Internet

plasmarb

Hi All

Due to move into our 1st home next week and need to look at getting the net installed.


Don't want TV, just net really but understand most require a phone line.


Could you guys help out please?

[Deleted User]

Most do. Though there is a landline free option in London.

Investigate the options in your local area

Smodlet

You can either pick a supplier and apply via the phone or their website or use a broadband checker to see which suppliers serve your new address. This

https://www.samknows.com/broadband/broadband_checker

will tell you who has "presence" (infrastructure) at your local exchange and will also compare broadband deals for you, as will plenty of other sites. You can also compare deals via, oh, what's it called now... oh, yes, MSE!

D_M_E

Check if the property is connected to Virgin Media via cable, NOT phone line.

If it is, Virgin will connect you up to the internet without having to take phone, tv or anything else.

Go to https://www.virginmedia.com and enter the postcode of the property and it will either offer you fibre or a copper connection.

I think all the rest want you to have a phone as well, even the ones who offer a fibre connection - it's what's called fibre to the cabinet and is basically a fibre connection from the local exchange to your closest BT green distribution box in the street and from that it's copper wires to the property, so they make you have a phone line as well.

plasmarb

Virgin don't cable to my street! 😞😞

Can I get 4G instead?
Really don't want to be stuck on ADSL!

TheKeymeister

I just tried to order broadband as a new customer for my new house (move in next Friday) and was told that as there's someone already living there with an active connection I will have to wait until they've stopped their service and I'm actually in there. Apparently it's different if there's no active line.

In my case I couldn't use the home moving procedure as I currently have fibre and can only get adsl at the new house, and it caused a massive load of hassle.

AdrianC

You say you're moving in... Rented or bought? If rented, how long do you think you'll be there?

Is there a live phone line currently? What are the mobile signals like?

As a short term, a PAYG/monthly-contract SIM with a mobile wireless dongle (MiFi) will give you a stopgap.

D_M_E

If you don't want adsl and Virgin are not in the area then I think you have two options:

1. satellite broadband which I believe is not cheap, or

2. 3g or 4g - for this you need to check signal coverage with the major players' websites and also ask people what network they use and what's the signal like then make your choice.

You can get various offerings but I believe Three are offering a data sim for £"18 a month which gives you an allowance of 20gig over 3g/4g but other operators could match or beat that - you need to check and compare.

bouicca21

No cable in my street, so I'm on adsl. I have no problem with any of my computers or with catch up tv via wifi. At my previous address I had virgin cable. I really don't notice the difference.

I suppose it might be better to be on cable if I wanted to sign up for tv but I'm happy with Freeview. The mobile phone solution wouldn't work for me as the building is so solid that the signal works best in the garden or hunched up at the window.

AdrianC

We've just gone from very rural ADSL to fibre-to-the-premises.
3Mbit to 53 in one easy step...

Even on 3Mbit, we could watch iPlayer et al on a smart TV without any buffering. OK, not whilst doing much else on the net, and forget HD - but normal def, no problem at all.

magicpork

depends on where you live, in many places in London you can also get fibre-to-the-building hyperoptic without BT landline, although the money you save isn't really that much, personally I find 100MB hyperoptic is fantastic, very reliable dl/ul speed but obviously it's not available everywhere.