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Title: is my house connected to bt? Post by: dousche on September 09, 2009, 04:26:25 PM im moving to a new house in the next couple of days. i seem to remember that addresses are either wired up for bt/sky or cable and that theres some kinda fee for changing this. anyone know if i can check what the new house is wired up for?
Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: bolt pp on September 09, 2009, 04:28:10 PM if theres not an existing bt thing in the wall they want something like £140 to hook one up
Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: TheChipPrince on September 09, 2009, 04:29:10 PM I paid £125 last year simply for the guy to come from BT and flick a switch. Have you seen phone sockets there?
Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: Claw75 on September 09, 2009, 04:30:37 PM there's a webbie somewhere i think where you can check if the BT line is active. And yes, it's a lot of money if it's not already wired up.
Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: TheChipPrince on September 09, 2009, 04:34:50 PM there's a webbie somewhere i think where you can check if the BT line is active. And yes, it's a lot of money if it's not already wired up. I was told it was £125 whether to flick a switch, or put a whole new line in, makes no difference, could be wrong though... Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: bolt pp on September 09, 2009, 04:35:39 PM there's a webbie somewhere i think where you can check if the BT line is active. And yes, it's a lot of money if it's not already wired up. I was told it was £125 whether to flick a switch, or put a whole new line in, makes no difference, could be wrong though... nah thats not true Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: TheChipPrince on September 09, 2009, 04:35:55 PM Have a look at this...
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/free-BT-line-installation Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: Claw75 on September 09, 2009, 04:40:26 PM there's a webbie somewhere i think where you can check if the BT line is active. And yes, it's a lot of money if it's not already wired up. I was told it was £125 whether to flick a switch, or put a whole new line in, makes no difference, could be wrong though... not sure, I think I paid a bit more than that (£160ish or something), but it was a couple of years ago and my memory isn't what it used to be ;tk; Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: gatso on September 09, 2009, 04:45:01 PM you should never be paying for switch flicking if there's already a line in. mine was free 6 months ago
Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: kinboshi on September 09, 2009, 04:50:41 PM If there's no BT line, but there is a cable line, I'm sure BT will be more than happy to wire you up FOC to get your ongoing custom.
dousche - why do you want a BT line specifically? Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: cambo on September 09, 2009, 05:48:29 PM Have a look at this... http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/free-BT-line-installation this i used that in may for my new flat and got everything for free Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: dousche on September 09, 2009, 11:04:27 PM dousche - why do you want a BT line specifically? for sky. virgin tv sucks ass Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: rex008 on September 10, 2009, 09:13:38 AM You can use a virgin phone line for Sky. Doesn't have to be BT. And unless you have multiroom, it only needs to be connected once, at install time. Run a looooong extension lead from a neighbour :).
Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: kinboshi on September 10, 2009, 09:30:48 AM Sky+ for telly, Virgin for phone and broadband. That's the winning combo imo.
Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: deepreacher on September 10, 2009, 09:48:08 AM dousche - why do you want a BT line specifically? for sky. virgin tv sucks ass Get sky to install your phone line and take out sky line rental. I think I paid £60 for the phone installation when I moved house. (it is installed by a BT engineer using BT openworld) I think sky line rental is a few quid cheaper than BT too;. Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: rex008 on September 10, 2009, 10:36:22 AM SkyHD for telly, Virgin for phone and broadband. That's the winning combo imo. obv what you meant. Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: StuartHopkin on September 10, 2009, 10:53:05 AM You can use a virgin phone line for Sky. Doesn't have to be BT. And unless you have multiroom, it only needs to be connected once, at install time. Run a looooong extension lead from a neighbour :). Dont even need to do that, as long as you tell them you dont have a phone line they will set it up before they bring it out, hence no need for a phone line full stop. Title: Re: is my house connected to bt? Post by: Tractor on September 10, 2009, 12:59:18 PM You can use a virgin phone line for Sky. Doesn't have to be BT. And unless you have multiroom, it only needs to be connected once, at install time. Run a looooong extension lead from a neighbour :). Dont even need to do that, as long as you tell them you dont have a phone line they will set it up before they bring it out, hence no need for a phone line full stop. You can have Sky as long as its not Multiroom without a phone line, Sky charge a £25 opt out fee for this. |