Phorms Ts and Cs

[Peter Fairbrother]

Paul Vigay wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> In a dim and distant universe <48E3DB50.1040808@zen.co.uk>,
>    Peter Fairbrother <zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
> 
>> Speculating, with a bit of vague memory added in, I think the new ISP
>> gets the MAC from the old ISP directly, rather than getting the customer
>> to do it.
> 
> Yes, that was how I was imagining they'd probably do it - although in my
> experience, if you try speaking to BT on "behalf of a customer" they
> invariably refuse to talk to you unless you can prove you're the account
> holder.

Maybe that's why, in my limited experience, only "free" customers have 
done it that way - they will be transferring their 'phone lines from BT 
too.

But afaik none of then had to contact BT at all, even for the telephone 
line transfer.


-- Peter Fairbrother