Hilariously, if you do get broadband from somebody else and it uses the phone lines
then when you log a fault with your provider, all they can do is log a fault with BT as they own the lines. Presumably BT then tell them that they don't have the first idea.
( Kroney, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 12:34, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I've gone through that too
and I thought, well, if I pay BT prices, I bet they'll know what the problem with their lines is. They don't.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 25 Aug 2011, 12:54, Reply)

Virgin don't use BT phonelines if you've got cable nearby.
Top tip. Well, except for the last hop from the junction box to your house.
( Kroney, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 13:07, Reply)

Yeah, no cable connection on our flat
and it's rented, so we weren't allowed to put one in. Let's hope we're luckier next time.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 25 Aug 2011, 13:10, Reply)