<prompt> Human: I am being charged 40 a month extra on my phone bill and never use it, I have a cell phone for that, I tried calling in to my ISP Windstream and asked them to remove the basic phone service from my bill, But they said that it isnt possible. They said disabling my phone would also disable the internet, The internet we get is standard DSL over bonded pair copper lines. Are they lying to me in an attempt to keep me paying for the phone part on my bill? Its already ridiculous enough that we pay 120 a month for 12Mbps internet and basic phone service. So are they lying to us or can they do that? Is it really true that we must keep the basic phone service in order to use the internet?  <response>: No DSL runs over a phone line. Technically they can shut off the ability to make and receive calls, but youre not really paying for that. 