Phone line to new build home - still not resolved ...

Question

Hi everyone
Having read a few posts on a similar subject, and being very patient, after yesterday's developments I felt I had to post.
Knowing we were due to move into our new build home I placed an order with BT on 7th June, appointment we were given was for 4th July. Moved into our new home, waited in all day on 4th July, no one showed up - so I called the "Order Management Team" and spent an hour trying to get some sense only to be told that the developers had not conformed to BT Openreach that all the work they needed to be done had been completed, and that there would be an update by evening of 12th July. I checked with developers and unsurprisingly they had confirmed to BT the day we moved in (28th June) that the work was complete. Phoned back to BT to tell them this and was then told that the update form Openreach was that the work to connect us would be completed on 17th July. Think you all know what happened next! Still no joy, only this time the reason given is still about the developer, even though they had previously confirmed that this was no longer an issue, so in the same call they then agreed the delay was due to cabling work that needed to be carried out, which would be done by 22nd July.....and lo and behold on 22nd we were back to the original excuse blaming the developer.
Then we get to the galling part. Our next door neighbours, the other part of the semi, who placed their order after we did, had been given yesterday as the date for their connection to take place. Returned home form work to find that both they, and their neighbours on the other side, who had gone with the Post Office for their line, although I understand they still need BT to do the work, have been connected, but we have not!! Rang up to enquire why and all I get is the robotic inflexible answer that the developer has not confirmed the work they need to do has been completed. Despite pointing out that this clearly was not the case as my neighbours have now been connected, the person on the other end of the line kept parroting the same answer. And to top it all I asked for a manager to call me back, was assured that they would do, and still nothing. I made a complaint almost 4 weeks ago but that seems to be absolutely pointless as it does not have any impact on the response you get. My partner decided to use the power of social media and tweeted about our situation and within 30 minutes she had a response from BT customer care, who said they would deal with the matter, but that has made no difference whatsoever, and they actually gave a totally different reason for the lengthy delay than I received the same day from the "help" line.
BT have a monopoly here and seem not to care at all about the poor customer service they provide as they know they have you over a barrel.
For a company that is supposed to be a world leader in telecommunications, they have a lot of work to do to communiacte effectively on a basic level with their customers.
Very frustrated by it all, and to round it off we have no mobile signal in our new home!

Answer 1

BT do not provide or maintain the external network. This is done by Openreach who work for all service providers. BT do not get any special treatment.
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.