Any way of speeding up activation with BT?

bigdavecox90

So....just moved to a new property and as we were leaving our old provider, stupidly, I left it very late to set up our new Broadband.

BT have advised it will take until 18th April to activate having signed up today.

May seem like a silly question, but is there any possible way of speeding this up? My Mrs has some assignments to do asap and I'm already in trouble for not setting this up yet.

Thanks in advance,

Dave

lee111s

Ofcom rules.

10 working days.

Back in the old days you could get a stopped line back on in about 10 minutes.

While it's still absolutely possible to do that, Ofcom prohibits it.

bigdavecox90

So realistically, I'm looking at a minimum of 10 days?

lee111s

bigdavecox90 wrote: »

So realistically, I'm looking at a minimum of 10 days?

Bingo.

Any bank holidays etc add extra time. With 2 coming up, sounds about right.

Browntoa

And assuming they get it right first time , when I moved it took 3 weeks from the date i moved in despite giving them more than 10 days

Mister_G

Would it be worth getting a 3G dongle?

DavidP24

You can sometimes pick up a mifi router for £20 on eBay

You could also ask a neighbour if you could borrow theirs. If signal not very strong you could pick up a more powerful AC router and use it to repeat their signal.

bigdavecox90

Thanks bud,

How exactly does this work? Do I need to use the neighbours wifi then? Would I have to ask for their permission first?

Slightly confused.

DavidP24

Absolutely you would have to ask (illegal to hack)

First start by using your phone or PC to see the name of wifi's you can see in the area.

This is called the SSID, move around your home and see how strong the signal is.

Then if you see that the strongest is something like

BTHub7-QZHE

then you go to the neighbour, say "Hi, my name is Dave, I am your new neighbour at 57, I am considering which broadband to get, I see a signal for BT and was considering them, is that yours, it is any good".

They say, "Yes it is great", you then say "my only problem with BT is they take three weeks to install and longer with Easter, my wife is studying and is desperate for wifi"

They may offer at this point to let you use theirs if not, say "well nice to meet you and thanks for the heads up, then as if the idea just came to you then, you ask "hey I wonder if I might borrow your wifi for a few weeks until we get ours, we will not make a huge use of it, just to keep the Mrs happy!!"

If they say yes you ask them for their password.

You need to have an AC router that can work in a repeater mode, in which case you just put the SSID and password into the router and it repeats it in your premises.

If they had a concern about giving you their password or if the signal is too poor you can put the AC router in their house, plug it into their network and then use the wifi of the AC router in your house (set wifi up at your house, AC has two wifi's you want to combine them so you get the best signal - one might be better than the other).

Of course if your neighbour did happen to be with BT you would also see this SSID

BTWifi-with-FON

Which is a part of the BB of your neighbour hived off for use as a hotspot and that is your other option, to look for hotspots where you live, then get a subscription for that hotspot to use while you wait.

If there was one with BT Fon and the signal was good you should be able to get a pass from BT

"All BT Broadband customers get free, unlimited wi-fi. In order to use BT Wi-fi, your BT home hub needs to be opted in to share a small portion of your home broadband with other members of the BT Wi-fi community. This is what creates a wi-fi network for you to use when you are out and about.

All BT Total Broadband or BT Infinity customers who have joined since March 2009 will already be members of BT Wi-fi unless they have opted out


https://www.bt.com/wifi/secure/index.do?s_cid=con_FURL_btfon

Browntoa

It's an ofcom standard

BT openreach have to supply the line in 10 working days for All suppliers

IJ79

lee111s wrote: »

Ofcom rules.

10 working days.

Back in the old days you could get a stopped line back on in about 10 minutes.

While it's still absolutely possible to do that, Ofcom prohibits it.

The 10 working days fits with the timeframe I've been given by BT but why would OFCOM dictate the need for 10 working days? BT website says that if there's a current phone line then it could be done in a matter of hours? Thanks for your advice