Cancelling BT Openworld

I currently have BT Openworld dialup and want to migrate to Metronet ADSL.
Do I have to cancel Openworld first?

"Sparkplug" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I currently have BT Openworld dialup and want to migrate to Metronet ADSL.
> Do I have to cancel Openworld first?
>
no, you dont... You can still keep BTO as a backup incase Broadband goes
down.

Warthog.

"Warthog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Sparkplug" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:c8ifhd$g2s$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I currently have BT Openworld dialup and want to migrate to Metronet
ADSL.
> > Do I have to cancel Openworld first?
> >
> no, you dont... You can still keep BTO as a backup incase Broadband goes
> down.
>
> Warthog.
>

Metronet provides an 0845 service for backup, which seems sufficient to me.

On Thu, 20 May 2004 14:32:13 +0000 (UTC), "Sparkplug"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I currently have BT Openworld dialup and want to migrate to Metronet ADSL.
>Do I have to cancel Openworld first?

Just downgrade to "pay as you go".

> I currently have BT Openworld dialup and want to migrate to Metronet ADSL.
> Do I have to cancel Openworld first?

Just drop it to PAYG via their website

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Sparkplug <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> "Warthog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:c8ifso$h2l$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "Sparkplug" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:c8ifhd$g2s$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I currently have BT Openworld dialup and want to migrate to Metronet
> ADSL.
>> > Do I have to cancel Openworld first?
>> >
>> no, you dont... You can still keep BTO as a backup incase Broadband goes
>> down.
>>
>> Warthog.
>>
>
> Metronet provides an 0845 service for backup, which seems sufficient to me.

It can be handy to have a backup, in case your main ISP goes tits up.
It's a pity the decision has been made in BT that the customer can't
have two ISPs if they wish on one line, and pick which they want at
login time.

Ian Stirling <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>It's a pity the decision has been made in BT that the customer can't
>have two ISPs if they wish on one line, and pick which they want at
>login time.

You can (or at least could around last Xmas time) have an ADSL line
configured by BT such that the user can choose (by changing the config on
his ADSL router) which ISP to connect to. We (InterViVo) had it enabled
on a few staff ADSL lines while we were testing our own ADSL service
prior to launch. Both ISPs have to give permission before BT will set
it up, and I understand that most ISPs won't give that permission for
some reason.

Cheers,

Mark.

Mark Turner <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Ian Stirling <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>It's a pity the decision has been made in BT that the customer can't
>>have two ISPs if they wish on one line, and pick which they want at
>>login time.
>
> You can (or at least could around last Xmas time) have an ADSL line
> configured by BT such that the user can choose (by changing the config on
> his ADSL router) which ISP to connect to. We (InterViVo) had it enabled
> on a few staff ADSL lines while we were testing our own ADSL service
> prior to launch. Both ISPs have to give permission before BT will set
> it up, and I understand that most ISPs won't give that permission for
> some reason.

I suspect that in practice, this may be impossible.

You'd need to get the ISPs to arrange it, as BTW won't talk to end users.
Getting ISPs to agree to something that maybe one or two people in the
ISP might have an inkling might be possible is going to be hard in
most cases.

If you'r an ISP (or running an ADSL service) you probably are in a better
position.