Should we make allowance for a telephone cable in Brisbane IP?

I’m a tenant and been renting for 12 odd years.

Sometimes you need it for internet. ADSL and similar old age rubbish needs a beeping line. More modern staff doesn’t.

Never used landline, never wanted it and never missed it. The only time it came with a place I rented it didn’t stop with telemarketing calls. Had to unplug it...

 

Not required to provide one and you wouldn’t advertise it doesn’t have a phone line as you could reduce the pool of tenants.

We have a phone line connected to our house but we don’t use it and I rarely call my parents home line.

My grandparents recently sold/bought a home and they no longer have a home phone but have a mobile so you really aren’t eliminating many tenants except if the need it for internet but if you got nbn connected they probably wouldn’t care.

 

We have a landline in PPOR but nowadays only need it for making outgoing calls... In case of power outage, mobile battery flat, unreliable internet network, break-ins....
Some older residents don’t use mobile and internet so will depend on landline e, but that must be very rare now.
This will be complicated by NBN....

 

we have landline at home (mainly for internet), but leave it unpluged to stop these telemarketing calls.

haven't had the need to use landline for phone calls so far.

 

What's a land line?

 

Does your IP have another way of connecting to the internet?

My NBN runs through my fixed phone line to the node.

 

Last time we checked, the landlord was obliged to provide one working telephone point. But this was quite a few years ago. A quick call should clarify.

If you don’t reinstall the landline, make sure it is clearly explained to the tenant before signing, and have the relevant fact noted in the lease.

I like our landline. Included in our package for free, including STD calls. Means we only need a cheap mobile plan to call mobiles.

But the NBN is allegedly coming, so things will change.
Marg

 

Are your tenants likely to be elderly people who do not use a mobile?
Disabled people who will require a landline for their Vital Cord? In a 2 storey house.

 

I recently pulled back the copper. House has a HFC NBN connection in another location so copper is on longer required.

If NBN is not yet installed, you may need to check the type of connection that you're getting at nbnco.com.au

 

If the line is required for internet services, i would say any tenants moving in would request the cost be covered if they need to organise it. I have found that in most cases they dont want to use it for the phone just their internet depending on the area and coverage.

 

I built my house, there is a land line somewhere... it's not pulled through - never used it.
My landline in my office is only connected for internal calls, everyone calls my mobile or email.

 

There isn't a blanket legal requirement to provide a phone line, though some management agreements (e.g. REIQ) will have you sign that you agree to provide one. The reality is that it's near enough an expectation that a modern home will have a phone line, and it's likely to get the relationship off on the wrong foot if you were to refuse to install one at your cost upon request.

Unless a cable internet connection is available, it's very likely a tenant will want a phone line for ADSL. If a cable connection is available.... might be worth chancing?

 

Or simply hold off but tell any prospective tenant you will install one if they want it.
(Assuming installation is easy and can be done quickly.)
Marg

 

Pondered the same problem some years ago and decided to wait until the tenant asked for a connection.
It hasn't been requested yet even though there have been a number of different tenants in the property.
Admittedly, this is very small unit, but the same applied to a friend who has a large inner city house. He didn't install the phone line, and by the time it was needed the tenant themselves sorted it out with a new NBN connection.

At worst there might be some delay with the installation if it was requested, for which you could possibly compensate the tenant if it seemed necessary.

I'd leave it until any new tenant requests it, especially with NBN about to roll in.