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Can I have just phone with BT?

IrememberBuzby — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 14:44:02 GMT

Hi all,

I do not have great mobile signal in my area. Even with the addition of Wi Fi calling it is still pants (might need a new phone). I am leaving BT to move to Satellite due to 11 Mbps max (guaranteed 5).

Does anyone know if I can just have a phone package with BT? I have read some info on the BT help page but I am unsure if this is outdated.

Re: Can I have just phone with BT?

iniltous — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:03:46 GMT

The price of a standalone phone (assuming can get one , which may prove easier said than done) is £32.20 , on a PAYG basis , so around the same price as BT broadband and phone on a relatively ordinary speed profile ,so if you think you can convert to landline only and it will a cheap way of maintaining a landline , that’s not the case you probably will save little or nothing , plus as stated getting this organised from a position of a current broadband and pone customer may prove difficult to arrange , and a continuing broadband user ( it’s broadband from any source not just BT ) you don’t qualify for any discount as would a genuine no broadband customer who almost certainly already be a landline only customer , so not need a landline only providing as they would already have it .

Re: Can I have just phone with BT?

Kimberlin — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:10:27 GMT

@IrememberBuzby There's an entire thread on the subject here:

https://community.bt.com/t5/Home-phone-including-Digital/Landline-with-no-broadband/m-p/2446317#M105179

Re: Can I have just phone with BT?

IrememberBuzby — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:28:40 GMT

Wooooow, that was a long thread that went nowhere fast, thank you!

Re: Can I have just phone with BT?

Kimberlin — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:32:19 GMT

@IrememberBuzby At least you now have an appreciation of just how much utter guff gets posted on this forum 🤣

Re: Can I have just phone with BT?

IrememberBuzby — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:33:48 GMT

Thank you @iniltous but as you say that does not sound good value.

I feel that I also need to point out for other readers that in my area there is also no such thing as a basic package ......it's 11 Mbps (on a good day) or nothing at a price of £89 for just the broadband.

Re: Can I have just phone with BT?

IrememberBuzby — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:35:04 GMT

Yep, thank you 🙂

Re: Can I have just phone with BT?

Kimberlin — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:38:32 GMT

@IrememberBuzby Have you considered Starlink?

Re: Can I have just phone with BT?

iniltous — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 18:45:15 GMT

Anyone genuinely paying £89 for ‘basic’ broadband needs to accept responsibility for that , it’s their inertia, failing to change provider or negotiate, BT ‘basic’ broadband can be had for £27 , that’s the 40Mb profile and anyone on a long line where even that isn’t possible then they would be barking mad to pay for anything more , so if someone doesn’t renew or change provider and allows a price to skyrocket because they are on a legacy deal or price on an out if contract basis paying an uncompetitive price is culpable not the supplier , what’s more even allowing for that £89 seems likely to be an exaggeration, unless it’s not a basic package at all .

No one is tied to BT , even if Openreach are the only network, there are many alternatives to BT on Openreach , and if it’s only Openreach and 11Mb is all that’s can be delivered that’s just physics, it can’t be avoided on a longer line , it’s a slower speed , if on rate adaptive system like FTTC .

Re: Can I have just phone with BT?

Kimberlin — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 19:02:35 GMT

@iniltous There are people who have been all over this forum who are and will continue to pay absurd monthly bills out of sheer apathy or ignorance. Plus of course there are some customers so weighed down with wads of cash, they genuinely don’t care how much it costs them. I recently discovered this with a neighbour who when we were discussing alternative ISPs they admitted to me that they were paying almost 3 times as much as I was on an almost identical package. It honestly defies all financial logic.

Re: Can I have just phone with BT?

IrememberBuzby — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:01:30 GMT

Thank you, yep Starlink it is then.

I also don't really see the point of this forum, other than to berate people who ask perfectly genuine questions.

Re: Can I have just phone with BT?

iniltous — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:07:40 GMT

Not sure who berated whom, your initial question was answered , the subsequent opinion (not a question) about value is debatable, that’s why it was challenged, no one points a gun to your head to join BT , if the price becomes uncompetitive because of a customers inaction , either to negotiate or change provider to get better value , that’s their problem really , in that respect all ISP are the same , nothing unique about BT , plus in this case £89 for basic broadband is a price it’s difficult to accept as true , even if on a legacy deal on an out of contract basis , often when challenged to verify the price , the poster then disappears, presumably realising they incorrectly stating the price , as an example, someone on a quarterly bill paying £90 , is clearly wrong to suggest that’s the monthly charge , or someone with Halo , BTTV , or a inclusive calls plan or even a PAYG plan that makes many calls hence a £90 bill is wrong to suggest that £90 is the basic price …Obviously no one needs to feel obliged to prove anything , but if someone were paying £90 for basic broadband only , it’s not berating them to ask for a little evidence, what was the plan called and the last time it was renewed etc , otherwise the claim is often thought to be inaccurate.

TBH , this forum is customer to customer, generally it’s not BT staff answering , so all reply’s are just other BT customers opinions, which often are supplied a little undiplomatically.