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two broadband connections?

im tied to talk talk for 17 months, and see no way of changing without paying the £70 fee. im very unhappy with the service, its always cutting off, and is gennerally very slow too. i had a brainwave earlier, whats stopping me going to another isp and getting them to supply me another braodband connetion? i remember this was possible with dial-up, can i do it with the broadband?
 
Your line wil have a flag saying it has ADSL enabled and unless TalkTAlk remove the flag BT cannot enable another ADSL ISP on your line, Best to keep complaining sending in emails letters go to ofcome become a thorn in their side they might let you go.
 
if talktalk wont unflag ur line u would need a second line which would be more expensive than £70 do as kits said or bite the bullit and pay the disconnection fee

that is why nobody on this forum recommends 18 month contracts or even 12 months

good luck with ur quest
 
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that is why nobody on this forum recommends 18 month contracts or even 12 months

Or TalkTalk for that matter.

Personally, I'd pay the £70 to get away from them.
 
lm pretty sure tho that l heard somewhere that it is possible to run more than one broadband service on one telephone line like dialup, however there was a limit placed on how many broadband services placed on one line, which in my opinion is wrong since the customer should be able to decide.. in any case someone correct me if lm wrong but lm sure someone mentioned something like this in the past.
 
It is possible but red tape powers that be and BT will not allow it :D
 
BT provided an option called limited service selection (or something like that) which allows you in theory to have more than one provider, I think it was primarily intended to be used where someone needs a ADSL connection to their workplace (ie not via the internet) on the same line as their normal ADSL service, although in theory it could also be used as a back-up service.

Unfortunately you require the agreement of the ISP that holds the line tag and of the service provider that is going to provide the second connection, so basically forget it.


Also LSS was only available on IPStream services, but talktalk use their own LLU network where available.
 
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One other problem you may have now is that your line might not be a BT retail line and be a talk talk line, this would cause you to having to reconnect the line to BT retail to be able to get a different ISP.
 
One other problem you may have now is that your line might not be a BT retail line and be a talk talk line, this would cause you to having to reconnect the line to BT retail to be able to get a different ISP.

£47 is what BT will charge your new ISP to have your connection removed from Talk Talk's equipment and placed onto theirs. Of course your new ISP will expect you to pay that, but some ISPs will waive it in return for a 12 month (or more) contract.
 
£47 is what BT will charge your new ISP to have your connection removed from Talk Talk's equipment and placed onto theirs. Of course your new ISP will expect you to pay that, but some ISPs will waive it in return for a 12 month (or more) contract.

That is only if it is a shared metalic path not if it is a fully unbundled as there is no BT contract in place.
 
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That is only if it is a shared metalic path not if it is a fully unbundled as there is no BT contract in place.


:nod: Talktalk use FMPF if they've unbundled the exchange. So I believe it could cost £125 (plus a 12 month contract)* to get the line back to BT and £40 for ADSL activation.

EDIT removed the comment about 6 weeks because after googling, I'm not sure that the source was reliable.
 
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pricing themselves out ppl cant afford so end up staying put.
 
l guess that says the same about sending out engineers now, ppl are too worried about them finding no problems and ending up with a hefty bill regardless of if the tech was there 15 mins or less
 
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When I check my number on ADSL24's availability checker, I get this...

Your line is currently on an LLU broadband service. This means your current ISP have you on their own equipment at your exchange and not BT's. BT will charge a £40+vat migration charge if you wish to migrate to us from an LLU provider. The charge will appear on your first bill with us.

From Naims' website:

Migration from LLU connections will subject to a £45.00 connection fee.

From Titan ADSL:

For orders with a MAC code beginning with LLU or Lxxx, may incur a £40 + VAT charge if the connection is migrating from an LLU provider.

From Fast.co.uk

Stuck with an LLU provider? We're pleased to be able to accept LLU migration codes to move you back to standard Broadband Max with minimal downtime or fuss. Sadly these migrations are not free of charge, and have the standard installation fee (£49.98) applied

So does this mean that I can expect to pay £70 to have my line removed from LLU and back to BT, and then pay a £47 activation fee to another ISP?

:eek:
 
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No, AOL only unbundle the ADSL connection, the voice line remains connected to BT (Shared metal path facility).
 
So what if the phone service was from Talk Talk, and the BB from AOL LLU? (getting nervous now :( )

If that is the case then you wont be on a FMPF line and there will be a BT contract in place, paying line rental to BT retail in some way either yourself or talk talk on your behalf, if talk talk do unbundle your exchange they are allowed to take the whole line away from BT, if it hasnt happened already then it will its only a matter of time, one way to tell is if you put your phone number in the BT retail online fault tracker and see what it comes back with.
 
So what if the phone service was from Talk Talk, and the BB from AOL LLU? (getting nervous now :( )

If TalkTalk had LLUed your (voice) line you then as far as I know you wouldn't be able to use a supplier other than TalkTalk for broadband.

And talktalk say they won't LLU your line without seeking permission if you have adsl from another supplier

From their T&Cs

1.22 Unless you have agreed previously to take our Broadband Service, we will seek your express consent before transferring you to our LLU
network if you take a broadband service from another provider on the same telephone line at the time of transfer.


HOWEVER this apparently doesn't always happen http://community.plus.net/comms/2007/06/14/the-case-of-the-missing-customers/

Anyway, I'm by no means certain what charge does apply to switch a phoneline from a FMPF provider back to BT.
 
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