12-10-2006, 20:16
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No active line
My mate has a new mobile contract and is cancelling his landline. I told him he will lose his ADSL if he does that but he said he has a line but does not need to pay line rental to keel ADSL on it
Is he right?
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12-10-2006, 20:24
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Re: No active line
He is wrong I'm afraid. ADSL needs a BT type phone line (It might possibly be ported over to someone like Carphone Warehouse's Talk Talk, Bulldog or similar under a LLU arrangement), whatever he has to keep that phone line active, and that means the rental has to be paid, unless it's totally bundled into a supplier contract.
You don't need a phone line for ntl:telewest broadband.
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12-10-2006, 20:27
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Re: No active line
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Originally Posted by Rob C
He is wrong I'm afraid. ADSL needs a BT type phone line (It might possibly be ported over to someone like Carphone Warehouse's Talk Talk, Bulldog or similar under a LLU arrangement), whatever he has to keep that phone line active, and that means the rental has to be paid, unless it's totally bundled into a supplier contract.
You don't need a phone line for ntl:telewest broadband.
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His exchange has no LLU or RFS dates for LLU. He said he is cancelling the £11 a month and keep broadband |
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12-10-2006, 20:55
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Re: No active line
He'll loose his broadband then.
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12-10-2006, 21:02
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Re: No active line
LoL some people are funny, no phone line, so where does the broadband come from?
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12-10-2006, 21:58
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Re: No active line
That'll be the magic broadband fairy - or it could be wireless broadband :-)
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13-10-2006, 11:34
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Re: No active line
His loss then. He is adament it will work will be funny to see his reaction
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13-10-2006, 14:14
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Re: No active line
Your mate sounds a bit dippy... 
Email him this link. In particular -
Quote:
Broadband can come via your phone line, a cable TV service, 3G mobile phone network or by satellite.
The most common method is via your phone line using a system called ADSL.
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