wifi without a phone line

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wongataa wrote: »

In that case you pay Virgin's line rental which again is all bundled into the price and not a separate line item. Line rental covers the maintenance costs of the the line to your house whoever owns it. If you use a physical line to your house you pay to use it. It doesn't matter if it is a Virgin, Openreach, or Kingston (if you are in Hull) cable.

No it isn't:

http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/news/what-is-broadband-line-rental/00234428/

Buzby

wongataa wrote: »

No you can't. In those cases the line rental is just bundled into the total price and not separated out. You still pay it. It is just hidden.

No you don't - Virgin Media have been offering it for years. My BB IS delivered VIA CO-AX, not twisted pair ADSL No physical landline or additional payment required

onomatopoeia99

Buzby wrote: »

No you don't - Virgin Media have been offering it for years. My BB IS delivered VIA CO-AX, not twisted pair ADSL No physical landline or additional payment required

I can get broadband without line rental from VM for £8 less than broadband + phone. Phone line rental on its own is not £8 though.

Whatever VM call it on their bill, there is a line rental element included to go to the maintenance of their fixed line infrastructure, even if you are paying for "broadband only".

wongataa

Buzby wrote: »

No you don't - Virgin Media have been offering it for years. My BB IS delivered VIA CO-AX,

So you have a physical wire connected to your house. That is a landline.

Buzby wrote: »

not twisted pair ADSL No physical landline or additional payment required

See above. You admit you have a landline connected to your house. Landline does not just mean a Openreach twisted pair cable. It just means a physical cable that can be used for telephony/internet purposes. VM cable does that. You pay VM for the maintenance of this cable which comes out of the fees you pay VM for what they provide you - that is 'line rental'. They might not call it that but is what line rental on a Openreach line is - a maintenance charge.

The only way not to pay line rental (separate or bundled into one price) is to use cellular networks for your phone/internet needs as there is no physical cable then.

[Deleted User]

wongataa wrote: »

The only way not to pay line rental (separate or bundled into one price) is to use cellular networks for your phone/internet needs as there is no physical cable then.

Rubbish,


One of my BB links is wireless, community scheme, to the provider [not 3g/4G]. I guess I could do VOIP across it.


Not a common type of connection but works brilliantly.


Also, there is satellite BB...


Cheers

[Deleted User]

jeepjunkie wrote: »

Rubbish,


One of my BB links is wireless, community scheme, to the provider [not 3g/4G]. I guess I could do VOIP across it.


Not a common type of connection but works brilliantly.


Also, there is satellite BB...


Cheers

I suspect that @wongataa would argue that you still pay line rental for the cable from the satellite to your dish. :rotfl:

System

force_ten wrote: »

how do you think your broadband gets to your property ?

My friend runs a small company that supplies broadband to houses via 5GHz wireless and can do so over a 20 mile range.

force_ten

Tarambor wrote: »

My friend runs a small company that supplies broadband to houses via 5GHz wireless and can do so over a 20 mile range.

and how many millions of customers has he got signed up using this service and is it available nationwide ?

J_B

Tarambor wrote: »

My friend runs a small company that supplies broadband to houses via 5GHz wireless and can do so over a 20 mile range.

Tell us more ......

wongataa

Colin_Maybe wrote: »

I suspect that @wongataa would argue that you still pay line rental for the cable from the satellite to your dish. :rotfl:

Ok, I forgot about satellite broadband. That is wireless but not common.