Moved into house with bt line, Previous owners ter...

Hi, I own my house and have just moved in. It would seem that the previous owner terminated his contract with BT 3 days after moving out of the property! This cancelled our request with Orange to adopt the line but it goes in the system and you only find out that our request is cancelled after 10 days. So now it is the 12th of November and we want a line with Orange Why do I have to wait for BT to have a month of bogus cancellation of that line when I own the property and would never use BT since I was stung as a student some 18 years ago. What have the previous owners got to do with me? Surely BT you have nothing to do with and should just give up blocking my line?
Why penalise me I didnt enter into a contract with you.
Maybe someone can reply as to whether this is the same for other phone companies that you have to wait 28 days blah de blah to get your own line available. Can someone confirm that this is normal procedure for all phone companies or are BT trying to force themselves onto me?
Wow -35 day wait for phone line another 10 days for broadband . Its just as well I dont run a business, oh I forgot yes I do. 
Many thanks for any responses.
I may sound Irrate but it is only the library atmosphere seeping through into this email.

Hi it is a standard practice to have a cancellation period really it is the fault of the previous owners as they should have given BT notice a month ago not 3 days before they left as technically the line is still there's until the notice period expires There is nothing any one here can do to help you speed up the process as you are not a BT customer
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