Do I need a land line?

iniltous

@FiestaRed you seem to be a little unfocused, if EE price is too high ( FYI , you almost certainly have fibre , called fibre to the cabinet if you use EE ) and a substantial part of the fee you pay them is for the telephone service (presumably you must have Unlimited Calls as the basic version of PAYG calls is only about £3 ) , obviously if you removed calls completely or reduced Unlimited Calls ( anywhere from £12 to £18 ) to PAYG , then a significant saving is available, or get rid completely , only you know your calling pattern etc , if you hardly make any calls then being on Unlimited is pointless and unnecessarily expensive , if you make more than 40 minutes of calls a month , then PAYG is not the best solution, and your unlimited call plan a better choice .

You can always call EE and say you are considering leaving ( have a competitor price ready ) and ask what they can do for you , this is in addition to removing telephony if you don’t need it , asking EE doesn’t affect your options to leave if the price they offer after negotiation is still unacceptable.

many don’t bother with ‘landline’ type telephones anymore , in my case I pay £3 a month to keep the telephone number I’ve had for 30+ years just in case someone has that number and doesn’t know my mobile …TBH , part from the odd genuine call , probably one every couple of months , it’s not used (certainly not for outgoing calls ) but it’s a relatively small amount , I may get rid of it next renewal.

If you do get FTTP (full fibre ) from Virgin or EE or anyone else the chances are unless you want much higher speeds you won’t notice the difference, if you are considering Virgin and they have provided an access point in the footpath outside your house they need to excavate a trench to get the cable to your house wall , this may be trivial if it’s through a lawn that grows back , or may be a bit more intrusive if it going through a concrete driveway for example, again only you know how disruptive this will be

TV catchup and streaming services , as stated doesn’t care what type of broadband you have , but if you have problems now (buffering, low quality etc ) getting full fibre may improve that .

DarthDaisy

Good advice about trying to negotiate from @iniltous although these days you have to sound really determined to leave and be prepared to go. I helped my son do this with Virgin, they were the only supplier to his property so they would not budge, he then told them he was going with Starlink and asked the procedure to cancel.

10m on hold and they cut the price and gave a higher speed.

Now he has moved and he would not go with Virgin again, currently he is renting and BB is included but when new property comes through he will get an MSE deal.

I am astonished by how few people know about MSE or other switching sites, I have suddenly become the goto person in my extended family after helping out my Uncle.

In this thread alone I have learnt so much, especially from @QrizB can't say I understand all of it, but still useful to know exceptions and other factors.

Ectophile

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81983603#Comment_81983603

If the TV is connected over WiFi, you'll need to reconnect it to the new router, using the new password.