Need a new phone line?

[Glenn]

This will ease the pain http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/post-office-currently-offering-free-bt-openreach-landline-installation-rrp-112-34-1190310 only a 1 month contract.

[Rik]

The Post Office is relying heavily on customer inertia with that deal.

[Glenn]

Yep, I can see a big influx, then 30 days later, last one out shut the door.

[Rik]

Meanwhile, management will be wondering where they went wrong.

[pctech]

Isn't the service actually provided by BT Retail?

[JB]

If you look at the small print T&C's for this 'deal', I believe there is a financial penality if you decide to cancel within the first six months. (Something about them recovering their costs).

[Rik]

They'd be crazy if there wasn't, JB.

[Gary]

Penalty seems to be £15, also nice to see inactive posting there about idnet 

[Rik]

I'll second that. 

[pctech]

Question is, do they install it or just put it through the letterbox 

[Gary]

Question is, do they install it or just put it through the letterbox 

Good job its not the Royal Mail doing installations, they would connect ours to the wrong house/town I bet.

[sobranie]

Subject raises an interesting scenario!
My property is direct to the exchange hence no FTTC.
If I order another line could I request it is connected to a cabinet around 200 mtrs away?

[pctech]

I don't think you can request any specific routing, it's up to Openreach.

[Rik]

Subject raises an interesting scenario!
My property is direct to the exchange hence no FTTC.
If I order another line could I request it is connected to a cabinet around 200 mtrs away?

This has been discussed on ThinkBroadband recently, Rick. They would use a spare pair in the existing cable, a change to the cabinet would generally be at your expense, ie thousands of pounds.

[Glenn]

Rick, my brother (he lives just down the road from you, opposite Sanctuary Lane), has been told he should be getting FTTP later this year, he has a direct line line too.

http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/fibre/t/4102770-fibre-in-helston-cornwall.html

[Technical Ben]

Meanwhile, management will be wondering where they went wrong.

That would require more than 2 seconds worth of coherent thought though. Could they manage that between them? 

[Rik]

Not all at once, no.

[sobranie]

Rick, my brother (he lives just down the road from you, opposite Sanctuary Lane), has been told he should be getting FTTP later this year, he has a direct line line too.

http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/fibre/t/4102770-fibre-in-helston-cornwall.html

Thanks for info Glenn.