topic Re: Line Rental ? in Talk

Line Rental ?

Elliot0101 — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 18:41:47 GMT

Hello Everyone,

I have just begun a contract for a basic Sky broadband package. Telephone landline calls are charged as 'pay as you talk' in this pack.

Having done some further reading I have read about a £18.99 line rental cost.

I do not frequently use a landline but due to my area having sketchy mobile signal I chose a package where I could use a landline if need be. However I don't want to pay £18.99 for that privilege.

Will I have to pay this line rental and if so when will I have to pay it?

Thanks everyone in advance

Elliot

Re: Line Rental ?

Mark39 — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 18:44:03 GMT

Line rental is included in the cost of your broadband service. There's nothing extra to pay.

Re: Line Rental ?

Elliot0101 — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 18:49:18 GMT

@Mark39 @

Oh perfect. I never knew that such a large proportion of the monthly cost was line rental.

Thank you for your quick response.

Re: Line Rental ?

TimmyBGood — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 09:21:58 GMT

@Elliot0101 wrote:

I never knew that such a large proportion of the monthly cost was line rental.

Essentially that's the cost of Openreach creating, maintaining, extending and upgrading a national phone/data network, including the rollout of optical infrastructure to replace a century of copper wire.