Is there any home phone provider that doesnt need a BT Phone Line?

Wassup? I%26#39;m asking this because we currently don%26#39;t have a phone line so we can%26#39;t make AND receive calls (tough...) so is there any home phone provider that doesn%26#39;t need a BT Phone Line? At first I preferred Sky but they need a bt phone line so hard luck! Thanks for the answers in advance!

Answer:

Depends on your area.

The only three providers of "non-BT" phone lines in the UK are:

VirginMedia (encompassing NTL and Telewest)

Kingston Communications (Only in Hull)

Wight Cable - Isle of Wight, and bizarrely, some of Southern Scotland and the extreme north of England. cable and wireless Virgin Media. But you need their cable service to your house.

Bite the bullet. Get a phone line. Virgin media, and sky doesn%26#39;t need bt unless you are going for broad band internet. you have to be connected by bt to start with, then you can change over to any other provider. Theres no getting round BT, l know cos l%26#39;ve tried Virgin Media (cable) NTL / Telewest as was... Talk Talk I think from Carphone Warehouse. virgin media Obviously you could use your mobile. If you%26#39;ve got a 3 mobile then you can get Skype which basically gives you unlimited calls around the world for a fixed fee. I%26#39;ve also known people to have a look around with their laptops for %26#39;free%26#39; wireless broadband / wifi networks in their vicinity, and then use Skype or similar VoIP to get free phone calls.

If you want to be a bit more legit then there%26#39;s also "Now Wireless Broadband" http://www.mynow.co.uk/ who offer broadband without the need to get a BT phoneline. You%26#39;d need to get Skype on top of this for a broadband based home phone provider.

Or basically fork out a few quid a month for a BT line! VIRGIN MEDIA [CABLE] virgin media .. we have just got them for a land line and broadband.. but we had a telewest (now virgin media) socket in the house so it was a quick connection, it might take some time otherwise. sky needs BT land line, so no good for you.

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