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I'm renting at the moment and need advice on procedure for setting up phoneline.

Hi.

I'll be moving in a months time and would like to know what I need to do when I move in order to set up a home phone. I don't have a home phone or the internet at the moment and I'm a bit worried that when I move into the property I will have some difficulty with the whole process, mostly cost and time.

Here are some of my concerns...

Will I get a new phone number or will it be the existing number of the tenant currently at the property?

Do I need to make sure that the current tenant doesn't de-activate/cancel the phone line in order to avoid an activation fee?

When I come to setup my phoneline and internet will I need to contact BT first or will I be able to register everything through a third party?

Many thanks for your time,

Gavin
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