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In the UK, unless you're on virgin (there might be a few others I'm unaware of), you're pretty much forced to have a landline for which you're charged line rent
by account-5 4y ago
In the UK, unless you're on virgin (there might be a few others I'm unaware of), you're pretty much forced to have a landline for which you're charged line rental, even if you don't or will never use it.
- daledavies 4y agoThings seem to be changing. We're with BT and would have had to pay a lot extra for a phone line.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoI am with Vodafone and the standard broadband fee includes the landline. But yes, there is still always a landline required and thus has to be priced in somehow. Now they have deployed full fibre so I could ditch everything and move to that but that would be more expensive...
- cujaneway 4y agoI'm with Vodafone too but I didn't need a line rental, I wonder if they've changed their policy as I only got mine a couple years ago.
- SwiftyBug 4y agoI've been with Vodafone for 10 months now. Wanted to have broadband and two mobile lines. Was forced to get the landline in the package. I just never plugged any phone to the wire.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoHere too in Spain though on pretty much all providers (mine is orange) though it's not really a real landline but VOIP. I keep mine disconnected because all I get on it is spam.
- steakunderscore 4y agoAt least in London there's a few others like: - Hyperopic - Comunity fibre - g.network I'm sure there are more
- 369548684892826 4y ago> even if you don't or will never use it But if your VDSL signal is coming down the landline then you _are_ using it. At least that's what I told myself to try to feel better about it (FTTP now!)
- gambiting 4y agoYeah that’s not true anymore. You can have broadband without a landline from most providers now. We have internet from BT over a normal telephone cable but don’t have phone service, it was an optional extra.
- signal11 4y agoThis used to be the case, but these days if you’re in a fibre area or area with BT’s widely available FTTC offering, BT will happily sell you a “no landline” deal on their website. Incidentally their landlines on fibre are basically VoIP phones with a battery backup. Same with most other fibre providers, like Vodafone.