Phone Madness :)

acdeag

"Reverso" <> wrote in message
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> On 2007-12-03 23:30:28 +0000, Ash <> said:
>
>> Welcome is right it's Tiscali choosing not to offer the service,
>> rather than being incapable. It's not unusual for the big residential
>> providers to not offer new installs - TalkTalk being the perfect
>> example. Yet many smaller providers have no trouble, often I think
>> it's because they don't want the hassle and would rather just transfer
>> existing customers over from BT, at little effort.
>>
>> Anyway one smaller provider I use offers New Installs of lines, plus
>> line rental, calls and broadband - maybe not as cheap as Tiscali, but
>> then you are also not letting yourself in for dire service - they're
>> called The Phone Coop ()
>
> Ok, I'll check that out. Thank you for your reply.
>
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> R
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If you have a Vodafone contract mobile then Vodafone will also install a
landline for £99 I believe, you get their broadband, calls and line rental
for £25 per month.

acdeag

"Reverso" <> wrote in message
news:.uk.tiscali.com...
> On 2007-12-03 23:30:28 +0000, Ash <> said:
>
>> Welcome is right it's Tiscali choosing not to offer the service,
>> rather than being incapable. It's not unusual for the big residential
>> providers to not offer new installs - TalkTalk being the perfect
>> example. Yet many smaller providers have no trouble, often I think
>> it's because they don't want the hassle and would rather just transfer
>> existing customers over from BT, at little effort.
>>
>> Anyway one smaller provider I use offers New Installs of lines, plus
>> line rental, calls and broadband - maybe not as cheap as Tiscali, but
>> then you are also not letting yourself in for dire service - they're
>> called The Phone Coop ()
>
> Ok, I'll check that out. Thank you for your reply.
>
> --
> R
>


If you have a Vodafone contract mobile then Vodafone will also install a
landline for £99 I believe, you get their broadband, calls and line rental
for £25 per month.

Ash

On Dec 4, 12:53 am, Reverso <> wrote:

> Ah, it makes more sense now. When I asked the person at BT
> why the cost had gone up 150% in the last 7 years, he muttered
> something about Open Reach. Then I asked if I could go directly
> to Open Reach and he seemed to say I could, but not in a very
> convincing way or with any enthusiasm. Looking at Open Reach's
> web pages, well, they seem to deal more with businesses than
> everyday customers.

Openreach is not the reason the new install charge has gone up this
much - that's down to BT Retail and their own pricing decisions
(within what they're allowed to do under current regulations). The
cost of buying a new line from Openreach is £88 and is lower than it
was 5 years ago. However Openreach only sell to Telecoms Providers,
not direct to end users (businesses or otherwise).

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Ash wrote:
> On Dec 4, 12:53 am, Reverso <> wrote:
>
>> Ah, it makes more sense now. When I asked the person at BT
>> why the cost had gone up 150% in the last 7 years, he muttered
>> something about Open Reach. Then I asked if I could go directly
>> to Open Reach and he seemed to say I could, but not in a very
>> convincing way or with any enthusiasm. Looking at Open Reach's
>> web pages, well, they seem to deal more with businesses than
>> everyday customers.
>
> Openreach is not the reason the new install charge has gone up this
> much - that's down to BT Retail and their own pricing decisions
> (within what they're allowed to do under current regulations). The
> cost of buying a new line from Openreach is £88 and is lower than it
> was 5 years ago. However Openreach only sell to Telecoms Providers,
> not direct to end users (businesses or otherwise).


£88 + 17.5% VAT = £103.40


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On Dec 4, 12:53 am, Reverso <> wrote:

> Ah, it makes more sense now. When I asked the person at BT
> why the cost had gone up 150% in the last 7 years, he muttered
> something about Open Reach. Then I asked if I could go directly
> to Open Reach and he seemed to say I could, but not in a very
> convincing way or with any enthusiasm. Looking at Open Reach's
> web pages, well, they seem to deal more with businesses than
> everyday customers.

Openreach is not the reason the new install charge has gone up this
much - that's down to BT Retail and their own pricing decisions
(within what they're allowed to do under current regulations). The
cost of buying a new line from Openreach is £88 and is lower than it
was 5 years ago. However Openreach only sell to Telecoms Providers,
not direct to end users (businesses or otherwise).

{{{{{Welcome}}}}}

Ash wrote:
> On Dec 4, 12:53 am, Reverso <> wrote:
>
>> Ah, it makes more sense now. When I asked the person at BT
>> why the cost had gone up 150% in the last 7 years, he muttered
>> something about Open Reach. Then I asked if I could go directly
>> to Open Reach and he seemed to say I could, but not in a very
>> convincing way or with any enthusiasm. Looking at Open Reach's
>> web pages, well, they seem to deal more with businesses than
>> everyday customers.
>
> Openreach is not the reason the new install charge has gone up this
> much - that's down to BT Retail and their own pricing decisions
> (within what they're allowed to do under current regulations). The
> cost of buying a new line from Openreach is £88 and is lower than it
> was 5 years ago. However Openreach only sell to Telecoms Providers,
> not direct to end users (businesses or otherwise).


£88 + 17.5% VAT = £103.40


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