BT Low User and Broadband

I hate the fact that I am forced to rent a phone line just to get
Broadband. Will the trick of signing on as a low-user and taking a
non-BT broadband offering still work?
Tran

Tranny wrote:
> I hate the fact that I am forced to rent a phone line just to get
> Broadband. Will the trick of signing on as a low-user and taking a
> non-BT broadband offering still work?
> Tran

It may for a short while, but not after BT become aware of it....

> Tranny wrote:
>> I hate the fact that I am forced to rent a phone line just to get
>> Broadband. Will the trick of signing on as a low-user and taking a
>> non-BT broadband offering still work?
>> Tran

So you expect BT to supply a phone line for no charge do you? Dream on!

> It may for a short while, but not after BT become aware of it....

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Peter Crosland

"Peter Crosland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> So you expect BT to supply a phone line for no charge do you? Dream on!
>
>> It may for a short while, but not after BT become aware of it....


Maybe not but at least NTL (via Cable) give me the choice of having
Broadband *Without* their Phoneline.

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:00:45 GMT, "Meggahurtz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
> "Peter Crosland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:450d2418$0$2684$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> So you expect BT to supply a phone line for no charge do you? Dream on!
>>
>>> It may for a short while, but not after BT become aware of it....
>
>
> Maybe not but at least NTL (via Cable) give me the choice of having
> Broadband *Without* their Phoneline.

BT gives you an equivalent option - having broadband without an NTL cable.

Tony

Tranny <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I hate the fact that I am forced to rent a phone line just to get
> Broadband. Will the trick of signing on as a low-user and taking a
> non-BT broadband offering still work?
> Tran

Try two baked bean tins un 10 metres or so of parcel string jibexed into
a convenient USP port, tricky to set up for novices though!

HTH

>> So you expect BT to supply a phone line for no charge do you? Dream
>> on!
>>> It may for a short while, but not after BT become aware of it....
>
>
> Maybe not but at least NTL (via Cable) give me the choice of having
> Broadband *Without* their Phoneline.

You already pay for cable TV. The OP seems to expect BT to supply him with a
free line.

Peter Crosland

> So you expect BT to supply a phone line for no charge do you? Dream on!
>

In a word yes.

What exactly does the 11 quid a month cover? Not installation costs surely
as our line was installed nearly 60 years ago and probably takes no
maintainance whatsoever.

I agree they should charge for repairs and upgrades and new installations
but line rental is over priced and is usually 90% of the total cost of my
phone bill. I would not touch BT or the phone line if I could get Broadband
another way, no cable here unfortunately and probably never coming.

Our telecoms systems are so old and probably need completely upgrading to
something that belongs in the 21st century but instead its stuck in the
19th.

I am no expert either so I am ready to be shot down, but I would like a self
appointed expert to tell me what we actually get for 11 quid a month?

"Peter Crosland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> You already pay for cable TV.

No I don`t, Seperate Cable Modem.

BT make it compulsary to have a BT *Voice* line to carry their ADSL signal
and charge you an extra £11.00 (Sorry don`t know exact amount as I don`t
have a BT Landline) for the privilege.

I think thats what the Op was getting at..

simon wrote:
> Our telecoms systems are so old and probably need completely upgrading to
> something that belongs in the 21st century but instead its stuck in the
> 19th.

Hardly; there aren't any manual public exchanges any more, in fact I
think there aren't any electromechanicals either, so that takes you into
the second half of the 20th century.

There are also no free directory enquiries and no boys on bicycles
delivering telegrams.

> I am no expert either so I am ready to be shot down, but I would like a self
> appointed expert to tell me what we actually get for 11 quid a month?

Well, I fail here, because I'm not a self-appointed expert, but:

The wire linking your phone to the exchange and a share of the public
exchange and trunk network.

The ability to make and receive calls.

The ability to make a 999 call without being reliant on mobile phone
service.

The ability to have a broadband service from any one of several
competing retailers piggybacked on that line.

All the above repaired, usually fairly promptly, and at no charge to you
when it does break down.

Of course, if you don't want a phone line then don't have one. Plenty of
ISPs will be happy to quote for a leased line to your premises.

Owain