Call centre refuses to reset my password

Question

I want to cancel my account. Now spent possibly up to ten hours trying to communicate with Bt over this matter but they at the call centre cant be flexible and wont assist.
I pay the account for phone + broadband monthly. But my father is on the bill as the account holder despite me trying over the years to alter this. He is now not only frail and has dementia but is also blind. There is no understanding here. I look after him, I live with him and I take care of his affairs. I pay the bills with my account diligently each month
BUT bt still wont let me access my account online to login and change my now unusable locked out password.
This is a living nightmare. I dont want to spend anymore of my precious time or money trying relentlessly to do this simple action.
I feel totally ripped off by Bt as the problem isnt sorted and I dont think this is probably offering a good service but actually taking my money for goods that arent recieved, can anyone advise on this.
I am so frustrated I feel the only way to be free of all this stress is to cancel the accoutn but I wont be able to do that as they want to speak to my father as Im not good enough apparently.
Madness, who made up these Draconian rules????????????
All I actually want to do is to be able to use the broadband connection vian btwifi when Im out and I need to reset the password. But as previously explained I cant as they wont let me carry on with the phone call as Im not my father, who cant communicate anymore.................

Answer 1

Shhhh wrote:
I want to cancel my account. Now spent possibly up to ten hours trying to communicate with Bt over this matter but they at the call centre cant be flexible and wont assist.
I pay the account for phone + broadband monthly. But my father is on the bill as the account holder despite me trying over the years to alter this. He is now not only frail and has dementia but is also blind. There is no understanding here. I look after him, I live with him and I take care of his affairs. I pay the bills with my account diligently each month
BUT bt still wont let me access my account online to login and change my now unusable locked out password.
This is a living nightmare. I dont want to spend anymore of my precious time or money trying relentlessly to do this simple action.
I feel totally ripped off by Bt as the problem isnt sorted and I dont think this is probably offering a good service but actually taking my money for goods that arent recieved, can anyone advise on this.
I am so frustrated I feel the only way to be free of all this stress is to cancel the accoutn but I wont be able to do that as they want to speak to my father as Im not good enough apparently.
Madness, who made up these Draconian rules????????????
All I actually want to do is to be able to use the broadband connection vian btwifi when Im out and I need to reset the password. But as previously explained I cant as they wont let me carry on with the phone call as Im not my father, who cant communicate anymore.................
Hi Welcome to the forums.
Sorry to hear about your situation.
If I may be frank initially, it makes sense thar the account holder with any security answers are used to ascertain the owner of the account. It's not really draconian as it could be abused by anyone knowing some (but not all) of the details.
However, you say you take control of his affairs - do you actually have Power of Attorney in this sad situation ? If you do then the appropriate document needs to be sent to the correct BT department in order for you to control the phone etc. Sorry I don't know where you would send this, but a moderator would be able to help here.
If you don't have PoA, then it might be worth considering, and needs to be discussed with any other family members. This will help in all sorts of areas, e.g. bank accounts, utilities etc. I don't expect they mind who actually pays the money, but the account holder needs to be validated.
It's a very sensitive topic of course, so I wish you well in this,
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