New BT Phone line

[eightseventhree]

Moving into new house in a week and will be needing a BT line installing (no alternatives avaliable).

I know its going to cost me about 120 quid but does anyone know of any offers etc that i can take up?#

cheers

[eightseventhree]

Ahh just bit the bullet and did it.

closest appointment . . . . 8th September WTF!

[okgo]

Get cable. No way on earth I was paying 120 quid for a stone age st rj45 install

[eightseventhree]

the area im moving into has no cable!

[Plotloss]

okgo said:

Get cable. No way on earth I was paying 120 quid for a stone age st rj45 install

Why on earth would you have an RJ45 install for BT?

Nothing wrong with CTP, nothing wrong with it at all.

[rasputin]

eightseventhree said:

I know its going to cost me about 120 quid but does anyone know of any offers etc that i can take up?

If you'd waited a little longer I would have told you that BT have an offer (which they're not publicising) to install your line for £30 if you sign an 18 month rather than 12 month contract.
If you leave early you pay the remainder, so on the basic package it works out to your advantage as long as you don't leave before 10 months. If you move home you can take the contract with you.

But you didn't wait.

So I won't tell you.

Although I will tell you that you can cancel the installation you've arranged up to 24 hours before and not pay anything

[okgo]

Plotloss said:

okgo said:

Get cable. No way on earth I was paying 120 quid for a stone age st rj45 install

Why on earth would you have an RJ45 install for BT?

Nothing wrong with CTP, nothing wrong with it at all.

We had probelems before..

[eightseventhree]

ohhh i never knew that . . but if i canceled and re provision wont that screw up the credit check ?

Might have to do this is there any special info i need to know?


//ETA

Just phoned up BT and canceled this order. I cant call back till monday and order a new connection.

Why don't BT advertise this ?

Edited by eightseventhree on Friday 15th August 15:50

[bimsb6]

okgo said:

Get cable. No way on earth I was paying 120 quid for a stone age st rj45 install

virgin media use the same sockets as bt fed by a copper pair .

[BoRED S2upid]

Why are there no alternatives available? I use mobile broadband and phone and sav myself paying BT a bean.

[Tonto]

bimsb6 said:

okgo said:

Get cable. No way on earth I was paying 120 quid for a stone age st rj45 install

virgin media use the same sockets as bt fed by a copper pair .

(But not BT's copper)

[bimsb6]

BoRED S2upid said:

Why are there no alternatives available? I use mobile broadband and phone and sav myself paying BT a bean.

there are he's just not looking hard enough .

[eightseventhree]

I have Sky TV . . which means i have to be BT's bh

[paul26982]

you dont have to have a line for sky now, well being going on a while were you havnt, just moved my self, bit the bullet and paid it, find it ridiclious though

[paul26982]

oh and all they did was press a button to turn the line on from the other end wich makes it worse

[bimsb6]

paul26982 said:

oh and all they did was press a button to turn the line on from the other end wich makes it worse

and the phone pixies installed the duct, cable, socket all for free out of the goodness of their heart .