Steve1980
Regular Member
I live in a London flat and currently have ADSL broadband. No one will offer me a fibre service - I know we don't have FTTP, I thought FTTC might be an option but every ISP I try refuses to sell me any kind of fibre service. It was the same a year ago the last time my ADSL contract renewed as well.
I don't need super fast broadband but I'm sick of paying pretty much the same price as fibre services for ADSL speeds. I'm thinking about switching to 4G/5G broadband - probably Three's unlimited service with a 24 month contract at £12/month for the first six months then £24/month afterwards. I see I can get a 30 day money back guarantee from Three so I can try this and see if the speeds are actually OK before my ADSL contract expires in about a month.
What really concerns me is what's going to happen to my physical copper landline when there is no active phone/broadband contract on it? If FTTC/FTTP is available in two years' time, or I just want to switch back to ADSL for some reason, am I going to be told I have to pay £140 to install a new line, or even that I simply can't have one? Do I risk my flat being excluded from FTTP installation (if/when that happens) because it doesn't have an active phone line? That kind of thing. I am on the top floor of a small purpose-built block so my phone cable snakes through the interior of the building and if the connection gets "lost" somehow it could be a nightmare trying to have a replacement cable installed to physically connect my flat again.
Am I likely to be hit with some kind of disconnection fee when my ADSL contract expires and I tell them I don't want any service of any kind any more? I'm with Shell at the moment FWIW.
(I don't care about losing phone service on the landline or losing my phone number - I use my mobile for everything anyway.)
Any advice would be appreciated, I've tried to research this but haven't found much concrete information so far. Thanks!
I don't need super fast broadband but I'm sick of paying pretty much the same price as fibre services for ADSL speeds. I'm thinking about switching to 4G/5G broadband - probably Three's unlimited service with a 24 month contract at £12/month for the first six months then £24/month afterwards. I see I can get a 30 day money back guarantee from Three so I can try this and see if the speeds are actually OK before my ADSL contract expires in about a month.
What really concerns me is what's going to happen to my physical copper landline when there is no active phone/broadband contract on it? If FTTC/FTTP is available in two years' time, or I just want to switch back to ADSL for some reason, am I going to be told I have to pay £140 to install a new line, or even that I simply can't have one? Do I risk my flat being excluded from FTTP installation (if/when that happens) because it doesn't have an active phone line? That kind of thing. I am on the top floor of a small purpose-built block so my phone cable snakes through the interior of the building and if the connection gets "lost" somehow it could be a nightmare trying to have a replacement cable installed to physically connect my flat again.
Am I likely to be hit with some kind of disconnection fee when my ADSL contract expires and I tell them I don't want any service of any kind any more? I'm with Shell at the moment FWIW.
(I don't care about losing phone service on the landline or losing my phone number - I use my mobile for everything anyway.)
Any advice would be appreciated, I've tried to research this but haven't found much concrete information so far. Thanks!























