Well, success. BT transferred me over yesterday at zero charge. I was warned by o2 that Sky will put a 'tag' on my line and it will be difficult to transfer and that I'd need to get a new phone line.

As mentioned earlier, I signed up through BT.com on a 12 month contract for just the phone. I'll be ordering my new broadband today!

HMM reading this thread brings back gastly memories of my recent struggle to leave this god awfull company .Joined sky in March this year then daily contact regarding constantly dropping BB only got 5 to 10 minutes at any one time ,Decided to get out .Had to get BT to provide a new service (NOt on LLU does not exist here)Sky in their wisdom stopped my line completly (nice ) then stuck a tag on it .Openreach/BT were able to remove that sign up completly new service new number BB NO MAC required has taken something in the region of 4 weeks to finaly get going .They admit that there were many faults on the prvious Set up ( sky that is) didn't want to know about fixing them .promised call back in 24-72 hours to find out about fixing ,Actually got one 4 weeks later just before my line died .Useless lot.BT indian service is just as bad but hey arent all ISPs or most of them .Now have an uphill struggle to get back all the money i paid out (due to them admiting that I NEVER had an active service Phone & BB or even an active contract) So it really does not matter if you are on LLU or not Sky WILL make your life hell when you want to leave .OH and if you can keep your same number when leaving them you are very lucky.they stuffed mine straight away and have caused me several problems getting my new service up and running .SKY avoid them if you want to remain sane.

Hi, I would suggest you paragraph your posts as it is very difficult to read or comprehend for the majority of readers in the format you have chosen.

A suggestion only, not mandatory, but if you want your views to be read by others, paras are the way to go.

What on earth do schools teach today?

As Uno pointed out an MPF line can be converted back to the BT network. We offer this for free on a 3 month contract or £4.99 for a 1 month contract, with no "new line" installation cost. We can also do a SIM provide no problem. Too late for your case and at least you are sorted, but useful information for other people stuck in a similar situation.

Sky should really inform customers what transferring the service to their network really means, and how it can impact you going with another provider in the future etc.

Certainly not stamping out text speak for sure!

I knew textism was going to drop into normal life one day, however a customer literally ended a call with me yesterday, not with thanks or goodbye.....but with "TTFN"....*blink eyes*

I'm now waiting for someone to break out a joke and everyone in the room to shout out "LOL" and an odd brave soul throwing in a "LMAO" for good measure :/

TTFN is old school http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TTFN

My point being, most people would actually say "ta ta for now" in english.....not actually TTFN.

In reply to a post by aquiss:

I'm now waiting for someone to break out a joke and everyone in the room to shout out "LOL" and an odd brave soul throwing in a "LMAO" for good measure :/

Hang around any 14 to 19 year olds.... its already happening <sob>

In reply to a post by aquiss:

My point being, most people would actually say "ta ta for now" in english.....not actually TTFN.

Forget txtspeak; ITMA started it during the war:

In reference to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ttfn:

From 1939, initialisms, previously rarely used except by the military, were heard more frequently by the British public. ITMA satirized them by coining TTFN, a "pointless" initialism (no easier to say than the phrase on which it was based) and using it as a catchphrase.