Thread: ADSL without a phone line?

Just moved into a new place and don't want a phone bill just internet. Ha now I don't mean Naked ADSL as we all know it's not available to Darwin. I do work with someone however that has Dodo internet and once upon a time a Telstra phone line. Telstra manged to fuck up one of his bills and cut his phone line off... but his internet kept working. So for the past 6 months he's only had to pay for the internet bill.

So this raises the question, what are the chances that if I where to acquire a phone line, get ADSL going then cancel the phone line would it all still work? Would be interesting to find out as I was told they can't fully cancel the line if you've got another subscription goin through it. I'm interested to know peoples thoughts...

Same thing happened to me at a previous address. No idea what sort of sneaky strings you would have to pull to force this scenario, but it definitely happens.

doesn't always work had the phone disconnected here and first we noticed it was the adsl disconnecting.

Are you sure hes not paying Dodo for the phone line as in a bundle deal? Internet + phone line rental.

This just sounds fraught with possible tragedy to me. Just pay for the service you want. It's quite a simple concept.

I don't want to pay for a car, but I want transport. Do I just steal a car? No I don't.

*shakes head*

you use a bus?

Originally Posted by grandinferno

This just sounds fraught with possible tragedy to me. Just pay for the service you want. It's quite a simple concept.

I don't want to pay for a car, but I want transport. Do I just steal a car? No I don't.

*shakes head*

On the other hand, telstra are charging his isp to use the adsl port, and the line, then charging him for the voice line into his house which he doesn't use.


bring on the single charge nbn connection.

It was obviously a bad example. You get my point.

Originally Posted by Harbinger

On the other hand, telstra are charging his isp to use the adsl port, and the line, then charging him for the voice line into his house which he doesn't use..

I'm not saying it's fair. But life isn't.

sooooo what's your point then?? that it isn't fair for him to get ADSL without paying for a phone line? wait, you just covered that