#landline phone

One of the comments was about the bundling of a landline phone with a broadband subscription. During the years of dial-up and DSL service, a landline phone was a pre-requisite for getting an internet subscription. This was due to the fact that the internet line had to go thru the landline cables so it made sense that these services are bundled. Later on, we got leased lines, cable TV companies like Sky offer broadband services without the need for a telephone line (instead, they used their existing cable TV lines), and further down the road pure fiber networks built by the likes of Converge ICT completely circumvented the legacy networks where giants like PLDT and Globe still use. In reality, any residential customer who wants to subscribe to a broadband/fiber internet does not need to get a landline phone bundled with it. The fiber plans that are being offered by PLDT/Globe come with a landline phone because it's just how they've been doing it for decades. We thought it’s already common knowledge that PLDT and Globe force customers to get a landline just to get a broadband subscription. But the question still remains -- in the age of broadband and 5G, do we still need the landline phone? Read more in our articles including "In the age of broadband and 5G, do we still need a landline phone?" and "iPhone 3G: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".