[BNM] [OT] BT Phone line reconnection

[matt stone]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:17 PM, James Wragg <james.wragg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  Asking on behalf of my sister - She's been in rented accommodation for
>  a while now without a phone line (she's purely relied on mobile) but
>  now wants Broadband, but BT want to charge £120 to send an engineer
>  out to reconnect her line?!
>
>  She has a socket in the lounge, and when she moved in (about a year
>  and a half ago) the BT socket in the flat had a dial tone. She doesn't
>  want to go for Virgin.
>
>  Is there any other way she can get her line re-activated without
>  having to fork out £120?
>

Yup, try going with the Post Office. They only charge if they have to
visit the property, not for reactivating the line at the exchange and
if they do have to visit the property the maximum charge will be £110.

Cheers
Matt