New flat with BT sockets?!

[rory182]

Just bought a new build flat and it has BT sockets in it but I'm not yet sure if there's a dialing tone, test that tonight.

Is the BT connection charge of £124.99 applicable even if there's already sockets in there?

Anyone got experience of avoiding the connection charge? through Talk talk, plus net, sky for example?

 

[Moby]

I had to pay and it took them 5 weeks to activate the line!

 

[Beef-Mc]

I'm sure if there's sockets already then the connection fee won't be as much as £125.

When we had it put into the student flat it was £125 but that was including a couple of sockets.

 

[White16valver]

I'm never getting connected if it's that much lol

 

[Ben182]

it's £125 even if the sockets are there. I got done on this a couple of years ago. make sure that you get a dialling tone on all the sockets once they've done it.

 

[DrR]

Pretty sure i paid nothing when i was in london.

 

[cli0 172]

from what i've been led to believe,first time buyers/connections pay the big fee,afterwards it's cheaper,let's face it all the work has been done! robbing barstewards.

 

[rory182]

cheers folks, bit of a pain in the scrote.

Plus net may be a shout as they charge £105 to get you a bt line connected then £9.99 a month which is slightly less than BT.

 

[rory182]

£125 connection charge is then followed by 12 month minimum term, if you request half price conection then you get an 18 month minimum term.

Anyone for monopoly?

 

[miltage2]

sockets or no sockets you have to pay them to basically switch the line on, its daylight robbery i had to pay the same when i moved into my new flat!!

 

[cava83]

use your mobile !

 

[16v_jon]

If your in a virgin area they will fit a phone line for nowt.

 

[ViolentJ]

£124.99 is based on a 6 month line rental contract. If you agree to a 12 month line rental contract they will reduce it to £62.50. They're not very forthcoming with that info when you phone them though.

 

[Rasclart]

We moved into a house last year it is indeed £124.99

 

[sean182cup]

all the sockets are pre wired to a central connection point some were in the building the just connect you there the activate the line and number then bum you the price too dont think virgin will do you a line unless your outside wall is onto the street

 

[ViolentJ]

We moved into a house last year it is indeed £124.99

We moved into a newly renovated house last month with no BT line or sockets and as I said went with a 12 month line contract and got it for £62.50

 

[rory182]

use your mobile !

no use for the broadband

 

[Dan 172]

I had to do the same when I bought mine £125 for connection, even though there were BT sockets.

I thought it was a bit of a joke really, as all they did was fit a new socket and flipped a switch.

It was because to previous owners used cable.

I only had it so I could have sky, don't even use the home phone but the Mrs does.

 

[rory182]

you can get Sky to pay the £125 in that case, in some instances they will anyway

 

[Andy.1.2-16v]

When I moved into my last flat we had a BT socklet on the wall complete with dialing tone, but the robbing barstweards at BT still wanted £125 to "connect us", told them to go do one and went with NTL as we got the TV and broadband too....

 

[Dan 172]

you can get Sky to pay the £125 in that case, in some instances they will anyway

Tried that, but they wasn't having it.

 

[Matt_Clio172]

Its £120 too reconnect. I am sure you can get them too do it for free though