Home Phone Line

[Spcl22]

Help... I need to get my home telephone line installed, I only need it as I want to get on-line with my pc.... do I have to get BT to do this? Or can you suggest another company... BT are quoting �126.00 for the connection.

Thank you.

[bezzapebo]

You can try one of the cable companies in your area. Be careful though because I have my broadband through my cable company, and if I want to change to another internet provider most of them quote in the smallprint that a "BT line" is required.

[buildersmate]

There has to be a cable in the ground for the cable company to do this - you may remember 15 or so years ago when we all suffered with pavements dug up whilst the infrasstructure companies fought each other to install the infrastructure in our towns and cities.
Although BT has been forced to open up their infrastructure to competition from the local exchange (called Local Loop Unbundling), as far as I know they still have the monopoly on installing the copper cables from exchange to your house if you can't use a cable company network.

[Nether Edge]

Try TalkTalk (Carphone Warehouse). I use its service at home and work; cheaper and more reliable than BT.