New Posts For Thread: anyone stop using home phone linehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752715/anyone-stop-using-home-phone-lineI hardly use it and all I get is cold callsSky Talk Evenings and Weekends Extra £4 knocked £4 offnever realised I never had cheapesthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752715/anyone-stop-using-home-phone-line?post_id=550446459#550446459Sky Talk Evenings and Weekends Extra £4 knocked £4 offnever realised I never had cheapestThu, 17 Nov 2016 05:57:56 -0600Well it wasn't hard to spot when they all started offering broadband only deals. Line rental was about £11 at that time, and the broadband deals went up about the same amount. Bit like Buy It Now with free postage on ebay, look at the cheaper dealshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752715/anyone-stop-using-home-phone-line?post_id=550445797#550445797Well it wasn't hard to spot when they all started offering broadband only deals. Line rental was about £11 at that time, and the broadband deals went up about the same amount. Bit like Buy It Now with free postage on ebay, look at the cheaper dealsThu, 17 Nov 2016 00:57:39 -0600I don't know what 'VIVID 152 Optical Fibre' is. All I know is that I have optical fibre broadband cable and it's 150mB speed which is very fast and I'm more than pleased with the speed and reliability of the service.Over the last few years, I've takehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752715/anyone-stop-using-home-phone-line?post_id=550445411#550445411I don't know what 'VIVID 152 Optical Fibre' is. All I know is that I have optical fibre broadband cable and it's 150mB speed which is very fast and I'm more than pleased with the speed and reliability of the service.Over the last few years, I've takeWed, 16 Nov 2016 19:34:38 -0600I cancelled the phone-line and at the same time told them to upgrade my broadband to VIVID 152 Optical Fibre, that took me back up to £30 ish IIRC. Since then it has gone up to the now £35.75https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752715/anyone-stop-using-home-phone-line?post_id=550444437#550444437I cancelled the phone-line and at the same time told them to upgrade my broadband to VIVID 152 Optical Fibre, that took me back up to £30 ish IIRC. Since then it has gone up to the now £35.75Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:07:50 -0600Smar Tarse isn't getting a good deal there, £36 just for broadband is bloody expensive. He is being top loaded for not having any other services.The practice of having a mandatory landline with broadband is currently being looked at by the regulatorhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752715/anyone-stop-using-home-phone-line?post_id=550444121#550444121Smar Tarse isn't getting a good deal there, £36 just for broadband is bloody expensive. He is being top loaded for not having any other services.The practice of having a mandatory landline with broadband is currently being looked at by the regulatorWed, 16 Nov 2016 15:35:38 -0600Smar Tarse isn't getting a good deal there, £36 just for broadband is bloody expensive. He is being top loaded for not having any other services.The practice of having a mandatory landline with broadband is currently being looked at by the regulatorhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752715/anyone-stop-using-home-phone-line?post_id=550444119#550444119Smar Tarse isn't getting a good deal there, £36 just for broadband is bloody expensive. He is being top loaded for not having any other services.The practice of having a mandatory landline with broadband is currently being looked at by the regulatorWed, 16 Nov 2016 15:35:37 -0600crystalhunt - I have just ONE VM cable coming into the house and there's a splitter in one of the bedrooms that split that one cable into three - telephone, TV and broadband and those three separate cables are spread at different positions throughouthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752715/anyone-stop-using-home-phone-line?post_id=550443265#550443265crystalhunt - I have just ONE VM cable coming into the house and there's a splitter in one of the bedrooms that split that one cable into three - telephone, TV and broadband and those three separate cables are spread at different positions throughoutWed, 16 Nov 2016 14:35:27 -0600Handy in an emergency. Battery never runs out. I think they still work if there's a power fail as long as exchange is working?But the BT line rental is ridiculous given the line would still be there for DSL if you cut the phone part off, it's a rip ohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752715/anyone-stop-using-home-phone-line?post_id=550442755#550442755Handy in an emergency. Battery never runs out. I think they still work if there's a power fail as long as exchange is working?But the BT line rental is ridiculous given the line would still be there for DSL if you cut the phone part off, it's a rip oWed, 16 Nov 2016 13:58:53 -0600Smar TarseSmar Tarse 16 Nov 16 17:23 Joined: 01 Feb 07 | Topic/replies: 6,038 | Blogger: Smar Tarse's blogI got rid of my VM landline last year, i sent their Tv STB back to them too. I just have broadband internet with them now.That's interesting SThttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752715/anyone-stop-using-home-phone-line?post_id=550442543#550442543Smar TarseSmar Tarse 16 Nov 16 17:23 Joined: 01 Feb 07 | Topic/replies: 6,038 | Blogger: Smar Tarse's blogI got rid of my VM landline last year, i sent their Tv STB back to them too. I just have broadband internet with them now.That's interesting STWed, 16 Nov 2016 13:39:51 -0600Yes, I'm paying just over £50 per month for all 3 items including the line rental. So it's as I thought - £35.75 per month for the broadband and line rental.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30752715/anyone-stop-using-home-phone-line?post_id=550442541#550442541Yes, I'm paying just over £50 per month for all 3 items including the line rental. So it's as I thought - £35.75 per month for the broadband and line rental.Wed, 16 Nov 2016 13:39:48 -0600