Getting rid of your landline!

[MayContainNuts]

Has anyone completely got ridden of their landline(so save cash!!!!) & just kept themselves with their mobile and broadband(with Skype etc)?

Is it possible to set up a computer so you effectively have a landline through that & maybe even a couple of cheeky wire free phones around the house?!!!

[gingerjedi]

4G could be a game changer, as it is I don't know how you can have traditional broadband in a domestic property without a landline?

[MayContainNuts]

4G could be a game changer, as it is I don't know how you can have traditional broadband in a domestic property without a landline?

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Virgin cable for example! So it's just a case of setting up a phone around the house. Can you get a 'wireless' phone?!!

[kingcook]

Wired is the future. Wireless will never catch on.

You read it here first.

[nomadd]

Has anyone completely got ridden of their landline(so save cash!!!!) & just kept themselves with their mobile and broadband(with Skype etc)?

Is it possible to set up a computer so you effectively have a landline through that & maybe even a couple of cheeky wire free phones around the house?!!!

BT Infinity here. An unlimited to 80Mb connection for just over £26 / month. Connection is rock solid and stable. Best £26 I spend in the month. Thought of giving up, but wireless just can't compete.

If you can find that speed, unlimited, for that price, let me know. Up until that point, my landline stays.

[Troll]

BT Infinity here. An unlimited to 80Mb connection for just over £26 / month. Connection is rock solid and stable. Best £26 I spend in the month. Thought of giving up, but wireless just can't compete.

If you can find that speed, unlimited, for that price, let me know. Up until that point, my landline stays.

is that £26 + your line rental?

[lukemg]

Gone fully mobile now, ditched landline years ago. 3G wireless hub covers surf needs (which are admittedly low usage) and wfh.
BUT, it is slow and nowhere near stable enough if you have to rely 100% on the connection or whole family is on etc
4G will be more than good enough for my needs I reckon.

[nomadd]

is that £26 + your line rental?

Yes, that's true, you need to add on the line rental charges. But even so, the deal compared to a mobile line is still staggeringly cheap.

As I only rent my place, I'd love to ditch it and go the mobile route, it's just that when I've looked, the deals are terrible in comparison. Maybe the new 4G services will change that, but they are a long way off, and will suffer countless delays and teething problems. Even if they do have some initial success, I can see the network infrastructure being saturated as take-up grows. So, by the time it's stable at 40Mb - say 2-3 years from now - BT will be running fiber to most homes in the uk and offering 100-300Mb, as many of the cable operators already do.

EDIT: If your Internet usage is very light, then I do think mobile makes sense, though.

[Troll]

Yes, that's true. But even so, the deal compared to a mobile line is still staggeringly cheap.

As I only rent my place, I'd love to ditch it and go the mobile route, it's just that when I've looked, the deals are terrible in comparison. Maybe the new 4G services will change that, but they are a long way off, and will suffer countless delays and teething problems. Even if they do have some initial success, I can see the network infrastructure being saturated as take-up grows. So, by the time it's stable at 40Mb - say 3-5 years from now - BT will be running fiber to most homes in the uk and offering 100-300Mb, as many of the cable operators already do.

OK - it's just I agreed to the infinity deal which is scheduled to arrive next week - just wondering if peeps were getting cheaper deals

Should be able to down load the porn quicker - just finished distributing via Ethernet cable to the Sky box - struck me that with those kinds of download speeds there should now be an alternative to Sky but I've not really looked into the BT Vision thingy too much - is it a viable alternative?

[nomadd]

...I've not really looked into the BT Vision thingy too much - is it a viable alternative?

Not looked at it, TBH. I don't watch a huge amount of TV. What I do watch I record via an HD Freeview box - a Humax HDR. Other stuff I can grab from the Net and squirt over to it via ethernet (it supports both wired or wirelss) as it has a built-in FTP server. Also has a USB port, so one-off's I just drag onto a USB stick and delete them when I'm done. The 1TB drive inside it is more than enough for 'keepers' that I want to save.