upset + need help

Hi I am moving to a remote place which doesn't have BB, when I took the
place on, I asked if it had Phone line etc the landlord said yes, now I have
found out it doesn't have, so according to BT I have to pay £75 to have one
installed, so my questions are.
Does anyone else provide phone installation etc (except NTL as they are not
out there) or is it only BT ......
also
Since BB isn't out there yet, (although NTL say they offer a freedom service
which will give me BB and Tesco offer some sort of BB) But BT say the speed
wont be too good. and advised me to wait until it is available properly..
etc
If BB is not an option, I will need Dial up, so does anyone know what the
best deal on dial up is please, ...
Thanks for your Help
Tracym

On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 23:00:50 GMT, "tracymidd" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Hi I am moving to a remote place which doesn't have BB, when I took the
>place on, I asked if it had Phone line etc the landlord said yes, now I have
>found out it doesn't have, so according to BT I have to pay £75 to have one
>installed, so my questions are.
>Does anyone else provide phone installation etc (except NTL as they are not
>out there) or is it only BT ......
>also
>Since BB isn't out there yet, (although NTL say they offer a freedom service
>which will give me BB and Tesco offer some sort of BB) But BT say the speed
>wont be too good. and advised me to wait until it is available properly..
>etc
>If BB is not an option, I will need Dial up, so does anyone know what the
>best deal on dial up is please, ...
>Thanks for your Help
>Tracym
>

Tracy,

You're in luck.

There's one Telco that has a mandate to supply a phone service no
matter where you happen to reside in the UK. You guessed it, BT.

I personally look forward to the day when the whole industry is thrown
wide open to the point where you stand no chance of receiving even a
basic telephone service outside of cityville, but that doesn't matter
because "7" will get 100Mbps broadband service in his urban location
for £0.02 per month. And that's the only thing that's important.

Jake

"Muxton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Tracy,
>
> You're in luck.
>
> There's one Telco that has a mandate to supply a phone service no
> matter where you happen to reside in the UK. You guessed it, BT.
>
> I personally look forward to the day when the whole industry is thrown
> wide open to the point where you stand no chance of receiving even a
> basic telephone service outside of cityville, but that doesn't matter
> because "7" will get 100Mbps broadband service in his urban location
> for £0.02 per month. And that's the only thing that's important.
>
> Jake
>

LMFAO !!!!

Nice one, Jake :-)

> Hi I am moving to a remote place which doesn't have BB, when I took the
> place on, I asked if it had Phone line etc the landlord said yes, now I
> have found out it doesn't have

Ask the landlord to sort it out ?

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"tracymidd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C2E5e.10638$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi I am moving to a remote place which doesn't have BB, when I took the
> place on, I asked if it had Phone line etc the landlord said yes, now I
have
> found out it doesn't have, so according to BT I have to pay £75 to have
one
> installed, so my questions are.
> Does anyone else provide phone installation etc (except NTL as they are
not
> out there) or is it only BT ......

Yep its only BT, Who it will spend far more than £75 to provide you with the
line, So think your self lucky that you dont have to pay the true cost.
Remember other operators are only intersted in profitable customers, Rual
lines do not make money, Even a urban new install takes nearly 3 years to
break even.

> also
> Since BB isn't out there yet, (although NTL say they offer a freedom
service
> which will give me BB and Tesco offer some sort of BB)

>But BT say the speed
> wont be too good. and advised me to wait until it is available properly..
> etc
?????????? Either you can or cant get BB which is it?

> If BB is not an option, I will need Dial up, so does anyone know what the
> best deal on dial up is please, ...

Nope.

"tracymidd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C2E5e.10638$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Since BB isn't out there yet, (although NTL say they offer a freedom
> service which will give me BB and Tesco offer some sort of BB)

Both NTL's "freedom" service and Tesco's broadband offerings are ADSL based
and they rely on BT Wholesale having enabled the exchange for ADSL (in which
case you could get almost any ADSL ISP)

Have a look and see what http://www.bt.com/broadband says for your new
place - as you don't have a BT phone, try the postcode checker to see if
your exchange is enabled for ADSL.

As for dial-up.. try looking somewhere like http://www.ispreview.co.uk for
ideas.

Regards
Sunil

tracymidd wrote:
> Hi I am moving to a remote place which doesn't have BB, when I took the
> place on, I asked if it had Phone line etc the landlord said yes, now I have
> found out it doesn't have, so according to BT I have to pay £75 to have one
> installed, so my questions are.
> Does anyone else provide phone installation etc (except NTL as they are not
> out there) or is it only BT ......
> also
> Since BB isn't out there yet, (although NTL say they offer a freedom service
> which will give me BB and Tesco offer some sort of BB) But BT say the speed
> wont be too good. and advised me to wait until it is available properly..
> etc
> If BB is not an option, I will need Dial up, so does anyone know what the
> best deal on dial up is please, ...
> Thanks for your Help
> Tracym
>
>

You are lucky in that BT has no choice but to provide a line at the
standard charge. If you want broadband you could look at some of the
satellite packages - modem upload, satellite download - if the line
doesn't do ADSL. Or check the signals and get an unlimited package on a
3G/GPRS data card from Orange, Vodafone etc. I was running 384kb/s on
the train last night through the 3G card.

Tony

"Tony Raven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> tracymidd wrote:
>> Hi I am moving to a remote place which doesn't have BB, when I took the
>> place on, I asked if it had Phone line etc the landlord said yes, now I
>> have found out it doesn't have, so according to BT I have to pay £75 to
>> have one installed, so my questions are.
>> Does anyone else provide phone installation etc (except NTL as they are
>> not out there) or is it only BT ......
>> also
>> Since BB isn't out there yet, (although NTL say they offer a freedom
>> service which will give me BB and Tesco offer some sort of BB) But BT say
>> the speed wont be too good. and advised me to wait until it is available
>> properly.. etc
>> If BB is not an option, I will need Dial up, so does anyone know what the
>> best deal on dial up is please, ...
>> Thanks for your Help
>> Tracym
>
> You are lucky in that BT has no choice but to provide a line at the
> standard charge. If you want broadband you could look at some of the
> satellite packages - modem upload, satellite download - if the line
> doesn't do ADSL. Or check the signals and get an unlimited package on a
> 3G/GPRS data card from Orange, Vodafone etc. I was running 384kb/s on the
> train last night through the 3G card.
>
> Tony

Well I spoke to the agent of my new address, he says there has been a
landline in there....so i will have to sort it out with bt,
also on the other point of dial up, I have found NTL classic ( A plan i
havent been on for about 6 yrs, )
£15 a month for dial up via a box, and you get unlimited dial up, plus the
£15 I pay I will get back in calls,
I have searched everything so far and this has been the best deal so far. So
Hopefully all I will be paying out for is
£10.50 a moth for BT line rental.
Thanks everyone ,

Tracym

tracymidd wrote:
> Hi I am moving to a remote place which doesn't have BB, when I took the
> place on, I asked if it had Phone line etc the landlord said yes, now I have
> found out it doesn't have, so according to BT I have to pay £75 to have one
> installed, so my questions are.
> Does anyone else provide phone installation etc (except NTL as they are not
> out there) or is it only BT ......
> also
> Since BB isn't out there yet, (although NTL say they offer a freedom service
> which will give me BB and Tesco offer some sort of BB) But BT say the speed
> wont be too good. and advised me to wait until it is available properly..
> etc
> If BB is not an option, I will need Dial up, so does anyone know what the
> best deal on dial up is please, ...

You ought to consider whether a 3G datacard on a high volume tariff
would be a suitable alternative.

In article <CBN5e.15198$(E-Mail Removed)>,
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>
>
> Well I spoke to the agent of my new address, he says there has been a
> landline in there....so i will have to sort it out with bt,
> also on the other point of dial up, I have found NTL classic ( A plan i
> havent been on for about 6 yrs, )
> £15 a month for dial up via a box, and you get unlimited dial up, plus the
> £15 I pay I will get back in calls,
> I have searched everything so far and this has been the best deal so far.So
> Hopefully all I will be paying out for is
> £10.50 a moth for BT line rental.
>

I imagine that you'll be lucky to get away with the £10.50 a month
for the rental.

I'm presently on the same package that you detailed, until Wanadoo
can get my broadband connection sorted out. BT have been allowed to
bundle calls with the line rental now, so I pay £45ish per quarter,
while not placing any calls over their network. God only knows why the
regulator allowed them to do this... so much for the freedom to shop
around for the best call charges!

It is unlikely that a better deal is available for dialup, short of
someone actually paying you to log on...

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Regards,

Will.