What Broadband should I get?

[bocadillo]

not any more it doesn't.

Bastards!! I can assure you it was there and on other VM pages when I wrote this morning.

Sorry.

 

[Joe_Fox]

If I don't have a BT Landline, what are my options? I've checked O2 and Be and they both say I need a BT phoneline. WTF!?

 

[Durham Fox]

If I don't have a BT Landline, what are my options? I've checked O2 and Be and they both say I need a BT phoneline. WTF!?

Its pretty simple Joe. To receive ADSL Broadband you need a BT phone line, regardless of the broadband provider. BT will charge around £200 to reconnect your line.

You have 2 alternatives (there are others but I doubt you'd want to explore them):

1. Get Cable Broadband from Virgin Media
2. Use a mobile broadband service which I know youve had problems with in the past.

 

[Nottingham Fox]

You can get your BT line for nowt by calling them and asking for a 'New line free connection offer' ... the offer ended on 30th Sept, however the money saving expert forum suggests this has been extended until the end of the year.

More details here: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/free-BT-line-installation

 

[Nottingham Fox]

Sky charge a £60 activation fee for their broadband. I've tried twice to get them to waive this, and both times i've been unsucessful.

 

[bocadillo]

Sky charge a £60 activation fee for their broadband. I've tried twice to get them to waive this, and both times i've been unsucessful.

We've already established that to get Sky broadband you must also subscribe to SkyTV. And to get SkyTV, you need to have a phone line.

 

[Nottingham Fox]

We've already established that to get Sky broadband you must also subscribe to SkyTV. And to get SkyTV, you need to have a phone line.

I know that, I was just pointing out that they have an activation fee.

 

[Joe_Fox]

It heats up! Well amazingly I'm online at home with a whopping 0.15Kbps speed, earlier it was 49Kbps. Pretty good ay!

So, Duzza, is it really so simple? Do I truly only have two choices? Surely there is another broadband company that doesn't require a BT phone line???

 

[Macky]

Surely there is another broadband company that doesn't require a BT phone line???

Not unless somebody has invented a new technology that nobody is aware of.
For domestic broadband there's only ever been a choice of either cable or a phoneline connection.

 

[Joe_Fox]

I can't believe that it has to be BT though. Is that really the case??

 

[Joe_Fox]

You can get your BT line for nowt by calling them and asking for a 'New line free connection offer' ... the offer ended on 30th Sept, however the money saving expert forum suggests this has been extended until the end of the year.

More details here: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/free-BT-line-installation

yes but you have to sign up for an 18 month contract at £11.25 per month. I don't want to give those twats at BT a penny.

 

[KempsonFox]

And to get SkyTV, you need to have a phone line.

I don't have a phone line and I have Sky.

 

[Macky]

I don't have a phone line and I have Sky.

How long have you had Sky? They will charge you a hefty premium to install at a property without a landline.

 

[Macky]

I can't believe that it has to be BT though. Is that really the case??

Some broadband providers will arrange for the landline to be installed (through BT) if you order a phone & broadband bundle with them, but you can't just order broadband that way.

 

[bocadillo]

I don't have a phone line and I have Sky.

http://packages.sky.com/terms/terms_skytv.aspx

Your Sky box(es) must be connected to a fixed telephone line for 12 months. Correct at 1st October 2009.

 

[Jeff]

http://packages.sky.com/terms/terms_skytv.aspx

Your Sky box(es) must be connected to a fixed telephone line for 12 months. Correct at 1st October 2009.

They have been saying that for years, but they have still installed it, at an extra cost.

Not that it's relevant to Joe_'s question though, if you want Sky Broadband you'll need a phone line.

 

[bocadillo]

They have been saying that for years, but they have still installed it, at an extra cost.

Not that it's relevant to Joe_'s question though, if you want Sky Broadband you'll need a phone line.

And you'll also need SkyTV - they won't do BB without TV. Sky is clearly not the way for Joe_.

 

[Matt_B]

So is Joe going with Sky or not?

 

[Blue Maniac]

So is Joe going with Sky or not?

Seeing as he refuses to be a BT customer in any shape or form, it seems his only option is Virgin.

 

[Joe_Fox]

Or wireless internet which from my experience with Th.ree mobile is utter shite.
Hmmm, I'm stuck really. I would have got Virgin but the installation is no longer free unless you get a package. I don't really want TV or a landline. Any one know how to find out when special offers are due to come up? Any insiders at Virgin?