Up here, you can get your DSL "unbundled" from your phone line. They assign a new number to "just your DSL" and the phone part stops working (but the DSL stays live). There is no real requirement that there is a working phone number for DSL to work, just a solid physical connection to the C/O.
However, phone companies will try to stiff you by trying to tell you that it isn't possible.
Good luck Cleo... I moved mine over to Vonage a couple of months ago without any major issues at all.
Alex
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