**Woo Hoo the Weekend Starts Here Chat Thread**

tigzem

lennymfo wrote: »

Well Virgin have told me that I need a BT landline to get their service so thats them out. I guess this probably means that I will need a BT landline for all other cable providers too

Lenny I have virgin BB & their phone and I don't have a BT line.

schoolrunmum

Well all this talk of Manchester has made me want to go somewhere....so I've just booked tickets on DH Phoenix trip in Feb for DD and I...DS is in Austria skiing on school trip..so I just need to keep focused on the diet..

System

Thanks Skint, I know what you mean. Tig - Virgin dont offer it in my area Bloody scam. I may try and call BTs bluff. Gonna see if I can get a dialling tone first before I do anything.

tigzem

lennymfo wrote: »

Thanks Skint, I know what you mean. Tig - Virgin dont offer it in my area Bloody scam. I may try and call BTs bluff. Gonna see if I can get a dialling tone first before I do anything.

How can they offer different things in a different area? Cable is cable isn't it?
Weird!

Numpty_Monkey

tigzem wrote: »

How can they offer different things in a different area? Cable is cable isn't it?
Weird!

It depends if they have put the cables in, I can't get Virgin here

System

Something to do with coverage i think. Bugga

Numpty_Monkey

lennymfo wrote: »

Does anyone know it there are there any land line phone providers that do not require a BT land line to use. If not, are there any alternatives that I can consider?

As far as i know you need a BT line in place for everyone, if there is aline it might just need reconecting (and a charge to BT) but you can get line rental from services

Have a look on here Lenny
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=539544

bookseller1980

I think you need a bT line for everything except Virgin. I have Vrgin but not BT.

Lenny is your new house in Scotland? I'm getting confuse with your cabin being in Plymouth. Son-in-law to be has just moved out of a cabin in Scotland!

Burlesque_Babe

tigzem wrote: »

How can they offer different things in a different area? Cable is cable isn't it?
Weird!

It depends whether the road was dug up during the build in the mid- 90s, I don't know if any cable companies are still doing a build programme, I doubt it. I worked for NYNEX (then Cable+ Wireless, then NTL, now Virgin) when the cabling took place as their PR manager (boy, did the press love us :rolleyes: ). When the merger took place and NYNEX became C+W, the build almost instantly stopped because they wanted to focus on national programmes rather than localised plans.

schoolrunmum

Anyone else seen the new 1980s' themed Virgin Atlantic ad???It's great..