small - but I'll bet you would not like that either.

Now I know what you are looking for - it's called Naked DSL where there is a broadband service but no voice service so you can "get out" of paying your fair contribution to the maintenance of your line, the exchange etc.
Well it isn't going to happen - sorry!

What would be clearest would be if we paid 3 monthly fees
1. To BTOR as network operator for the physical line to our address
2. To our voice retailer for having a voice service on the line
3. to our Broadband retailer for having a data service on the line.

Now, hang on you say, Plusnet will do Broadband only.
Not exactly
You MUST be paying for the voice landline component either to Plusnet or to BT (who own Plusnet)
So you are still contributing to the 'rent' for your line to one of them though a voice landline service.

Hold on there, my stroppy poster. I don't use the phone at all as a phone. We're both happy with the arrangement: I pay "net" and they pay phoneline (they are fairly light users of internet and maybe wouldn't have it at all on their own). And with direct debits to take into account its much simpler to have it separate, when its a relatively temporary living arrangement. Don't need a lecture, just advice on what packages are on offer..:)

The_stingemeister

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Not sure if its possible but can you have a phone package but prevent it being used either via settings or by physically preventing a phone connection.

No, someone requires the phoneline.

macman

No one in the UK does ADSL or FTTC broadband without an active line, which requires payment of line rental-Plusnet included.
The only such provider is VM cable, and it's still no cheaper.

iniltous

I'm not sure the OP is asking for naked broadband, it seems to me that someone (happy for the arrangement) has a landline , the OP just wants to connect there own broadband to that line, so party A pay for the line and the OP pays for the broadband, but what they are finding is most broadband providers want to also supply the landline rental so it would result in the phone line being transferred from the party that currently pay for it, to the OP, who only wants to pay for broadband.
...something to bear in mind ( if this is the case) is if the current landline payer ceases the landline, then by default the broadband , whoever pays for it, would also be ceased...the broadband provider presumably would be unaware that a different name was on the broadband contract to the name on the landline contract, or wouldn't care as long as they were paid

Timalay

Don't know where you've got £19.99 for broadband only from Plusnet. It's only £12.49 for the ADSL package (£5 or £10 more for fibre).
Also I don't see anywhere the op says they don't have an active phone line. The way I see it they just want to keep the broadband separate.
As with Plusnet (who I'm with), you can keep the broadband and phone line separate (my parents pay phone with BT, and I pay the broadband with Plusnet)

The_stingemeister

Timalay wrote: »

Don't know where you've got £19.99 for broadband only from Plusnet. It's only £12.49 for the ADSL package (£5 or £10 more for fibre).
Also I don't see anywhere the op says they don't have an active phone line. The way I see it they just want to keep the broadband separate.
As with Plusnet (who I'm with), you can keep the broadband and phone line separate (my parents pay phone with BT, and I pay the broadband with Plusnet)

I'm not in a "fast" area (don't remember correct term for it). Basically if you're as far away from a BT exchange as I am (2 miles) then they won't give you the better price. Also I think your quote is maybe for new customers. And its + line rental.

macman

It's nothing to do with exchange distance, it's the market rating on your exchange, which is presumably a Market 1 exchange.
If one party wants line rental and the other broadband only, and the supplier will not provide broadband only, the obvious solution is for one party to sign up to both, and the second party repays the first for the broadband; it's assumed that both parties trust one another with such an arrangement.
It is of course a breach of the T&C's of any residential contract.

Timalay

The_stingemeister wrote: »

I'm not in a "fast" area (don't remember correct term for it). Basically if you're as far away from a BT exchange as I am (2 miles) then they won't give you the better price. Also I think your quote is maybe for new customers. And its + line rental.

Yes, which you take with somebody else. As I said,

Timalay wrote: »

(my parents pay phone with BT, and I pay the broadband with Plusnet)