Removing BB from my telephone line

In the near future I am hoping to share my neighbour's broadband connection.
I know precisely , from its T&Cs, what my ISP will do when I terminate my
contract. Usually this would be to transfer to another ISP on the same
phone line - but that is not my situation. Reading other recent postings I
see that:-

i) I (or somebody) should de-activate my phone line . Is this necessary?
How is it arranged.

ii) It might cost - anybody know if this is the case and how much?

Frank Stacey

"Frank Stacey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>In the near future I am hoping to share my neighbour's broadband connection.
>I know precisely , from its T&Cs, what my ISP will do when I terminate my
>contract. Usually this would be to transfer to another ISP on the same
>phone line - but that is not my situation. Reading other recent postings I
>see that:-
>
>i) I (or somebody) should de-activate my phone line . Is this necessary?
>How is it arranged.
>
>ii) It might cost - anybody know if this is the case and how much?
>

Why not just leave it "activated" but not subscribe to an ISP? I'm not sure if this
is possible but I don't see why not. That way if you wanted to have your own
connection again for whatever reason you've still got a connection?

Other people will probably have more knowledge about this.


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In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Andrew Sayers
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>"Frank Stacey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>In the near future I am hoping to share my neighbour's broadband connection.
>>I know precisely , from its T&Cs, what my ISP will do when I terminate my
>>contract. Usually this would be to transfer to another ISP on the same
>>phone line - but that is not my situation. Reading other recent postings I
>>see that:-
>>
>>i) I (or somebody) should de-activate my phone line . Is this necessary?
>>How is it arranged.
>>
>>ii) It might cost - anybody know if this is the case and how much?
>>
>
>Why not just leave it "activated" but not subscribe to an ISP? I'm not sure
>if this
>is possible but I don't see why not. That way if you wanted to have your own
>connection again for whatever reason you've still got a connection?

You can't - some company has to pay BT Wholesale for the line being
activated.


All you do is cancel your ADSL account and pay any cancellation charge
your ISP wishes to levy (usually it's free if you have served any
minimum contract term). The ISP should place the order with BT Wholesale
to deactivate ADSL on your phone line - though if they don't, that's
their lookout.

If the line is left activated, there's no advantage to you - indeed, it
will be a problem in that you'll have trouble if you wish to reactivate
the line for ADSL in the future.



Two things to be aware of:

1. Check that your neighbour's ISP terms and conditions allows you to
share.

2. If you're thinking of putting a cable between your two buildings,
don't. Firstly, you are probably falling foul of some
telecommunications law in doing so. Secondly, you can hit problems
in doing so, in that Ethernet cables are not designed to be run
outside - both electrically and physically (most Category 5 cable
isn't outdoors rated).

Fibre would overcome the second consideration, but not the first.
You're better off using wireless.



David
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David Wood <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Andrew Sayers
><(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>"Frank Stacey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
<snip>
>>
>>Why not just leave it "activated" but not subscribe to an ISP? I'm not sure
>>if this
>>is possible but I don't see why not. That way if you wanted to have your own
>>connection again for whatever reason you've still got a connection?
>
>You can't - some company has to pay BT Wholesale for the line being
>activated.
>
>
Ah thanks - I didn't know this.


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