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bt activation charge and 12 month contract

can anyone help?
i am moving and the new place has a landline connection but is off at the moment.
bt want to charge me to activate it and then tie me in to a 12 month contract with them. can they do this, is there any other way to get my line activated, i know about the post office but they also charge over £100.
i want to change isp to zen, with tiscalli now and so is my phone,and find a phone line deal that does not tie me to a 12 month contract. spent all day researching this, but keep coming back to line activation problem
 
Some of the information in this topic is very similar to your question and deserves a read:
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/talk/showthread.php?t=29501

Generally speaking though, pretty much everybody will tie phone line rental services into a 12 month contract and that is more or less normal.
 
thanks for reply, i had read that and yes i agree.
the post office will activate the line for a fee and only have a rolling monthly contract so they seem like the better option.
after spending the whole day looking at isp providers yesterday i am going with zen as their customer service is excellant.
i will be glad to see the back of tiscalli as over the years their customer support is appaling, although my service was ok and cheap.
if anyone knows of any drawbacks with the post office as a phone provider please share them with me, thanks
 
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