New Property! How to install WiFi

iniltous

If the existing line was still usable that would indicate the previous occupant was still liable ( paying) for the line, so if you called your mobile from it, and answered, then the call would be on the landline bill of whoever was paying it ( presumably the previous occupant )
Chances are the line won’t be capable of outgoing calls, even  if there is a dialtone , it will be a ‘soft’ dialtone that only allows emergency service (999) calls and calls to customer service of the company that was providing the service, it’s most likely there won’t be any dialtone on the line at all, if you have owned the property for 6 months , why would anyone continue to pay line rental on a line they don’t have access to ?
You seem to be making this a lot more complicated than it is, pick a company , use the address to order service,( you don’t and never did need a phone number to order or compare )  they give an approximate date the service will start and send out the router etc a day or two  before that date, you plug it in, on the day they said, if the service works great, if it doesn't , contact them and  tell them it’s not working, if they say at the beginning, you need to be home on the service live day, because an engineer may need to visit, be at home on that day.

JJ_Egan

Wifi   or an Internet service via an ISP is the confusion .

hopperdennis

JJ_Egan said:

Wifi   or an Internet service via an ISP is the confusion .

I don’t even know what an ISP is! It’s just a phone line that the previous owner did use for broadband only, however they left no info. They won’t be paying for anything now I’m sure of that. The address (area) can’t accept fibre yet I do know that 

wongataa

hopperdennis said:

JJ_Egan said:

Wifi   or an Internet service via an ISP is the confusion .

I don’t even know what an ISP is! It’s just a phone line that the previous owner did use for broadband only, however they left no info. They won’t be paying for anything now I’m sure of that. The address (area) can’t accept fibre yet I do know that 

ISP = Internet Service Provider.  Company that provides internet access.  In most cases the internet access is provided via cables to the property.  These cables will be the phone line or for people using Virgin Media it will be the Virgin cable.  There are a couple of other suppliers with their own cabling and there is satellite broadband.  You can also get internet access via the mobile phone networks. For the vast majority of people internet access provided via the telephone line followed by Virgin Media cables.

Broadband is a term for internet access of a certain speed.  Broadband = internet access supplied by an ISP.

W-Fi is a wireless network.  It used for networking devices inside a property when you don't want to use wires for that.  The box that plugs into your internet supply cable creates a network and your devices can connect to that network and access the internet via the network.  This network can be wired, wireless (Wi-Fi), or a mixture of both.  Wi-Fi is not the internet.  ISPs do not supply Wi-Fi, the supply internet access.  The box the ISP may supply for you to access the internet will allow you to use a Wi-Fi network to access the internet.

steveE2

hopperdennis said:

JJ_Egan said:

Wifi   or an Internet service via an ISP is the confusion .

I don’t even know what an ISP is! It’s just a phone line that the previous owner did use for broadband only, however they left no info. They won’t be paying for anything now I’m sure of that. The address (area) can’t accept fibre yet I do know that 

You say that fibre is not available in your area but your previous post https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/77631496/#Comment_77631496 shows Fibre To The cabinet as available and decent speeds.
You can order from most suppliers without a tel number and one will be allocated on order.

Neil49

Enter your address on the following site and see what comes up. 

https://www.uswitch.com/broadband/
You don't need an existing phone number, you'll be given a new one. 

George_Michael

wongataa said:

or buy a cheap telephone to plug into the phone socket.

Something that IMO,many homes should have as an emergency backup.
It's fine having an all singing cordless or mains powered corded phone but when you have a power cut, they just become paperweights.
For the sake of about £6 or £7, I think it's worth getting a cheapie corded phone, especially if you live in an area with poor mobile reception.

KxMx

We one in our emergency box, along with a radio, batteries, candles and matches. 

We have legitimatly needed to use that corded phone on more than one occasion over the years. 

hopperdennis

Neil49 said:

Enter your address on the following site and see what comes up. 

https://www.uswitch.com/broadband/
You don't need an existing phone number, you'll be given a new one. 

Thanks, so just a case of ordering, receiving the router and plugging in (alongside following the instructions)?

wongataa

hopperdennis said:

Neil49 said:

Enter your address on the following site and see what comes up. 

https://www.uswitch.com/broadband/
You don't need an existing phone number, you'll be given a new one. 

Thanks, so just a case of ordering, receiving the router and plugging in (alongside following the instructions)?

Yes it is pretty much just that.