broadband only

katiejuk

Hi, I'm looking for broadband only providers, don't need or want a landline or TV access of any sort.

Any recommendations?

JenniferK

katiejuk wrote: »

Hi, I'm looking for broadband only providers, don't need or want a landline or TV access of any sort.

Any recommendations?

Unless you get broadband via Virginmedia, or mobile how would you expect to obtain broadband without a landline?

JJ_Egan

Other alternative is satellite .
But satellite and mobile are more expensive than line rental as a means of getting home broadband .

Gordon_Hose

JenniferK wrote: »

Unless you get broadband via Virginmedia, or mobile how would you expect to obtain broadband without a landline?

Why not drop the sarcasm for a second and try to find out what's available to the OP first?

Here in Kent you can get a service from VFast which is fixed wireless broadband i.e. no phone line required. So it's not just VM who supply broadband without a phone line.

Or, maybe they are open to using mobile broadband, a mifi hotspot for example?

onomatopoeia99

VM will do broadband only, but it's little cheaper than their broadband plus phone offering. There will still be a physical connection to your house from the Virgin telecoms network.

ADSL and FTTC (aka 'Infinity' when bought from BT) come down the BT owned copper pair or 'line' that also can serve for voice telephony, so you'll need to rent one of those for it to work. The "line rental" is for the rental of the line, not the ability to make voice calls on it.

FTTP is as I understand it provided over a fibre line that doesn't provide voice service, but is only available in very limited areas so far and almost all ISPs that offer it are business focused rather than targeting the residential market..

Beyond that there are some local wireless schemes, often in rural areas where the exchange and/or green box is far away so DSL type services don't work, or using mobile data (mobile phone as a hotspot or mifi unit). This will really get you away from a landline as they are delivered wirelessly.

Finally, you can get a private data only circuit put in what will not do voice calls. These are also known as leased lines. You will not like the cost.

macman

I think that the OP means that they don't require telephony services-most people are aware that ADSL or FTTC broadband requires a working landline.

JenniferK

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

Why not drop the sarcasm for a second and try to find out what's available to the OP first?

Here in Kent you can get a service from VFast which is fixed wireless broadband i.e. no phone line required. So it's not just VM who supply broadband without a phone line.

Or, maybe they are open to using mobile broadband, a mifi hotspot for example?

As the OP was brief I thought it was a fair question to ask. Also to me a wireless connection is a mobile connection. Not many people associate mobile/wireless as being broadband.

JJ_Egan

OP reads more as do not want to pay line rental .
As to many line rental is part of the phone and not broadband .

Gordon_Hose

JenniferK wrote: »

As the OP was brief I thought it was a fair question to ask. Also to me a wireless connection is a mobile connection. Not many people associate mobile/wireless as being broadband.

It was their first post - go easy.

There are many ways of supplying an internet connection. A 4G dongle could provide higher speed than a BT Infinity connection, for example.

The word "Broadband" covers a wide variety of technologies.

katiejuk

thanks everyone and apologies if the wording of my question has caused any controversy, I have been out of the UK for quite some time working overseas so starting from scratch on understanding how things work here.

Thanks everyone for your responses :0)