Sky Homephone to Primus

rmanpaul

Hi, currently I am pay SKy for my home phone and I am tryingto move to Primus. When I try to do this on Uswitch it states that I need to get a BT line.

How can I transfer to Primus?

Thanks for your help

Pc

Heinz

Apparently (I know this sounds ridiculous), the one part of the opening up of the line rental market not to have been done as 'transparently' (I hate that word) as it should have been is the transfer from one non-BT provider to another.

It appears that you do, indeed, have to go back to BT first and that requires you to agree to a 12 month contract for line rental with BT.

OTOH, you can opt for a CPS calls provider immediately so you should be able to opt for Primus Saver CPS and, a year on, change line rental to Primus too.

rmanpaul

Heinz wrote: »

Apparently (I know this sounds ridiculous), the one part of the opening up of the line rental market not to have been done as 'transparently' (I hate that word) as it should have been is the transfer from one non-BT provider to another.

It appears that you do, indeed, have to go back to BT first and that requires you to agree to a 12 month contract for line rental with BT.

OTOH, you can opt for a CPS calls provider immediately so you should be able to opt for Primus Saver CPS and, a year on, change line rental to Primus too.

Thanks for your advice. If I go to BT, do I have to make a call a month or something along those lines to remain on the package?

In your opinion, how do I ensure that I don't get stuck in the renewable system that BT have introduced.

savemoney

Just joined Primus yesterday, still with BT for landline though.

My advise try and sign up online when you do, I did it over phone and it was hard work trying to get Indian guy to understand what I said

I dont use BT for calls just pay landline and caller display and use CPS for Onetel and 18866 for some calls which I am leaving Ontel due to harassment from talk talk owner of Onetel

Heinz

rmanpaul wrote: »

Thanks for your advice. If I go to BT, do I have to make a call a month or something along those lines to remain on the package?

In your opinion, how do I ensure that I don't get stuck in the renewable system that BT have introduced.

I make one chargeable call per month because I have read that, in order to remain on the Unlimited Weekend Plan, making one such call is necessary (I believe the sanction is loss of the inclusive 01, 02, 03, 0845 and 0870 calls of up to 60 minutes each at weekends and being charged for them instead. As I use them as my 'qualifying calls' for free Caller Display, I don't want that).

Only the free version of the Unlimited Evening & Weekend Plan is subject to that 12 month 'renewable' contract so, insist on only being put on the Unlimited Weekend Plan.