Phone landlines

[barb1314]

Hi.Next week I am moving to a house which has no 'live' BT landline.If I connect it'll cost me over �120.I think the previous owners had NTL.Does anyone know if I have an NLT landline do I have to have their broadband too?I'm very confused about this.At the mo we have supanet broadband and calls but on a BT landline.HELP!!! Somebody please can you advise?Thanks, Barb.

[Ethel]

Without a bt landline you can only have cable broadband, unless you go into very expensive satellite broadband.

All other broadband and dial up providers require a bt landline.

[almcd007]

It's a great opportunity to take advantage of their current offer of about �30 per month for broadband/telephone and TV. The broadband is far better and more reliant than BT. They have a great TV drive system too that is far better than Skys as it has an extra tuner so you can record more programmes. This is all dependant on whether you can do without some of the Sky channels at the moment as Virgin are currently in dispute with Sky about the costs of the channels. So Sky one/news and some others are not being broadcast.

[Ethel]

You do not need the telephone line if you have cable broadband - you can buy a skype phone that hooks up to your router, so is constantly on, even if your pc is off.

So you can have the broadband and tv for �20.

The V+ service that records programmes is an extra �10 or �15 per month depending on your tv package.

I have a pvr that does everything the V+ does, and it burns to disk as well, which is a big bonus.

As the tv comes through the cable, you can also connect freeview through the aerial - so you can record more programmes, or record and watch different programmes at the same time.

[vehelpfulguy]

Note that NTL no longer exists.

It has merged with Virgin Media and is now called Virgin Media.

[barb1314]

Thanks all so much.Your answers were all really helpful.I called them today and have joined the 3 for �30 package.Thanks again.Would not have had a clue!Cheers.Barb

[gina32]

who did you get it with???

[barb1314]

Sorry,it was Virgin Media.(previously NTL) The salesman was really helpful and not pushy because I'd done my homework on here I knew exactly what I wanted.