Silly question about new lines

castillo666

Hi all, I am about to move to a new place. The landlord tells me that the wiring for a line is there, but there is no phone service.

Do I need a costly installation and a 12 months contract with BT to get
service?

Can someone else provide me with service or it has to be BT. I reckon then, I am tied with them for a year.

I am quite new with all this!

Thanks

hammy_the_hammer

it depends whether it is a brand new place or not . if it is existing are they bt or cable sockets

castillo666

There are phone sockets, the wiring is there, but the line is not active now. I will need a new phone number.
Thanks!

circuit

if the wiring is there you shouldn't need to pay anything. we had wiring, it didn't actually work cos it hadn't been in use for eight years, but they still reconnected us for free.

best thing to do is call BT and ask them to test it... nobody else can really know for sure.

castillo666

Thanks for the advice "circuit". So, if the wiring is OK can I just, for instance, call other company than BT and get service with them?

Heinz

circuit wrote:

if the wiring is there you shouldn't need to pay anything.

IF it's been used before for a BT landline.