Moving house + new phone number

Hi all

The answer here may be obvious, but I can't seen it.

I'm about to move house. I'm currently with Demon for adsl (since the
mid 90s), with a BT line, but it seems to be costing a lot (24.99/mth +
20/mth BT), so I thought I'd change to a package with adsl + landline.

So, just as an example, I looked at the Tiscali site, and they have a
page where you put in your phone number, 'the one you wish to use adsl
on.'

The trouble is, I don't have a number yet for the new flat. Do BT 'own'
their numbers? Ie, could I take my current BT landline number with me
to the new flat and bypass BT altogether?

Or do BT make a problem with this?

And are these packages really any good?

Thanks for all thoughts.


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bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk

Owain <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Bella Jones wrote:
> > I'm about to move house. I'm currently with Demon for adsl (since the
> > mid 90s), with a BT line, but it seems to be costing a lot (24.99/mth +
> > 20/mth BT), so I thought I'd change to a package with adsl + landline.
>
> The problem is that, when you move house and 'take over' an existing
> line at the new address - or get a new line installed - there is a
> minimum contract with BT of 12 months for landline service.
>
> You can route your calls over another provider using a prefix or Carrier
> Pre-selection, but you cannot have most of the combined
> landline+calls+ADSL packages which involve another co taking over your
> Bt line.
>
> Whether you can take your old number with you to the new address depends
> on whether the two addresses are served by the same part of the exchange.

Thanks, and it looks like not, sadly, as I just used the BT bb site to
check. Only moving two miles away, but even so.

So, say, Plusnet or Orange can give me a whole new phone line at the new
flat?


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bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk

Bella Jones wrote:

> Hi all
>
> The answer here may be obvious, but I can't seen it.
>
> I'm about to move house. I'm currently with Demon

Dump them.

Graham

"Bella Jones" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1imh92e.1hg6pp41jrh997N%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Owain <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Bella Jones wrote:
>> > I'm about to move house. I'm currently with Demon for adsl (since the
>> > mid 90s), with a BT line, but it seems to be costing a lot (24.99/mth +
>> > 20/mth BT), so I thought I'd change to a package with adsl + landline.
>>
>> The problem is that, when you move house and 'take over' an existing
>> line at the new address - or get a new line installed - there is a
>> minimum contract with BT of 12 months for landline service.
>>
>> You can route your calls over another provider using a prefix or Carrier
>> Pre-selection, but you cannot have most of the combined
>> landline+calls+ADSL packages which involve another co taking over your
>> Bt line.
>>
>> Whether you can take your old number with you to the new address depends
>> on whether the two addresses are served by the same part of the exchange.
>
> Thanks, and it looks like not, sadly, as I just used the BT bb site to
> check. Only moving two miles away, but even so.
>
> So, say, Plusnet or Orange can give me a whole new phone line at the new
> flat?


Don't know about them, but Andrews & Arnold certainly can, see:
http://aaisp.net/aa/aaisp/pstn.html
Currenly the line is only usable for ADSL and emergency calls, because
ordinary voice calls are barred; so VOIP would be the way to go for your
voice calls.

This is a premium quality service and priced accordingly ...!

--
Graham J

Owain <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Most ISPs and other phone operators will not do new line provides. The
> few that do are mostly aimed at businesses needing an inclusive managed
> service, and charge accordingly. All consumer ISPs I've seen need an
> existing BT line available to take over.

There are some - for example http://www.thephone.coop/

They charge the full rate for connection, and I have no idea of the quality
of their broadband service. But providers do exist if you hunt and ignore
the big players.

Theo

Bella Jones wrote:
> Hi all
>
> The answer here may be obvious, but I can't seen it.
>
> I'm about to move house. I'm currently with Demon for adsl (since the
> mid 90s), with a BT line, but it seems to be costing a lot (24.99/mth +
> 20/mth BT), so I thought I'd change to a package with adsl + landline.
>
> So, just as an example, I looked at the Tiscali site, and they have a
> page where you put in your phone number, 'the one you wish to use adsl
> on.'
>
> The trouble is, I don't have a number yet for the new flat. Do BT 'own'
> their numbers? Ie, could I take my current BT landline number with me
> to the new flat and bypass BT altogether?
>
> Or do BT make a problem with this?
>
> And are these packages really any good?
>
> Thanks for all thoughts.
>
>

If you do move to an inexpensive package you would be well advised to do
some research first. If you need a reliable and quick connection with
support that have some idea what they are talking about you may be
disappointed.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isp/co...commit=Compare