Do I need a landline?

koolpc · 20 Dec 2017 at 23:45

I will be living on my own soon.

Do I need a landline?

I only use the internet to surf mainly. Forums and F1 when on Channel 4.

I can use my mobile to tether. Do you think it is feasable? I spend £10 month at mo on a giffgaff goody bag. Not sure how much I use internet wise. Could I do it on £10 A month tethered?

Currently we use Sky. Approx £20 A month.

Using tether at mo as issues with BT line. Quite fast too.

bremen1874 · 20 Dec 2017 at 23:56

No chance unless you're only using it for email and very light browsing.

If nothing else the first set of Windows updates will wipe you out.

koolpc · 21 Dec 2017 at 00:07

Using Samsung tablet..

Rroff · 21 Dec 2017 at 00:07

Hah yeah even if you set connection metering Windows 10 will likely wipe out a huge chunk of your data allowance with more recent builds - MS are proper idiots. (EDIT: Ignore if not using Windows 10).

I suspect you'd need at least a 20GB package with some monitoring of your usage - possibly a bit more depending on your video watching as that can easily eat around a gig an hour (though Netflix, etc. allow you to set the rate and give you an idea of the hourly data use for that rate).

BigT · 21 Dec 2017 at 13:57

I have three internet connections at home and two of them are 4G based. My wife gets through about 40Gb a month just casual browsing, shopping and social media-ing on an iPad. I get through just over 50Gb a month on Vodafone with casual browsing on the iPad in the evening and working from home on a laptop six times a month. I get 30Gb a month on EE for £12.50 and 50Gb a month on Vodafone for £25. The third connection is fibre at £20 a month. Constant updates to devices and apps chew through allowances like you wouldn’t believe.

MissChief · 21 Dec 2017 at 22:03

koolpc said:
I will be living on my own soon.

Do I need a landline?

I only use the internet to surf mainly. Forums and F1 when on Channel 4.

I can use my mobile to tether. Do you think it is feasable? I spend £10 month at mo on a giffgaff goody bag. Not sure how much I use internet wise. Could I do it on £10 A month tethered?

Currently we use Sky. Approx £20 A month.

Using tether at mo as issues with BT line. Quite fast too.

If you don't need super fast speeds then Sky will do DSL for £20pm including line Rental? Not too bad IMO.

The1nonly1 · 22 Dec 2017 at 14:15

I would get a cheap ADSL connection. You will need a phone line but you don't have to connect a phone, I don't.

koolpc · 22 Dec 2017 at 23:51

We don't use the phone here. Guess I will have to go ADSL

Sparx · 23 Dec 2017 at 11:09

For the sake of a cheap ADSL package, you may as well get FTTC if you can.

Plusnet do 38Mb fibre package for £24.99pm at the moment.

BigT · 24 Dec 2017 at 00:23

£22.50 a month for Vodafone fibre right now: https://www.vodafone.co.uk/broadban...7_1514074926_66b116eb2336c47b28007ee63bbcb22b

Less if you’re an existing customer

koolpc · 25 Dec 2017 at 18:16

Guys, I am with giffgaff. Looking, I see the £20 goodybag gives you Aways on Data. 9gb allowance at full speed and then once that is reached it throttles back but only during the day.

I never go anywhere near 9gig! I am an average user in that I only surf the web and stick to forums etc. I never download stuff. I am on an Android tablet. Views on the giffgaff goodybag?

BigT · 25 Dec 2017 at 19:58

Why would you want to buy a goody bag when for more or less the same price you get an always on, no limit 38Mb fibre connection?? Sure you get a phone line you don’t want too but it’s not like it’s really costing you extra. If I could do something to get off using 4G for my main home internet I would in a nanosecond so it seems madness to not go for fibre if you can.

koolpc · 25 Dec 2017 at 20:38

BigT said:
Why would you want to buy a goody bag when for more or less the same price you get an always on, no limit 38Mb fibre connection?? Sure you get a phone line you don’t want too but it’s not like it’s really costing you extra. If I could do something to get off using 4G for my main home internet I would in a nanosecond so it seems madness to not go for fibre if you can.

I will soon be in a position where money is going to extremely tight indeed. A situation where I will indeed have to look after the pennies. I need the mobile and i need internet. Cheapest option £20 Giffgaff.

Thekwango · 25 Dec 2017 at 20:45

koolpc said:
i need internet

Going by what you say your internet usage is I'd say no you don't. Especially if money's going to be very tight soon.

koolpc · 25 Dec 2017 at 21:31

Thekwango said:
Going by what you say your internet usage is I'd say no you don't. Especially if money's going to be very tight soon.

I do need internet as I email and do research online. Can't always use the phone as screen too small. My eyesight is not getting better at nearly 54.

4K8KW10 · 25 Dec 2017 at 21:35

koolpc said:
I do need internet as I email and do research online. Can't always use the phone as screen too small. My eyesight is not getting better at nearly 54.

If you work while having the need of internet, then it doesn't make much of a sense to save from it.
Sounds similar to earn your money on a computer, but using the cheapest dual-core one...

Just what you need to do, is to calculate how much exactly you can afford for it. Or to optimise the other expenses, so you have more money left for this.
Reorganise your priorities in the smartest possible way.

bremen1874 · 25 Dec 2017 at 21:36

Contract allowing you can tether to a device with a larger display.

Personally I'd have fixed broadband unless there's a really, really, good reason not to.

koolpc · 25 Dec 2017 at 21:39

bremen1874 said:
Contract allowing you can tether to a device with a larger display.

Personally I'd have fixed broadband unless there's a really, really, good reason not to.

Tethered to my Android tablet now. Reason, no internet as ruddy telegraph pole Is down!

Using £10 goodybag at the mo. Pole been down since Tuesday. Been on tethered since then.

BigT · 25 Dec 2017 at 22:23

koolpc said:
I will soon be in a position where money is going to extremely tight indeed. A situation where I will indeed have to look after the pennies. I need the mobile and i need internet. Cheapest option £20 Giffgaff.

OK. If money is going to be super tight then buy a dongle/mifi device off eBay second hand and if 9Gb a month is more than enough for you then Vodafone will do you 15Gb a month for £15 and you’re only tied into a 30 day rolling contract: https://www.vodafone.co.uk/shop/bundles-and-sims/sim-only-data-bundles/index.htm

That’s £5 a month cheaper than your goody bag with more data than you need. I’m sure other operators will do SIM only data plans with enough data for your needs for less than £20 a month.

koolpc · 25 Dec 2017 at 22:29

BigT said:
OK. If money is going to be super tight then buy a dongle/mifi device off eBay second hand and if 9Gb a month is more than enough for you then Vodafone will do you 15Gb a month for £15 and you’re only tied into a 30 day rolling contract: https://www.vodafone.co.uk/shop/bundles-and-sims/sim-only-data-bundles/index.htm

That’s £5 a month cheaper than your goody bag with more data than you need. I’m sure other operators will do SIM only data plans with enough data for your needs for less than £20 a month.

Vodafone you linked to is data only. I need mobile phone too. Mifi device uses SIM. Again, I will need a mobile phone too.