Line Rental??

box-boy

Ok we canceled Irish broadband and now we are going with BT, do i have to pay line rental or is that only for someone who wants their telephone service aswell?

(yeah its probably a stupid question)

azzeretti

Afraid you'll need the line rental no matter what.

paulm17781

You will have to pay line rental unless it is a data only line and I think only businesses can get these.

box-boy

aww then why the hell do they have an offer without line rental for 40 and one including line rental for 50!

https://home.btireland.ie/echannel/res.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=res_products&residentialProducts_actionOverride=%2Fpageflows%2FresidentialContent%2Fproducts%2FbroadbandPlus

JohnDigital

^ Because you might have your line with Eircom

bk

If you get DSL, you will need to have a telephone line and will therefore need to pay line rental.

You have two choices, pay the line rental to Eircom at €25 per month and pay BT for BB or pay BT for both BB and Line Rental.

The second option is better as they will give you a big discount if you get both from them.

Adey2002

You may want to see if you can get Smarttelecom. They aren't charging line rental for the first 100,000 customers.

box-boy

but it says if you hav'nt had broadband before (which im sure they are talking about as in cable broadband, not IBB wireless crap) and it also says if you get line rental you save on calls with BT Talk, but i dont want their phone service.

box-boy

bk wrote:

If you get DSL, you will need to have a telephone line and will therefore need to pay line rental.

You have two choices, pay the line rental to Eircom at €25 per month and pay BT for BB or pay BT for both BB and Line Rental.

The second option is better as they will give you a big discount if you get both from them.

oh ok, thanks

bk

other options are Smart, who give free line rental or NTL cable BB which doesn't need a telephone line. THe only problem is that there are not as widely available as DSL from Eircom/BT, but certainly worth checking first.