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As a counter example, if can only get your broadband via cable, you're stuck with Virgin Media (I think) who have quite an onerous capping policy [1] unless you
by bruceboughton 16y ago
As a counter example, if can only get your broadband via cable, you're stuck with Virgin Media (I think) who have quite an onerous capping policy [1] unless you fork out for 50Mb fibre optic.
[1] http://shop.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management/traffic-management-policy.html http://shop.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management/traffic-... - in particular, note the evening fair use amount: 3.5Gb
- shrikant 16y agoSadly, you can't choose to get your broadband "only via cable" - Virgin still requires you to pony up for the phone line. I'm currently paying Sky £10 a month for a landline phone that I will never use, and £11 a month for the Internet.
- g_lined 16y agoVirgin offer packages which don't require a BT Line. It may be that you are not cabled up suitably for such a deal (we used to pay our cable operator, now Virgin, for a telephone line which we could not get but they gave us 'free' TV which is what we actually wanted to buy). http://shop.virginmedia.com//bundles/specials/affiliate/duals/non-branded.html http://shop.virginmedia.com//bundles/specials/affiliate/dual... All other providers do require a BT line, though some people would say it's a landline phone line that you /always/ use...assuming you leave your router on.
- axod 16y ago> "All other providers do require a BT line" Untrue. Most exchanges now have LLU which allows you to get your phone+ADSL from other providers. You may still need to get your phone line from BT, but that's not the case in many places.
- axod 16y agoThe vast majority can get ADSL now. I believe coverage is 95%+ Obviously it sucks for the few exchanges that can't do ADSL. Then your only real options are 3G, satellite, or install your own dedicated line.