Is it possible to have broadband without a landline? Or is this a silly question?

[Number+Four]

Simple question by a bit of a newbie.

[bob1234]

@Number+FourDon't you hate it when you have typed a fairly long reply and someone moves the post and the answer fails.

However in summary you don't have to have a telephone but you need someway of getting the internet to your house.

[Highlinder]

@Number+FourYou need a landline number in order to have broadband. But you can go on to pay-as-you-go with Sky and if you have no phone plugged in then no calls are made. The line rental is bundled in with the broadband now.

[loverboi]

@Number+Four  only with virgin media i know you dont need a landline to have broadband as you can get broadband only on its own with virgin media 

[TimmyBGood]

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@loverboi wrote:

@Number+Four  only with virgin media i know you dont need a landline to have broadband 

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Although you do need one of their coaxial cables which serves the same purpose.

[TimmyBGood]

@Number+Four 

'landline' is rather an outdated concept.  Fixed-line broadband requires there to be a physical bearer of some kind at the address which the ISP uses to deliver data: this might be a 'phone' line (copper pair), fibre optic cable or coaxial copper cable.

Non-fixed-line options are 3/4/5G cellular data, WISP and satellite (geosynchronous or Starlink).

None of these is necessarily linked to the voice call service which used to define a 'landline'.

[bob1234]

With BT you can have broadband with or without a telephone however the cost difference is marginal.