Does DSL require a residential phone line?

[Kyle]

Do you have to pay for at least a local phone line in order to get DSL (with Bellsouth) or can you pay for DSL without the land line?

[salehhesham]

you should get a land line in order to get the dsl coz your land line will be filtered into 2 lines , one for calls and other for DSL
thnx

[jim1133]

I thought I recently read that Verizon was dropping that requirement and would offer "naked" DSL. Some folks no longer use a land line and are happy with using their cell phone.

[press2esc]

some bellsouth customers have a fiber connection, otherwise you must have a phone line. i could be mistaken but it may be a mandated requirement from the FCC a/o FTC.

P2E

[Kyle]

Thanks for the help everyone. Looks like a phone line + DSL is the same price as Cable anyway.

[YeOldeStonecat]

I thought I recently read that Verizon was dropping that requirement and would offer "naked" DSL. Some folks no longer use a land line and are happy with using their cell phone.

You still pretty much pay for that line...some ISP's are marketing it as "naked"...but that phone line is still not free. Perhaps a buck or two less than having just a bare phone number and local calling on that line. One way, or another, you're paying for a phone line to come to your house.

[superba]

Hi,

Subject line says it all. For example, Montana allows a "naked" DSL connection; however, California does not.

[lght1]

Hi

I am a former Verizon DSL and phone sunscriber who switched to GWI as they didnt require a land line account.

Since I have cell, what use is a land line to me?