Close a BT account to get offers?

Da_Vinci

Hi
New to this forum, so I hope someone can help me? I am trying to find out if I can close my BT account, then immediately re-open a brand new account in another name (that of another person living in the house) as a way to take advantage of the deals and vouchers currently offered to ‘New Customers ONLY’.
Does anyone know if this will work? Any advice, greatly appreciated.
Many thanks

JJ_Egan

One poster said it could be done .No feedback from the identical question you ask .

Queries to this same question where .
Will cease and new supply charges be applied probably .= £30
Will the new user get a new telephone number ??
Are you out of contract with BT ??

Will you have to pay for a new modem .
As MAC no longer applies it might be worth phoning and asking what to do to leave in the hope they will make you an offer .

MataNui

You can but its a pretty stupid thing to do.
If there is broadband you will have to pay a £30 cease charge (even if you are out of minimum term).
You will probably need to pay a £50 re connection charge for the phone.
You may also have to pay a connection charge for the BB.
You will lose your phone number.
There will be a period of about 2 weeks (if everything goes well) when you wont have any phone or BB.
If you live in a highly contested area (I do so i know what i am talking about) you may lose the E-side meaning you could be several months without any phone or BB.

So thats a minimum of £80 its going to cost you, you may not get the new customer deal anyway as these generally assume its a migration and not a new install (which you would be), you will b without service for 2 weeks to several months.
It would still be cheaper to simply migrate elsewhere (like Sky, PlusNet etc).

does it still sound like a good idea?