In reply to a post by Zadeks:

that is illegal.

What is illegal and would you care to point me towards the statute or relevant documents...

Don't try and tell people things are against the law without context and evidence... I suspect your not a lawyer, nor a telco/isp employee.

Edited by IamQ (Wed 13-Aug-14 18:49:17)

Uh?
Are you suggesting stolen goods, or something else ?

In reply to a post by Zadeks:

that is illegal.

Perhaps you'd better lock me up, I bought a few off Ebay, and kept the one's supplied by BT.

In reply to a post by Zadeks:

that is illegal.

Buying Openreach Modem off ebay isn't illegal. When the customer finished contract with FTTC and if no longer use FTTC, then he/she allow to selling openreach modem via ebay whatever they wish!

There is no LAW on it! Plus, I never heard of Openreach Engineer come and pick up the modem after finished the contract!

Edited by adslmax (Wed 13-Aug-14 21:01:38)

You may be subject to a fine for hiding the modem.

In reply to a post by Zadeks:

You may be subject to a fine for hiding the modem.

That's a load of rubbish. That's part of FTTC installation and the fee already taken by BTw. So, I have my own rights to hide the openreach modem from ebay as I pay for this! And this got nothing to do with BT Openreach.

Edited by adslmax (Wed 13-Aug-14 21:12:54)

And openly on sale at the BT Shop-

http://www.shop.bt.com/products/bt-home-hub-5-90RY.html

From a legal point of view:

The BTOR HG or ECI standalone modem is the property of BTOR - not you and not the ISP.
Selling it is akin to selling stolen goods and those buying BT branded HG612 or the ECI's modems are in effect receiving stolen goods.

The FTTC network demarcation point is the lan side of the modem - so the modem in its entirety is part of the network you are not allowed to interfere with (or sell!).
From a legal/contractual point of view it is exactly as per a gas meter/gas pressure regulation device or electric meter/main fuse - not for you to touch in any manner.

The practice I appreciate may be different!

The HH5 combined router/modem is a totally different matter..................

That is the Home Hub 5. People are talking about the white Openreach branded VDSL2 modems

Do you have any evidence for this. It's clearly unsupported by the facts.