IMOVING HOUSE ''IS THERE AN ACTIVEBT LAND LINE''

Hello everyone
I'm moving house in 3 weeks and we will be transfering our bt phone and broadband package. I no the people in the house at the moment pay sky for their phone calls but don't no about the land line. Is there anyway to check if they have an active BT landline as we don't want to get charged the huge £127.00 connection fee, ontop of our moving costs.
many thanks

Hi Dihamm22
Welcome to the forums.
Sounds to me if the existing person in the property has their line rental with that company you should have nothing to worry about.
If you would like me to confirm this email me the address information to [email protected]
Please include a link to this thread.
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