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Not in the deals on Fasterbroadband, but there are a few things that you should be aware of! Phone and broadband providers used to advertise broadband prices with an eye catching price tag, then in the small print mention that you still had to order phone line rental. This would often raise the price significantly. Since October 2016 the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have clamped down on this misleading practice. So, now the broadband prices advertised include line rental. If you use our broadband calculator and filter by ‘First year cost’ the figures that you see will include all extras e.g. the cost of posting the router, installation fees etc.

With any ADSL broadband connection the broadband is sent down the copper phone line. Even if you have Superfast fibre broadband the last part of the connection from the telephone exchange to your property still requires the phone line. To ditch your landline you need to have access to ‘Full Fibre Broadband’ also known as fibre to the premises (FTTP). As it implies, the fibre broadband connection does not stop at the local street cabinet, it continues directly to your premises. This means that you no longer need to rely on your old copper telephone cable to get broadband. It’s still relatively expensive to install as it requires new cables being installed to your property. A typical average FTTP download speed is between 330Mbps to 1Gbps and is the future of broadband in the UK. Here are some broadband providers offering FTTP: Vodafone, B4RN, BT, Virgin Media

The simple answer is YES! As long as you're not moving house away from your current telephone exchange. If you're switching to Virgin Media they too will allow you to keep your old telephone number. You will be asked which number you would like to transfer during the sign up process.