New build house - ADSL installation

Hi,

I'm having a new house built and when it's finished I'll need a BT
telephone line installed. The exchange is ADSL enabled and I want ADSL self
install from an ISP other than BT. Here's the question: can I order ADSL
when I order the phone line and have it wired with BT faceplate by the
engineer who installs the line? Or is it one of those Catch 22 situations
where I can only order ADSL when I've already got a BT line installed?

TIA,
Terry

On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 06:38:05 +0100, Terrycymru <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>I'm having a new house built and when it's finished I'll need a BT
>telephone line installed. The exchange is ADSL enabled and I want ADSL self
>install from an ISP other than BT. Here's the question: can I order ADSL
>when I order the phone line and have it wired with BT faceplate by the
>engineer who installs the line? Or is it one of those Catch 22 situations
>where I can only order ADSL when I've already got a BT line installed?

The latter - you can't order ADSL without a working line. Although
there's no reason you can't have a word with a friendly BT engineer
and ask him if he has a spare ADSL faceplate in the back of his van.

"Terrycymru" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1q1y4q59fkhr8$.1gh6neg6nr9zf$.(E-Mail Removed)
> I'm having a new house built and when it's finished I'll need a BT
> telephone line installed. The exchange is ADSL enabled and I want
> ADSL self install from an ISP other than BT. Here's the question: can
> I order ADSL when I order the phone line and have it wired with BT
> faceplate by the engineer who installs the line? Or is it one of
> those Catch 22 situations where I can only order ADSL when I've
> already got a BT line installed?

It depends on the ISP you want to order ADSL with.

Most will only accept an ADSL order once an active BT line is in place.

However, a few (BT's own branded ones and A&A comes to mind) are part of a
BT trial
which means that you order your new line via your ISP and BT come and
install that and the ADSL connection at the same time.

As I say, it all depends if your choosen ISP is part of the trial - you
would have to check with them.

Regards
Sunil

Woof <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 06:38:05 +0100, Terrycymru <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>I'm having a new house built and when it's finished I'll need a BT
>>telephone line installed. The exchange is ADSL enabled and I want ADSL self
>>install from an ISP other than BT. Here's the question: can I order ADSL
>>when I order the phone line and have it wired with BT faceplate by the
>>engineer who installs the line? Or is it one of those Catch 22 situations
>>where I can only order ADSL when I've already got a BT line installed?
>
> The latter - you can't order ADSL without a working line. Although
> there's no reason you can't have a word with a friendly BT engineer
> and ask him if he has a spare ADSL faceplate in the back of his van.

Why they won't simply offer to up-front sell you one if you want one,
say 15 quid each to make the wiring neater, I don't understand.

On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 10:24:51 +0100, Sunil Sood wrote:

> "Terrycymru" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1q1y4q59fkhr8$.1gh6neg6nr9zf$.(E-Mail Removed)
>> I'm having a new house built and when it's finished I'll need a BT
>> telephone line installed. The exchange is ADSL enabled and I want
>> ADSL self install from an ISP other than BT. Here's the question: can
>> I order ADSL when I order the phone line and have it wired with BT
>> faceplate by the engineer who installs the line? Or is it one of
>> those Catch 22 situations where I can only order ADSL when I've
>> already got a BT line installed?
>
> It depends on the ISP you want to order ADSL with.
>
> Most will only accept an ADSL order once an active BT line is in place.
>
> However, a few (BT's own branded ones and A&A comes to mind) are part of a
> BT trial
> which means that you order your new line via your ISP and BT come and
> install that and the ADSL connection at the same time.
>
> As I say, it all depends if your choosen ISP is part of the trial - you
> would have to check with them.
>
> Regards
> Sunil

Thanks for the info, Sunil. Very helpful.

BTW who are A&A ?

Terry

O
> Thanks for the info, Sunil. Very helpful.
>
> BTW who are A&A ?
>
> Terry

Andrews and Arnold ISP
www.adslguide.org

DAve


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On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 11:16:49 +0100, Dave Stanton wrote:

> O
>> Thanks for the info, Sunil. Very helpful.
>>
>> BTW who are A&A ?
>>
>> Terry
>
> Andrews and Arnold ISP
> www.adslguide.org
>
> DAve

Thanks,Dave.