Do I need a landline with fibre broadband

[Phone+not+working]

I have sky fibre gigafast broadband do I have to have the landline or could I cancel that?

[Mark39]

By default you get a landline service with broadband.

However, if you don't make any calls, and aren't paying monthly for a call package, it doesn't cost you anything.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Phone+not+working wrote:

 do I have to have the landline or could I cancel that?

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Delivery of the broadband service requires rental of the optical data bearer circuit, and this is included in the monthly billing from the ISP: 'landline' is a somewhat obsolete concept in such circumstances.

As @Mark39 indicates, the default 'Sky Talk Internet Calls' 'Pay As You Talk' doesn't have an additional monthly cost if no outbound calls are made: it also cannot be removed from the subscription bundle.

Online advice to 'save money by cancelling an unused landline' is typically erroneous.