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New Phone Line
TheShape
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I currently get Broadband and phone from Virgin (never use the phone line). Once again their prices are increasing and I'm looking at options.
Easy enough to ditch and switch apart from one potential issue. There has been no phone service, other than with Virgin for about three years and in addition, my father, who owned the property before me, cut the BT line between the point it reached the house and the BT Master socket. There is now simply a wire hanging from the guttering.
What are the options for switching if I need to reinstate a Master Socket?
Easy enough to ditch and switch apart from one potential issue. There has been no phone service, other than with Virgin for about three years and in addition, my father, who owned the property before me, cut the BT line between the point it reached the house and the BT Master socket. There is now simply a wire hanging from the guttering.
What are the options for switching if I need to reinstate a Master Socket?
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Several broadband deals which don't charge for new line installation, or only charge a smaller fee, eg £20 new line fee with Sky offerA kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.0
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The line to the master socket belongs to BT, it wasn't his to vandalize.in addition, my father, who owned the property before me, cut the BT line between the point it reached the house and the BT Master socket. There is now simply a wire hanging from the guttering.Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230 -
That sky deal sounds your best bet.
What does the cut cable look like ?0 -
It's a black sheathed wire with what appears to be two cables in. Hangs down to around the upstairs window level.0
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onomatopoeia99 wrote: »The line to the master socket belongs to BT, it wasn't his to vandalize.
I know that, but it's done now.0
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