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Phone Line - Problems!
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Hey everyone,
So I am finally moving to London and moving into a flat with my bf. I'm trying to get us up and running communication wise but think it's going to cost us an arm and a leg.
Basically - there was a phone line in the flat but the previous tenants have cut the box (!) off the wall leaving just the wiring. So I phone BT and explain whats happened, customer advisor tells me it's £125 to wire a new line. I'll tell her I have the cables it's just the box on the end that's been removed so she tells me that's obscure and puts me on hold to speak to someone else,comes back and tells me they'll do it for £115. Running the wiring through your house only costs a tenner apparently.
Is there any other way of installing that little box that has been so unkindly removed. The landlord said he was it regularly among his 319 tenants (!!) but I think it's a really crappy thing to do. Can it be installed for cheaper or does it have to be BT official biz.
Thanks for any help,
Malt x
So I am finally moving to London and moving into a flat with my bf. I'm trying to get us up and running communication wise but think it's going to cost us an arm and a leg.
Basically - there was a phone line in the flat but the previous tenants have cut the box (!) off the wall leaving just the wiring. So I phone BT and explain whats happened, customer advisor tells me it's £125 to wire a new line. I'll tell her I have the cables it's just the box on the end that's been removed so she tells me that's obscure and puts me on hold to speak to someone else,comes back and tells me they'll do it for £115. Running the wiring through your house only costs a tenner apparently.
Is there any other way of installing that little box that has been so unkindly removed. The landlord said he was it regularly among his 319 tenants (!!) but I think it's a really crappy thing to do. Can it be installed for cheaper or does it have to be BT official biz.
Thanks for any help,
Malt x
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Worth pointing out that you don't have to get your phone line through BT at all any more and other companies might well be much cheaper. Look at Virgin Media or Talktalk just as two examples.
This page should show you how do do it http://www.britishtelephones.com/wiring/socketwiring.htm