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How does migration work?

Not that I ever intend leaving my ISP, but how does migration work should I choose/need to do it?

From what I know, you get a code from your old provider, which you can transfer from one ISP to another. But what is this code. Is it the physical code of the cable the technician has to swap over?

Plus, what timeframe are we looking at. APprently there should not be any downtime, so what actually physically gets done to your connection.
Is it as simple as pulling out a wire in an exchange and plugging it into a new hub?

Because I cannot understand why you simply choose to change ISP, then your ISP gives your details onto your new ISP automatically, who then manage your connection.

Unless each ISP has a set of cables in the exchange, which when you migrate, you must give up and get a new cable from the ISP you join.
If so, what happens if you join ISP on different networks, such as BT wholesale and easynet network.
 
As far as the code is concerned, you more or less covered it - you ask for a MAC code (different to a MAC address for your network card) and supply it to your chosen provider. There may be a little down time - though in my case when I left for work it was my first ISP, when I got home it had changed, so I can't say how long for.

My understanding is that BT need the code in as it acts as authorisation from your old ISP to tranfer your connection to someone else. This stops dodgy selling as seen in the telephone / gas & power markets, where you are transferred without ever agreeing to it.

As for who manages your connection - nothing really changes, you still have an ISP who provides you with a connection via a BT line - it's just a different ISP. You will, of course, have to change the settings on your PC / email / router to those of your new ISP.
 
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