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Re-instatement charge

I am moving into a property which has a BT connection box, the line is not live and there is no number allocated to it the costs are as follows
BT to make it live £124.99
BT to make it live and take up there Broadband £50 + BB per month
Post Office to make it live £110
Sky won't touch it at the minute, although I do have Sky+ HD and would take there phone package, also the local exchange has LLU


Does anyone know of a way around these charges, or someway that I can persuade Sky to cover the cost?

Comments

  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Openreach will charge the ISP about £70 for the reconnection, so unlikely that anyone will do it for free.
    But Plusnet are offering connection for about £67 if you take the broadband and phone bundle with them.
    You really don't want to commit yourself to Sky LLU.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Stay with BT for your line rental or you'll regret it.
    Maybe not today maybe not tomorrow but soon and for the rest of your life.:D
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • mk-donald
    mk-donald Posts: 750 Forumite
    edited 18 March 2010 at 6:55PM
    I thought the BT site was worded to say there MAY be a connection charge, but often if you commit to paying them line-rental (and some call package from £0 extra) for some period of time (eg 12m or 18m) they will connect for free ? Have you double checked the charge WILL apply?
    Unfortunately the MSE link about the topic doesn't seem to have been updated for 1.5 months, but the BT page seems to be:
    http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=25497

    I've seen that Primus (mentioned in the MSE Phone line rental comparison) say they do fresh connections for £69
    http://www.primussaver.co.uk/new-line-installations.html
    and then their monthly rental is lower than BT (but you aren't dealing with BT of course).

    If you can get Be/o2 LLU broadband at that exchange (eg try putting a neighbour's phone# into the Be or o2 website to see what it offers) then you can get their very highly customer rated broadbands for relatively little (eg £7.50/m+ headline, but after cashback/incentives you can even make a net profit over one year!)- see other threads here re Be and/or o2. (The Be/o2 home broadband is a service put on top of a BT line.)

    MKD
  • Ypaymore
    Ypaymore Posts: 2,802 Forumite
    Plug a phone in the socket and if you get dial tone the chances are connection will be free.

    If the line is not working, BT have an offer where they will connect you for £29.99 if you agree to a 18 month contract and make 10 calls a month.You have to push them for it. Available through the Customer Options Team. Call
    Freephone. 0800 800 030 Option 1 disregard the voice announcements re broadband.
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