Moving Home - Infinity Installation before Phone L...

I called BT yesterday to arrange my house move and they helpfully arranged an engineer visit on the 18th September to do the installation. Later I received a confirmation email to say that the BT Infinity installation would be on the 18th but the Phone line engineer visit would be on the 20th! Given the current owner has Virgin I suspect the BT infinity engineer will struggle if the phone line isn't connected first.
I phoned back and spoke to someone who seemed to suggest that it would be resolved on the 20th. When I got BT Infinity installed in my current property it took about a month and 4 engineer visits. Is there anything I can do to reduce the risk of delays beyond the 20th? My wife suggested that I cancel the order and start again from scratch.

Unfortunately, 2 weeks after my activation date, I'm still no closer to having broadband or a phone line. The problem is that the existing line into my property has some branches of a dead tree resting on them. BT won't do anything until the branches are removed. The tree is the responsibility of my county council who have granted BT permission to cut back the tree. BT have given me 4 different dates when the tree will be cut and each day, when I get home from work, I'm disappointed to see the tree hasn't been touched.
Luckily I was told that FTTP is dealt with by a specialised team in Dundee which I figured out I could get through to each time by refusing to enter my phone number and pretending I wanted a new phone line. Once I get through to sales, I ask them to transfer me to the FTTP team and it works quite nicely. Before I learnt this trick, I ended up talking to someone who was reading from a script and was unable to help at all. It was always best to politely terminate the call and try again for the Dundee FTTP team who don't appear to blindly follow the script and are actually able to call "the engineers" who I assume means BT Openreach. Eventually someone in Sales gave me the direct number for the Dundee team so no boring IVR menus for me anymore! This helps a lot given I need to call every time I see the tree standing there... mocking me.
At least I'm getting lots of DIY done without the internet to distract me.
My guess is that I'll get online in November but will be pleasantly surprised if it happens before then. Thank goodness for unlimited internet on GiffGaff.

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Moving home - delay in activating phone line

I booked a home move for Wednesday 17th September 2014 and received confirmation phone line would be activated that day on new home. new home has BT line and Infinity for previous customer. However phone line has still not been activated despite contacting order updates three times and them telling me each time I will get an update from line activation team within 12 hours. Told that infinity will take until 1st October but I really need phone line urgently.
Can get dial tone on line so needs activation in local exchange?
Any ideas on how to get this delat with quicker?
Thanks
Dave

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A Tale of Woe --- Infinity Installation

It's now over a month since I originally ordered infinity and telephone with BT, and I have neither - both have never worked at all. There have been multiple failings on the part of BT, from two engineer visits (who failed to properly document the fault) and the technical faults team (who did not listen to me, did not record information properly and did not properly assess the fault).
I've been very patient and polite throughout the whole endeavour; however I’m now being told that I have to wait another month to have my broadband and phone line installed. This is not acceptable, and is over 2 months since I originally ordered! If BT had listened to me, or functioned in any type of efficient manner, my situation would now be resolved. I can't even find the correct place to document a complaint, so public is always best.
Timeline.
14/12/2013. Ordered Unlimited BT Infinity 2 and phone line. THIS IS A COMPLETELY NEW INSTALLATION. We had just moved into a new property, and have NOT had a broadband or telephone connection before at a previous property.
24/12/2013. Engineer arrived to install broad & phone. He failed to get anything (either phone line or broadband) working. He said that there was an issue with PCP. The line had been set up on the incorrect "green box" - one that was over a mile away, instead of the box just down the road from us. He said, it looked as though the line had been transferred from the previous owners to us, instead of being set up new. He said that he would report this back to BT, as it required an Openreach engineer to sort it out. HE DID NOT DO THIS.
27/12/2013. I called BT, and went through an automated system. This tested the line and found a fault on the line, generating an automated response for the fault on both the phone line and the broadband.
27/12/2013. I called BT again, as I was sure that I should explain what had happened with the engineer (and explain the problem with the PCP) - I was confident that the automated system would not be enough to get this problem fixed in the most efficient way. I was told that a general fault had been found in BT's network, and that it would be fixed on the 06/01/2014. Instead of listening to me about the issue with the PCP (which had been explained to me by the engineer), the CSO bluntly refused to take the issue further, stating that it was a "general problem in BT's network" that would resolve my issue once dealt with. As above, this is NOT a BT network problem, it is a problem that is specifically to do with the property and how it's been routed. I was told that if it did not resolve the problem I would be entitled to "compensation" - which I am now due. I specifically asked the CSO to make a note of this on the file.
02/01/2014. The Broadband fault was closed with absolutely zero feedback to myself or anyone looking into it.
02/01/2014. I contacted BT via chat so see why the broadband fault had been closed when it was not working. I was told that the broadband would not work with the phone line error. No explanation as to why it had been closed was forthcoming. CSO was blunt and unhelpful.
06/01/2014. The Openreach engineer arrived. Lo and behold, he told me EXACTLY the same thing as the previous engineer - the whole set up from the beginning was incorrect. We have been set up on the wrong PCP, and the line needs to be set up again from the sales end. He did a 5 minute line test and then left. I had to wait 10 days, for a 5 minute chat to tell me something that I already knew, and that, had the CSO I spoke to on the 27th listened to me, would probably be fixed by now. THE ENGINEER DID NOT REPORT THIS.
07/01/2014. Once again it was up to me to contact BT to have the matter resolved. Spoke to tech help and requested that this matter be looked into urgently. I was told that the engineers marked the fault as fixed – contrary to what the engineer himself told me yesterday. Apparently this “fault” needs to be sent back AGAIN to the engineers to get reinvestigated, and I would be contacted in 24 hours. I said that I would like to hear back within one hour (as I just keep getting fobbed off), and the CSO “Ratna” agreed that I would be contacted at the time specified today by them or their supervisor. The call-back came (2 hours late), which was then apparently too late for the CSO to contact the relevant team and hear back from them today – so they will be calling me tomorrow. BT has now agreed that there is a “cabling issue”.
08/01/2014. Had a call from BT at 1pm today – unfortunately this was during my lunch break and I missed it. No message was left to inform of what it was regarding, or what the call-back number was.
08/01/2014. Spent half an hour in a queue waiting to speak to a chat agent only to be told (when I reached number 1 on the queue), that the session had been cancelled as there we “no agents available”
08/01/2014. Went through the chat queue again however Ratna had apparently gone home for the day, so I spoke to Sanjog instead. I was then told that the engineers need more time to check the fault and that I would get a call back tomorrow. Sanjog then proceeded to reject the “cleared” mark on the fault (again?), and tell me that the engineering team close at 5 so he would be unable to contact them now.
10/01/2014. Didn’t get a call back yesterday, so spoke to chat again today. I was told that the line was connected to the wrong distribution point (as I told the BT on the 27th December), and that the technical faults team would be unable to deal with it. I was then told that I would need to speak to customer options, and that they would need to place a new order for the line. The CSO on chat, then called me to transfer me to customer options. After about half an hour on hold, I spoke to the same CSO, and was told that customer options would actually be unable to deal with it, and that she would need to send an email to the engineers and that they would be contacting me directly today.
10/01/2014. Spoke to the sales team this afternoon who went through the process of setting up a new order. I was told that I would need to wait until the 27th January for the engineers to come out to install the new line. Half way through setting up the order I was put on hold and the line cut out after about 10 minutes.
10/01/2014. I expected an immediate call back to complete the order however this did not occur. Instead, it was left up to me to call back and spend an hour on the phone trying to find someone to complete the order. I eventually found the same operator who completed the order for me. I was then told that I would need to wait until 25th February 2014 for the new line to be installed. I said this was not good enough (and she agreed) as it was nearly a month since placing the original order, so she sent an “email” to her manager, who would call me back to arrange a much closer date for the installation.
14/01/2014. I never received a phone call from BT, so it was once again up to me to call and explain the same thing again, to try and have someone bring the installation date forward. I spoke to order management who (once again agreed) that the time I had been waiting was beyond ridiculous. So had to “email” an escalation claim to OpenReach in order to try to get that date pushed forward, which she did.
16/01/2014. I actually got a call back from BT! However, it was simply a rejection message “All engineering resource in your area has been allocated to work on repairs to the network as a result of the recent bad weather across the uk”. So they were unable to bring the date of the appointment forward. I find this hard to believe that BT cannot spare one engineer for < 1 hour to install a new line for me, given the huge amount of time it’s taken to get to this point.
Summary of Failings:
I was told what the issues were by two separate engineers. A new line had to be installed to the nearest PCP by placing a new order with sales. Neither properly documented this with the faults team or followed up on what needed doing. It was left up to me to try and explain.
The faults team categorically dismissed everything I said, and did their own thing. By following that processes, it took over 2 weeks for the original fault with the line to be discovered. If either the engineers had properly documented the faults, or the faults team had listened to me at the very beginning of the process, the new line would have been set up, and I would now have broadband.
On multiple occasions I did not receive call-backs that were promised and it was left up to me to contact BT. This was a failure on all fronts, technical support, engineers and sales were all supposed to call me at some point, including management, supervisors and CSO’s. This is a failure from bottom to top.
All correspondence between different teams appears to have been completed via email. I asked on multiple occasions to have the matter resolved there and then, and was always told that it would take 24 to 48 hours to complete. This is ridiculous that apparently the teams have no direct line of communication. It would have taken a 5 minute conversation with the correct person to sort out the entire mess.
What Now?
So, who do I contact to complain about this? I've had enough of the useless chat & telephone CSO's, and I'm not going to wait 14 days for a response from a letter. Does BT not have a complaints email address?

Why is so hard to complain to BT?
I just went round in circles with a chat representative who categorically refused to put me on to their manager. It states in BT's complaints procedure that:
"We aim to resolve your problem to your complete satisfaction as quickly as possible. If we can't resolve your problem immediately we will agree a course of action with you."
I've now been waiting 3 days to be contacted via the forums mods. I would hope that this has been processed as an "expedite" case, due to the fact that it's been over a month since the original order was made. This is neither quick, nor satisfactory.
I just want to speak to a manger who has the ability to do something. I'm absolutely fed up of being fobbed off by CSO's. Take a quick look at the chat transcript below if you fancy a lesson in how not to deal with a customer who would like to complain. . .
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The "complaints specialist" CSO above did absolutely nothing to resolve my complaint and then closed the chat session!
This is seriously bad practice ^^ BT's complaints team are not even following their own complaints guidelines.
I really hope that this is an isolated case. If all cases are dealt with such disdain then BT will be suffering a Class Action Lawsuit against them in the near future. I've now wasted such a huge amount of time trying to get this issue sorted satisfactorily and not one single person in BT cares.

Exasperated moving home with BT

Moving home with BT has turned from being easy to being a totally destructive experience and one that looks like it will cost me a fortune.
Having given 5 weeks notice BT decided to text me 3 days before the move cancelling my home move, new number, call forwarding .. everything. Explanation?.. sky (the provider at the house I am going to) have not cancelled the line.
I spent 4 hrs on the phone to BT and they advised that as sky had not canceled the line thewy had to cancel, nothing they could do and even though I was moving in 3 days (2 now) my phone / BB, the lot was all cancelled and I would have to "call them when I got to the new house and start it all again"... didnt care that I work from home, as a Web Designer !!!
Sky were advised over 2 weeks ago but BT refused to call sky so I did... they said that it was their policy to not cancel a line till the day of the move and BT knew this.... not according to anyone at BT !!... so it seems that I am the first person to ever move with a BT line to a house currently with a phone from SKY... all at BT accept this is not possible but noone can explain why as they havnt heard of this before... still, no matter, its my problem and "call us when you move and we will see what we can do... or you can go online and book"... what with I asked?... you are cutting me off "oh yes, well call us from your mobile then !!"
Ok, well I cant believe that I should be treated like this... 25 years with BT and they are screwing up not only my house move but my business too all because they cant be bothered to do anything that may or may not help.
So, below is the copy of the email I sent earlier today to Sir Michael Rake (BT Chairman)... I will be interested to see if I get a reply as although now I accept that BT are going to hurt me (oh and they wont even let me go to SKY without charging 12 months) I DO want to know or at least be reassured that I am not being "turned over" by the people at the call centres.
Can anyone help... email content to follow below...
Dear Sir Michael,
I have been a customer of BT for over 20 years but I felt I
had to let you know about the total shambles that BT are creating regarding my
home move. I will reduce the details down vastly so as not to take up too much
of your time but suffice to say I was on the phone for 4.5hrs yesterday to BT
in total.
1)      I
booked a home move weeks ago, all was fine a provisional new number was given
and although I could not have BT infinity at the new address I was offered the
best other package available.
2)      I
am moving on 22nd Sept (2 days)
3)      I
received a text message yesterday saying “your order has been cancelled”. I
received this while I was out so went straight home and called BT.
4)      I
was advised by home move dept that my telephone, broadband, new number and
installation had all been cancelled since the phone line I was moving to had
not been cancelled. I was told to get the phone line at the other end cancelled
and reorder.
5)      I
spoke to the estate agents and then the sellers who advised that they has
advised sky 10 days ago that they were moving
6)      I
called BT and told them... “no its not cancelled on our system can’t help you”
I was told. We cant reopen the order so you will have to start it all again.
7)      I
called SKY myself to be told that although they were different from everyone
else they as a company don’t cancel lines until the move date as if they did it
would screw up their own systems so they would not be cancelling till 22nd
and this was well known by BT.
8)      Called
BT back, no, not heard that before and nothing they could do.
9)      Can
I move from BT I asked?... you will be charged 12 months as you are signed up
till Sept 2012.
10)   I
said I couldn’t believe I was the first BT customer ever to move to a house
which currently has sky. Everyone agreed that this couldn’t be the case but
offered no other explanation.
11)   I
called and asked for customer relations department... “we don’t have one” I was
advised, each department looks after their own complaints. I was however put
through to an Indian guy (sorry didn’t get his name) who said he wold take
ownership and get everything sorted for me over night and would call me 10-12am
today.
12)   He
called as promised at 11am and said he would put me through to home move. After
explaining the situation AGAIN they said that if they put an order in today it
would be 11 working days and would likely get cancelled anyway. They said “best
thing to do is ring us when you get to the new property on your mobile and we
can do a new order on Thursday... if the line is cancelled). Again they offered
no explanation and agreed that I could not be the first person to move to a
house with a sky line.
13)   I
work from home as a web designer so you can imagine that internet connection is
quite important.
14)   Yesterday
the only bit of hope I was offered was by a lady who agreed it was a mess and
gave me a free 30 day hot spot access (as my existing phone will be cancelled
on Thursday I wouldn’t be able to use this currently free service) but at least
I have this access as long as I can find a hot spot where I am moving to.
15)   I
am afraid by now BT had worn me out and I accept that I will have to go without
a phone and my businesses will have to stop for as long as BT choose to keep me
offline. However what I cant accept is that I am the first person to move to a
house where there is currently a sky connection... I just cant be the first
person and if I am not then this surely must have happened (or not) before or
BT must have a policy for this.
16)   30
mins ago I rang and asked where would I go to if I wanted to escalate a
complaint. I was told to hold as again “we don’t have a complaints or customer
relations department”. I was then told that a Manager called Louise Jones would
look into my question and call me within 48 hrs... not a fat lot of good as I
am moving before then ... but I gave my mobile number for her to call anyway. I
was not offered anything else and to be honest feel like I have been kicked
down the lane till Thursday.
I can see now that I will end up in Market Rasen (where I am
moving to) on Thursday, no phone, no internet, no contract and even my call
forwarding service which I have paid for wont work as there is no number for it
to go to... so no one will be able to call me and my clients will be less than
impressed.
After giving so much notice (at least 5 weeks) to then be
cancelled just 3 days before a move with a totally implausible explanation (as
I just can’t be the first) I’m sure you will agree appears just a bit harsh. I
know as a residential customer I am not that important but this could and
possibly will impact a great deal on my business and income and no one at BT
appears to care at all.
I accept that I am pretty stuffed but while I know that I am
going to suffer I really do want to know if I am the very first person who has
ever moved to a house where sky provides service and if not then is this what
happens to everyone?
For your information I am:
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I appreciate your time and just hope you can at least get
someone to answer what would seem to be a reasonably easy question that will at
least reassure me that I am not being badly treated.
Best wishes
Dominic
Parker

Hi Domparker,
Thanks for the post and welcome to the forum. I am very sorry for the problem you are having with the home move order. I am sure I can help you. Not to sure what is going on but I would like to take a look at the order so that I can figure out the best way forward.
Please drop me an email via the 'Contact Us' link in my profile. (click on my name and you will find the link under the "about me" section). Include your BT account details and the link to this thread.
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Moving Home - at my wits end!

I placed a moving home order on the 12th April for both phone and broadband with an installation date of the 29th April. I ONLY placed my order with BT because they had the quickest installation dates..hah! We were moving from one rural location to another and the house we were moving into had been in possession of a phone line for 30 years, or thereabouts.
My broadband order was cancelled on the 13th due to a "problem" with my phone line and when I spoke to BT I was told my broadband order would be re-raised on the 30th April the day after my line was activated. I wasn't happy but it was what it was and it was only a day...right?
29th April arrived, some 10 days after we had moved into the property, and a sub-contractor arrived first thing and was really nice and helpful. We however had no dial tone by the time he finished but he said it would be down to the guys at the exchange to "switch the phone on" and it might be midnight before it happened. So off went the contractor and we waited, irked, until lunchtime when surprise surprise a BT engineer arrived at the door.
The engineer informed us there was no line available for us and until BT provided one we would not be able to get a phone installed let alone internet. However as this was a "provision issue" it would be dealt with expediently and should only take a couple of days.
As disheartened as I was there was no choice but to "suck it up" which I did until about 3pm when another BT Engineer called. This engineer informed us that there was a line for us but it was broken somewhere in the pipework and it could, and probably would take weeks to fix, or might not even be fixed at all!
So the following day I called BT and had my very first dealing with BT India. BT India assured me that I would have a working line within 2 days and the engineers had just reported a minor fault. Wednesday arrived and of course there was no line but another call to BT had me guaranteed a working line by Friday. Friday came and went with no line and BT India promising an activation date a few days in the future.
This...farce has continued since then with date after date being guaranteed and missed, requests of speaking to supervisors and/or managers ignored or just refused outright and promise after promise of someone calling me back to give me a reliable timeline of resolution.
I have spent well over £100 (probably well over £200) in calling BT and spending hours and hours on hold, being passed from pillar to post all calls conducted on a mobile phone, which was specifically purchased because of this nightmare, because there is no public phone box close to where I live.
Today however, really took the biscuit. Yesterday during one of my numerous calls to BT the person dealing with me sent out my broadband hub, even though I still have no working phone line, with an expected delivery date of today. Of course it never arrived today, which was no real surprise as everything BT has promised has not materialised, but turns out it DID arrive at my OLD ADDRESS - the one I left on the 19th April!!!
I am almost pulling my hair out here I just want to know when will I get my phone line and broadband working and will BT reimburse me for all the additional expense I have incurred calling BT India who have no idea what they are doing?

Hi Pye,
I am really sorry that you have had such a difficult time with this. I'll be happy to get involved and make sure we get this sorted out for you as quickly as possible.
Could you drop me in an email please? Use the 'contact us' form in my forum profile under the 'about me' section. You can find it by clicking on my username.
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BT Infinity installation in the loft

Hi,
I am thinking of getting BT infinity but before I do I need to make sure the BT engineer can install it. Currently our BT line goes in the attic and we have a panasonic extension phone system where all our telephone sockets are connected internally. Can BT install the infinity and we can have a router in our lounge downstairs if the main bt socket is in the attic. If so, would the installation include this so that we have a connection. I do not want a router upstairs in the attic.
Thanks

Yes you can, mine works the same way it comes of the pole into the loft and then a divider takes it to the house, am I write on that?. If so, yes they will install a main socket up the loft for your telephone then run a data extension kit of that socket down to whatever room you want then connect Infinity to that socket,then into your HH5!. But yes you should be OK!. Also I will add that way of setting up Infinity you can benefit with speeds becuase you are missing all the bad wiring through your house to the master socket and basically you are going straight from the main pole into your room so its a better setup altogether.
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Has Infinity killed the phone line? PLEASE advise ...

Please advise on this connection problem if you can, it is causing much stress for my elderly parents. They are worried about a £129 charge for calling out an engineer, as far as I can see the engineer's visit would qualify as free but I need a more informed view.
Apologies if this all appears a bit longwinded but I know details can be important so will tell it as fully as I can!
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My parents had BT Infinity 2 with HomeHub 5 installed a week or so ago. I couldn't be there for the installation so the night before I disentangled their current HomeHub 2 and associated cables from other equipment and left it, all still connected and plugged in and working, in the middle of the spare bedroom floor (where the new installation was to be done) so the engineer would easily see what was already there and what he had to deal with.
On visiting the evening after the Infinity was installed, I was told that they had been having terrible problems getting their laptop to work wirelessly on the new connection and had earlier been on the phone to BT for an hour trying to sort the issue. When I looked in the bedroom I found the old hub all still plugged in and transmitting, this was apparently confusing the laptop, I completely took out the old hub and then the laptop found the internet no problem.
So it all appeared good, the next morning my parents then went on holiday for a week and when they got back yesterday they found that there is no phone line connection. The broadband is fine, just no dial tone regular phone line at all. Dialling the home number from a mobile gets the normal ringing tone on the mobile, but nothing happens on the home phone.
I tried taking the phone base station (Xenon 1500) out of the downstairs extension socket and plugging it directly into the new Infinity wall socket and still nothing. I took the cover off the wall socket and plugged the phone into the test socket inside and their is still nothing.
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Now I'm guessing the the phone line was still previously ok after the Infinity installation because it was working through the old hub and when that hub was disconnected the line went dead at that point but no one noticed becuase they went on holiday right after that. I can't try reassembling the connections the old way to see if the phone works because I'm not even sure where all the cables went to!
But shouldn't plugging the phone right into the test socket be a clear test of whether there is a fault with the line? But there is no dial tone at all. Is it possible that by disregarding the installed phone line and hub the engineer has neglected to do something to make the new line work for the phone?
As I said, this is causing quite some worry so any hints would be much appreciated.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Well I have somehow fixed it, I took out every cable and extension and started over and the phone line is back. I'm not sure but it may have been because the ADSL filters had been left in the line and I have read that the fibre optic line doesn't use them. I really don't know though, so only mention it in case someone in future searches the forum and sees this thread. Try taking out ADSL filters if the installation engineer hasn't done it!

Thinking of moving to Infinity

Hi,
Im currently with Virgin Media on the 100mbs service which is over contested and thinking of moving to Infinity. I was wondering if i could get some answers on some installation issues im thinking about and hoping to get them sorted if possible before i place my order.
I live in an apartment so everything is on the same floor (no stairs)
Currently the master phone sockets are in the hallway (both BT and VM) but my computer is in the bedroom. I do not wish to use wireless as i use the computer for online gaming. My question is, will the BT engineer fit a new socket in the bedroom so that the hub can be next to the computer and directly connected and if so what cost will be involved if any with fitting this.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give, Jay.

Hiya,
When the guy installed my Infinity service, i asked him if i could have the main socket moved upstairs. He did it free of charge.
He routed the new line from the master socket to my bedroom and installed the new socket there..
Hope this helps!

Moving home - need info on existing operator

Dear forum users,
I am a BT customer , and I am moving home, from Bermondsey to Tooting (both London postcodes).
I used the on-line "moving home" link to proceed with the trasnfer, but at some point I had a warning:
"We can supply phone service at your new address We need to install a new line at your new address. An engineer will need to visit, you can pick a date for the visit before you complete your order.
We are unable to transfer your existing number to your new address"
If possible I would like to have more details.
1. I would like why BT cannot transfer my number to the new address. Is this a technical issue or is it because I changed zone and the numbers in my new place have a different area code?
2. Is it possible to know if there is a contract active with another operator at the new address? I mean, apart form guessing or opening the previous tennant's post, which I don't want to do?
I do not want to disclose my new address, but my secret hope is that a BT customer service operator is lurking this forum and will be able to check these details using my cusomer number
Kind regards,
CdA

1. BT can only transfer numbers within the same exchange. If you are moving to a different exchange, you'll get a new number. Be aware that several different exchanges can share the same STD code, so you need to know the name of the actual exchange.
2. It's not easy. Do you know if there's a line there already? If there is, you may be able to get some useful information by plugging a phone in. if the line's live, try dialling 17070 and see if you get a recorded message.

Ordering BT Broadband and then moving to Infinity.

Hi,
I am in the process of moving home, and I want to get Infinity.
It gives an estimate of up to March before i can get Infinity.
My question is, if i get normal broadband with BT, am I locked in for the length of the contract, or can I upgrade to Infinity when it is active in my area?
So basically, Normal broadband for 3 months (ish) and then upgrade to fibre.
I need to have internet at home for work, so 3 months with no broadband at all would be pretty impractical, but again, i dont want to be locked in for 18months to a standard broadband line before i can get fibre.
Many thanks
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yes you can upgrade at any time all it will do is start a new contract period
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Moved Home - No Connection! Very frustrating

Hi everyone
Moved home last week. Called BT the week before to let them know and they sorted everything out for me - I even signed up to BT Vision for my new address as I was very happy with BT at the old address.
In work the day that the transfer was due to happen I reciieved 2 text messages to advise that my phone and broadband were connected and that I could start using them straight away. BT Vision box was delivered the same day as promised. Brilliant service!
Howvever when I got home the phone line was dead, broadband doesn't connect and of course the Vision won't work without the broadband!
This was 1 week ago. I logged a fault on the phone last Wednesday evening but it hasn't updated since - fault is ongoing.
Calling the telephone support or emailing them is very frustrating and it's like they read/write from a script!
The sockets in our new flat are all NTL branded but I told Karen on the moving home line this and she didn't seem to think this would be a problem and there's no master socket as such in the property!

Hi I suggest you contact the forum mods they should be able to get your problem sorted for you this is a link to them
http://bt.custhelp.com/app/contact_email/c/4951
they normally reply by email or phone directly to you within 72 hours
They are a UK based specialist team who have a good record at getting problems solved
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Moved home. New line constant engaged tone and can...

I moved home last Monday and organised a BT phone line move from my old property to the new one a few weeks prior. I said I did not mind if the phone number changes as I don't use the phone line for calling anyway. I only have it for the sake of broadband.
So I was told by BT the phone line at my new property should be ready last Friday. Well I tried plugging my phone into the phone socket and all I get is the sound of a constant engaged tone. I cannot make any calls from this. I tried dialling numbers but the engaged tone persists, as if nothing has changed at all.
I even unscrewed the BT socket panel to connect my phone to the main test socket and still, the same persistent engaged tone. No different than before.
Called BT about this and they did a line test and said they could not detect a problem with the line from their end. They said they could send an engineer out but kept giving me a warning that if they send an engineer down here it will cost me £129.99 if it is not BT's fault. They said it could be fallen trees on my end or whatever, and in that case I would be charged. I really don't think it could be fallen trees as I live near the city centre in a mid terrace Victorian house with paved backyard and all my neighbours too have paved yards. There is not a single tree around here growing in anybody's yard.
Anyway I decided I'd rather have an engineer see to this than be forced to pay the monthly £29 ish charge to BT for a broadband service I cannot use because of the line being the way it is. So booked an engineer to come yesterday. They said he'd come between 1 - 6 pm. And they kept telling me NOT to call them again regarding this issue. Well the engineer never showed up. At about 5 pm BT called me to say there is a problem with the booking system and said they will rebook another engineer appointment for me today. Said the engineer will come between 8 am - 1 pm. And once again she finished off by telling me NOT to call BT back about this. Well it's past 11 am now and still no sign of any engineer.
Not very happy about this... Sigh.
Does anyone know what could be going on with my phone line?

Please contact NeilO as requested.
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I would imagine its probably an exchange configuration fault, which should not require a visit. Its quite normal for the Field Technician to visit the excahnge first, and test on the frame.
You may find that the fault will be cleared within a few hours, once the equipment is sorted.
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
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So, I have just about had it. For nine days now, I have valiantly tried to move my library to an external drive. At first, I attempted to move it to my 2TB Time capsule, iTunes didn't like its new home though and moved home without telling me.

So, I have just about had it. For nine days now, I have valiantly tried to move my library to an external drive. At first, I attempted to move it to my 2TB Time capsule. iTunes didn't like its new home though and moved home without telling me. So then there were two libraries. I meshed them back together reluctantly and iTunes in a silent revolt, absolutely refused to use its own 'Keep Library Organized' criteria and may as well have thrown my music against the wall. Seriously, my 5 year old nephew has his computer files better managed. Then I bought a 3TB Time Capsule and you may ask yourself why??? Well, iTunes doubled in size- although when I ran apps that are designed to find duplicate iTunes files, it deleted the music I actually bought from iTunes. So then I watched as iTunes got it back. How you ask; I run a MacBook Air, iMac and Mac mini in my house - as soon as one powered up it hit the net like a sailor on leave and re-downloaded it all without abandon. I tried to keep the libraries separate, no success there. I tried to keep them unified; iTunes response was to ask me if I wanted to join iTunes Match every time I logged on to my computer and on any computer - my iTunes match song number has been as high as 24,367 and as low as 11,112. And I can't simply refuse iTunes. No one refuses iTunes. Refusal to allow iTunes Match to run through all 24000 songs again was to revoke my rights to the songs that were once part of my library. If I took a long time to decide or was visibly impatient while iTunes did its little 3 hour scan it would arbitrarily decide that music I bought from iTunes was ineligible for iTunes Match. How could that possibly be??? I am missing music, or at least iTunes tells me so by showing me that lovely exclamation point. I have tried backing up my computer to do a full system restore and start all over. Time Capsule claims I have 979 GB of data and takes its sweet time to even back up one gig (about 18 minutes) even though I can transfer files to my Time Capsule at about 1 GB every 40 seconds. I guess though performing back-ups are somewhat like government jobs; it will get done, when it gets done. The back up requirement of 979 GB is surprising though, my Mac claims that I currently occupy just about 25% of my 2TB drive. The discrepancy, who knows, but I think the solution lies somewhere in iTunes. But maybe iPhoto. But that is for another time.

After admittedly only a quick read the one thing you don't say is how you are trying to make this move. Most people with moving library issues do it the wrong way. Plenty of web sites tell you how to do it the wrong way.
If the iTunes application is started before the drive with the library is fully mounted and awake iTunes will revert back to the internal drive.

Moving Home / Lack of Customer Service / Cancellat...

I write to express my complete astonishment and disgust with the level of service BT has offered to me as a valued long standing customer.
I have been a customer of BT for approximately 4 years, taking out a phone line, unlimited broadband, BT vision and Sky Sports, amounting to a considerable charge of around £42.00 per month. I have used these products constantly during this period and have been very happy with the service.
In mid February 2012 I phoned to inform BT that I was moving home shortly and would like to switch all service to a new address. I was told that I needed to call back when my current line had been taken over by the new tenant, at which time I could then move my services.
On Thursday 1st March I rang BT to inform them that my line had been taken over by the new tenant and that I now wished to move my contract over. I was informed that I needed to take out a new contract which would then waive any connection charges. I was more than happy with this and asked to set up the new account. The lady at BT who I was speaking to informed me that after running a line check there was an issue with the new property in respect of the supply to it. I informed her that the previous tenant in the new property had a BT phone line with all BT sockets but had obviously cancelled it on moving out. She informed me she would run some more tests and ring me back the following day on the Friday 2nd March. BT did not contact me at any time on the Friday.
On Saturday 3rd March I rang BT back very disgruntled with the lack of service offered. I spoke to a gentleman who checked my account and system notes and stated he didn't know why I hadn't been contacted back. He informed me that I could take out a new account and waive the connection fees. He run a check on the line but informed me that it was coming back as a black line, and that he would need to book an engineer to come out to the property to check the connection. He was very helpful in his nature and suggested that I plugged a phone into the BT sockets and dialled 17070 to check for a line and number. He stated that as it was the weekend he couldn't book an engineer till Monday but he would personally phone me back by 12pm on Monday 5th March to check with me regards any current phone line and if necessary book the engineer.
At 1.00pm on Monday 5th March I had not received any phone call from BT. I can't say that I was surprised given BT's lack of customer service over the previous few days. I proceeded to phone BT again at my expense on my mobile phone to be greeted by a very helpful gentleman who again took me through the same details as previously had been stated. I informed him of my disappointment of BT's customer service, to which he apologised and tried to set up a new account for me. On attempting to set up all my services I was told that it kept failing on the BT system when it reached the broadband page. He suggested that I set up the phone line to instigate the new account and once live I could then upgrade my account to include broadband, BT vision and Sky Sports.
Although not happy with this I accepted the proposal to which he then attempted to book an engineer. He promptly informed me that the next engineer available would be on Monday 26th March 2012, a full 3 weeks delay!! He then informed me the broadband could then be initiated but with an additional lead time of a further 5-7 days. Thus bringing the whole episode up to a total of 4 weeks, not including the time already wasted by BT in the previous week.
I proceeded to inform the gentleman that this was an unacceptable amount of time coupled with the inconvenience and lack of service, and that I would now cancel my contract with BT.
After coming off the phone to BT, I proceeded to go onto the internet where within 10mins I had set up an account with Plusnet for broadband. I received a text message 2 hours later from Plusnet to inform me that my phone line was now live and gave details of my new phone number together with delivery details of my new home hub and an expected broadband start date within 3-5 days. Now that's quality service.
I have since received a final bill from BT stating cancellation charges of £61.13 to be paid by 22nd March 2012 and also a returns envelope to post back all the equipment.
Please can BT inform me whether this is an acceptable standard of service that a long standing customer expects?
Please can you inform me why BT have difficulty in moving my account to a new address when a new provider can initiate within hours?
How can BT charge me a cancellation fee when I have attempted to continue my service but BT could not offer the service within a reasonable time frame?
Under the Supply of Goods & Service Act 1982, please inform me if BT believe they have met the requirements of the legislation;
- That BT have carried out the service with reasonable care and skill
- That BT have carried out the work in reasonable time
- That BT ensure the work will be carried out at a reasonable cost
I am totally disgusted with BT and the level of service offered, the inconvenience caused, the wasted costs and time I have incurred trying to move my service and the overall unprofessional nature of your business.
I have sent a personal letter to Ian Livingston - CEO of BT - can't wait for the comical reply to that!!
Update 13th March 2012: Just received an obnoxious call from BT Customer Services stating the cancellation charges of £61.13 will stand as per an auto renewal contract which expires in August, even though BT cannot offer the service I require in a reasonable amount of time! Is it acceptable to wait 4 weeks for Broadband when I am an existing customer?? I think legislation, OFCOM & Ombudsman are firmly on my side! Great service BT!!

If you would like to contact one of the UK based BT Care Team who moderate this forum, they should be able to help you.
They can be contacted using this link BT Care Team
They normally respond by phone or e-mail, within three working days, however you should get an immediate confirmation, with a tracking number.
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
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Problems Moving Home

I phoned BT to advise them that I was moving home on the 28 June, and that I would like to transfer my phone and broadband to my new address, the phone line was turned on but I was told broadband would not be available until 5 July. I was told that my login address would change by adding a 1 after the first part of my login. I have received new login details but my homehub still works with my previous details, which confuses me a little.
This morning I received a final bill for my previous address which included cancellation charges, I phoned and after the usual 20 minutes of automated voices was advised that the charges would be waived.
Now I receive an e-mail to say the e-mail address I held previously would be terminated, and they were sorry to see me go. The prospect of my third session of automated merry go round does not appeal. My request seemed simple enough, transfer my services to my new address, does anyone have any advice please?
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Hi all,
This is my first post here, I have had to join to see if my problem may be sorted or advice given for a resolution.
I also called BT back on the 10 May 2010 saying I was moving home on the 20th, When the time came they had cancelled my Broadband and activated only the phone line. BT assured me I would have Broadband setup in the following week, which didn't happen. So I called again, and the same thing was promised, which didn't happen. A month later I was in the same situation, so decided to move to another provider (Sky and Virgin telephone), however, they said that my line was not BT's. I assured them the bill I was getting was from BT, so they said that ot must have been an error on the side of BT and therefore they couldn't give me broadband unless they ordered another phone line from BT!. I went back to BT yet again (must have been the 6th time by now, and requested to get my broadband cancelled.
I reapplied to BT Broadband shortly after around 5th of Aug 2010 and received the equipment the following week but was later called and assured I would get broadband by the following week, Last time I was getting broadband was on the 12th of September... just to let me know that it wasn't done and that I would have to wait until the 20th of September... now, guess what has happened today (20th) ? nothing. Still waiting. What is happening to BT? Had been a loyal customer for quite a few years now. I am very dissapointed.

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