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EE tv without the broadband package

Harper86 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:51:42 GMT

Hi,

Is it possible to subscribe to EE tv without the broadband packages? We don't have a landline and will never have a decent one due to our rural location but use EE wireless internet which already streams netflix, amazon etc without any issues.

I'm looking to ditch sky tv and this seems to be a decent option.

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

DarrenDev — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:55:16 GMT

I'm afraid not @Harper86, and there are no plans to offer it any time soon.

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XRaySpeX — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:57:51 GMT

You don't need a landline with the latest EE New BB Full Fibre packages.

What does BT Wholesale Broadband Availability Checker estimate for your phone number? Post just the whole table and the line above it, blanking out your phone number. If it doesn't recognise your phone number or you don't have one, use the Address Checker.

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

DarrenDev — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:02:08 GMT

You're confusing "PSTN" with "landline" @XRaySpeX. Fibre is still considered a "landline" - i.e. a physical line to the property, as opposed to satellite or cellular data.

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

Harper86 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:05:16 GMT

That was confusing me! I checked that website and BT saying our exchange is not a priority for fibre. To be honest the old phone line we had could barely deal with a phone call never mind internet!

Thanks for Letting me know though. I'll look elsewhere so i can ditch Sky.

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

XRaySpeX — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:13:35 GMT

Am I, @DarrenDev ? How? I only mentioned it in context of Full Fibre (FTTP) which does not have a physical landline to the property.

I know very well that Fibre (FTTC) runs over a physical landline to the property. I have 1 myself.

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

DarrenDev — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:15:31 GMT

Agreed - I've just checked, and you couldn't even sustain a 1Mbps connection at your address @Harper86 .

We're currently rolling out fibre just south of you and plan to start rollout slightly to the east of you soon, so there is a chance we'll get to you eventually. Probably not for at least a year though I'm afraid.

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

Harper86 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:23:33 GMT

Thanks for that.

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Buxcey — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:54:52 GMT

Ahhh shame. I was so so excited when I heard about this new business venture of EE TV. Superb offer and everything I watch on Sky.

Sadly I’m the same, <3mb at my address with the usual suppliers. I have to use a rural satellite option (Quickline).
My EE mobile can only get service via my broadband as the mast mobile signal for all operators is non existent. My BB speeds are a very comfy 200mb+. Sky started out like this in that their initial Sky TV offering had to use their broadband only, then they took a bigger bite of the market once their technology plan shifted. Get a shift on EE PLEASE.

I’m very happy to trial using EE TV on a non EE BB ISP 🙂

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

DarrenDev — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:13:28 GMT

Coincidentally, we were discussing this possibility yesterday @Buxcey but there are a lot of hurdles we need to jump first. It's not going to happen any time soon, I'm afraid.

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

Smatty — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 13:53:02 GMT

HI, could you sign up for the tv/bb deal, but just not use it?

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

2Sense — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:03:34 GMT

I've been looking to get EE TV on my Apple TV, it'd be really nice to have however EE doesn't provide what I need from my broadband. This situation feels like it's purely just for lock-in and is highly anti-consumer.

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Midnight_Voice — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:19:17 GMT

@2Sense

Where to start?

You won’t get EETV, in any sort of complete way, on your Apple TV. The broadcasters and content providers demand that only specially licensed Apple TV boxes can be used for this, and these special boxes are only available from EETV.

Technically, EETV can only be supplied over EE or BT broadband. Frustrating if the only decent broadband near you is from somebody else, and not just for you, for EETV as well, as it means they can’t sell you a service they would like to.

But it is a restriction EETV have actually looked at, and there is no easy way round it.

But you should not imagine that EETV are anti-consumer; why would they cut off their nose just to spite their face?

Rather, they are as interested as you in overcoming the technical and commercial problems of providing the service more widely; they don’t want that you miss out on EETV any more than you do.

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

dae14101 — Mon, 05 May 2025 21:47:24 GMT

Why does EE not offer the EE tv package with their 5g mobile broadband hub?

I have the hub because I cannot get broadband that would support streaming tv. The mobile home hub is excellent, but I do not see why we cannot also get the EE tv package with it.

I am intrigued to know what the logic is in not offering the tv package with the mogile home hub?

Thanks

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

Lesley_W — Wed, 07 May 2025 13:15:17 GMT

Hi @dae14101

Welcome to our community.

Our TV services are set up to work with our fixed line broadband infrastructure, but I can certainly pass your comments along to our team to see if this is something we can look into in the future.

Lesley

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

AP850 — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 06:18:49 GMT

Can I also register my interest. EETV looks like a great service. I wanted to give feedback from a frustrated potential customer, since this thread is extremely disappointing.

There is a good reason I don't want your broadband. According to the website postcode check you won't offer FFTP here for several years. I'm not going to divide my broadband speed by a factor of 15 so I can use your TV, but that's what you expect me to do. So it's not me being picky, you just don't offer modern broadband where I live - and where I live is a large town, so I imagine many people are in this situation.

This feels like a completely arbitrary marketing decision, not a technical one. If Sky can offer TV without their broadband, it's very hard to see why you can't. 😞

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

DarrenDev — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:27:28 GMT

@AP850 see the response from @Midnight_Voice above - definitely not an arbitrary marketing decision. It's a combination of technical and contractual.

The simplest way to put it - if we offered EE TV on any connection, the channels you receive would be significantly reduced ... for the same reason that the EE TV app on other platforms can also only offer a reduced set of channels. The channels are there and ready to be streamed, but they're not in the apps as we're not allowed.

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AP850 — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 22:08:41 GMT

I guess "not allowed" really means "consciously chose not to licence". It doesn't matter, nobody here can change it, all I wanted to do was give feedback, not complain.

I only want the basic channels - BBC, ITV, C4, C5 + recording that can skip adverts. It sounds like that is not possible (?) If it is, I'd take it.

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

garybs29 — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 22:27:41 GMT

To put it another way, if you're that interested would you be willing to pay the costs for it or would you be one of the first to have a moan about the cost?

Re: EE tv without the broadband package

AP850 — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:43:32 GMT

I'm not sure what you're implying? If you think trying to pay less is unreasonable, you may be a little out of touch.

I pay virgin around £110 per month for their most basic channels + broadband which is 10-15x faster than the snail's pace you offer, and a phone connection I don't use, but which makes it cheaper. Every year, when challenged, Virgin offers to reduce the cost for my loyalty, then they charge me much more than a new customer, but I'm sure EE does that. You can't avoid that practice. Everyone does it. Anyway...

Soon, another company is coming with 900Mbps symmetric broadband but no TV for £30 per month. I'd like their broadband but I need a TV solution. Sky makes me watch adverts. FreeView isn't viable, the signal here is terrible. Freely's decision to force people to bin their TVs rather than give us an app means I'd need to replace a lovely LG OLED. Maybe not wanting to throw away a really nice TV is a little stingy of me, I don't know. But even if I suck up the cost, and get something worse than what I have, they also don't seem to offer recording, they've gone for the Sky approach.

To be better than Virgin, you need to beat £80 per month for the most basic channels. I assume you could do that if the "significantly reduced" channels mentioned above include the limited set I want. But you don't do it, so it's not worth discussing.