broadband question

i dont believe in paying for a bt phone line to get the internet as i will never use the phone as get 1000mins from my mobile, so are there n e broadband offer that pay for ur phoneline as part of the deal, or u dont have to pay it, tried virgin, sky and O2 all require a bt phone line or not avaliable in my area

[Bobdope2002]

they all require a BT landline unless you are on cable

Sorry Dude Bt have us non cable users by the danglies

[KevG]

Try using your mobile as an internet device, and transfer your minutes over.

was hoping to use xbox live, guess i wont have the internet when i move

[Craig]

You could get a usb dongle for mobile adsl. Quite a few sp's offering 5mbps(ish) for not a lot of dosh. If you dont have cable then your stuck, all adsl sp's that I am aware of require you to have a phone line. I have worked on business adsl that had no dial tone but thats very rare. When they say bt fone line required its basically saying that you need the copper pair of wires from the exchange to your house, thats what the bb runs on. Thats what you pay for, the adsl piggybacks onto the fone line.

[Maxxed_Ross]

don't go with Virgin anyway, it's a total waste of space

why can't you get the others in your area?

i can if i pay for a bt phone line which i wont use, dont believe in paying for something i wont use

[Maxxed_Ross]

don't sky do a cable only package?

[Craig]

Do you live in a small town/village? Most medium to large tele exchanges are able to use local loop unbundled lines, where the sp rents them off Openreach and theres no need for a BT line.

its quite a big town i will be moving too, whats this openreach then not heard of that b4