Broadband

JOHNMARSH161247

Why can we not have broadband only without added phone rental charges?

Oakdene

Because you use the telephone line to get broadband.

JOHNMARSH161247

But surely there should be a huge reduction for not using the ohone.

Oakdene

JOHNMARSH161247 wrote: »

But surely there should be a huge reduction for not using the ohone.

No....you pay on top of line rental for individual calls & call packages

JOHNMARSH161247

I personally don't use a landline so surely i should have a huge discount for just using the internet.

Oakdene

But if you have a active phone line coming into your property you pay line rental on it regardless of whether you use just a phone, just broadband or both.

teddysmum

I thought people had stopped asking this old chestnut of a question.

JOHNMARSH161247

Ok! another rip off by Phone providers to prise more cash out of Joe public in this day and age the providers could split net from phone but that would mean finding out how much they are ripping people off.��

almillar

Why can we not have broadband only without added phone rental charges?

Calm down dear! You CAN have broadband only, without the phone, with Virgin Media. Problem is that it's not much cheaper, as it does cost them around the same to still have the line, billing etc set up.
I think Vodafone might also do this for Openreach phone lines (everyone except Virgin) but again it's not much cheaper.

cajef

JOHNMARSH161247 wrote: »

I personally don't use a landline so surely i should have a huge discount for just using the internet.

Yes you do, you need a landline to be able to have broadband, if you don't use a phone then there are no phone charges, phone calls would be extra to your line rental just as your broadband is.

lee111s

Whether you use the line to make calls or to send data over it, you still need to pay for the physical line. The repair and maintenance costs are the same wherher you make calls, send data, or both.