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Discussion topic: do i need a landline

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do i need a landline

I am upgrading to full fibre 150 and was wondering if i still need to pay for sky talk line rental or can i cancel this on my package as i dont have a phone to connect so isnt required or do i need it for the full fibre to work?

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@PlantGuy 

 

If you chose sky pay as you tallk tariff then no calls means no payments

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@PlantGuy 

 

'Landline' is an increasingly obsolete term when applied to telephony, but terrestrial broadband requires the rental of a data bearer circuit (either copper cable or optical fibre) and so this is a mandatory part of the monthly subscription billing.

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Re: do i need a landline

thank you. 

 

So i pay £18.99 pcm for a sky talk line rental in additon to the £40 pcm full fibre so i need to pay for both?

 

Its split on my bill so im assuming i need both

 

I cant cancel the sky talk line rental if i want to keep the internet, is that correct?

 

I dont have a phone so i dont use it to make any calls

 

Thank you

 

 

This message was authored by: JimM1

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@PlantGuy Sky line rental was done away with years ago! when you get my example FF500 for £29 per month the landline is FREE if you do not call out on it you pay NOTHING, all incoming calls are FREE. It is a handy for calling sky on 150 as it is a free call to them, no phone connected, then NO extra cost.

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@PlantGuy wrote:

 

So i pay £18.99 pcm for a sky talk line rental in additon to the £40 pcm full fibre so i need to pay for both?

 


£40 plus £18.99 line rental would be unpleasantly expensive.

 

£40 plus £18.99 for an inclusive anytime calls bundle wouldn't be entirely unexpected.

 

You probably need to clarify the situation with Sky, and migrate to a current package with bundled line rental and Sky Talk Internet Calls with the default Pay As You Talk option.

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Re: do i need a landline

thank you all for your comments and information. Ill be contacting sky to see what my options are but thank you

This message was authored by: JimM1

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@PlantGuy Forewarned is forearmed, hope you get what you need and are looking for.👍

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