changing my number

emweaver

Im currently with tiscali and need to change my home number but Tiscali say they cant do this.

Does anyone know how I can change it? Maybe by switching providers. BT will only do it if I sign upto a 12 month line rental contract :rolleyes: which I wouldnt mind if their prices were competitive with broadband and phone bundles

emweaver

nobody else has changed their number before?

spike7451

You can do it however it's BT who issue the phone numbers to your phone provider & often charge for the service.
Used to get this all the time when working for NTL as sometimes BT would'nt allow the number to be ported over to cable.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1039231

ACDeag

emweaver wrote: »

Im currently with tiscali and need to change my home number but Tiscali say they cant do this.

Does anyone know how I can change it? Maybe by switching providers. BT will only do it if I sign upto a 12 month line rental contract :rolleyes: which I wouldnt mind if their prices were competitive with broadband and phone bundles

Your 12 month BT contract only ties you for line rental, not calls or broadband. You could have calls through Sky and broadband from O2 whilst still having your line rental at BT.

BT_company_representative

Hi emweaver, if there is anything that I can assist you with just let me know.

JustPassingBy

BT_company_representative wrote: »

Hi emweaver, if there is anything that I can assist you with just let me know.

The usual way to assist people in this forum is to offer advice openly. You could look at the posts prior to yours to see how it's done.

MSE has given permission for me to post in response to queries about the company, so that I can help solve issues.

It is hard to see how your response helps emweaver or anyone else who has a similar problem and who reads this thread some time in the future. Even a simple 'No, it can't be done because . . . . . ' or 'It's possible but . . . . . .' would give everyone the opportunity to add to the comment.

I am not allowed to tout for business at all.

Mmm.

JustPassingBy

emweaver wrote: »

Im currently with tiscali and need to change my home number but Tiscali say they cant do this.

They also say the same thing at:

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=167263

BT charges for a change of number are at:

http://www.serviceview.bt.com/list/Public/current/Exch_Lines_boo/0002_d0e63.htm#0002-d0e63

If there is anything else we can assist you with just let us know via the forum.

iniltous

spike7451 wrote: »

You can do it however it's BT who issue the phone numbers to your phone provider & often charge for the service.
Used to get this all the time when working for NTL as sometimes BT would'nt allow the number to be ported over to cable.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1039231

This isnt correct , OFCOM allocate numbers not BT, to the OP question
if you pay your line rental to Tiscalli and they wont renumber you then
you would have to look at another provider....most providers apart from
BT dont offer renumbers , some will reluctantly offer renumbers if the
reason is malicious calls and you have informed the police etc...if its just
because you want another number they wont do it....
Most providers want you to commit to a mimimum term, so BT are no different
in that respect

DVardysShadow

iniltous wrote: »

This isnt correct , OFCOM allocate numbers not BT, to the OP question
if you pay your line rental to Tiscalli and they wont renumber you then
you would have to look at another provider....most providers apart from
BT dont offer renumbers , some will reluctantly offer renumbers if the
reason is malicious calls and you have informed the police etc...if its just
because you want another number they wont do it...

Post Office Phones will do it. They do charge, though.

emweaver

do you know how mcuh?