Who charged you the £150? Was it charged by the losing provider or the gaining provider?

I'll leave you to play with yourself, as you are obviously too illiterate to understand the meaning of a charge PASSED ON BY BT!
https://www.choose.co.uk/guide/reconnect-phoneline-c...

Edited by professor973 (Thu 22-Jul-21 16:55:16)

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I'll leave you to play with yourself, as you are obviously too illiterate to understand the meaning of a charge PASSED ON BY BT!

By BT do you mean BT the ISP, or OpenReach, or BT Wholesale?

What you linked were charges for a new BT line, from BT the ISP.
The £140 is a connection charge and is only applicable if the line is inactive and only if you take a calls only package.
They don't charge if you take a broadband package or they charge as little as £30.

The £140 has nothing to do with a broadband migration from another OpenReach provider, LLU or not.

They are not the charges levied by OpenReach or BT Wholesale for a migration between LLU and a BT Wholesale provider.

You are being as clear as mud about who charged you £150 and what the charges are actually for.
You've ignored 2 other posters questions on the subject and rather than providing more details you've been rude and stuck your caps key on.

I'm still unaware what any of it has to do with a cease fee.

Edited by j0hn83 (Thu 22-Jul-21 17:22:19)

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IT's the cost of the work by two sets of engineers in the exchange PASSED ON to whoever the next provider is, nothing to do with a charge by the gaining provider, though they may have a standard connection fee thay add to that!
https://www.choose.co.uk/guide/reconnect-phoneline-c...

Edited by professor973 (Thu 22-Jul-21 17:48:15)

In reply to a post by professor973:

IT's the cost of the work by two sets of engineers in the exchange PASSED ON to whoever the next provider is, nothing to do with a charge by the gaining provider, though they may have a standard connection fee thay add to that!

Strange when I moved in 2016 from Bulldog (ex C&W) to Plusnet, there was only a £30 fee charged. I didn't have to pay that "new line" charge. Bulldog was full LLU (MPF) rather than SMPF. I hope you weren't conned.

That choose website doesn't appear to be a broadband authority, is there anything on Thinkbroadband or Ofcom's website that helps?

Possibly, but reading the blurb it seems there are many factors that can set the price. certain gaining providers and the LLU itself. Several factors will reduce the fee from the standard £140, one of which I suspect is allowing yourself to be screwed by putting your services with BT itself with its horrendous long contract and call charges, not that many worry about landline for anything other than delivering broadband these days. The only good about the floating price of getting back to a BT line, any gaining provider has to make potential customers aware of total charges in their quote.

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Several factors will reduce the fee from the standard £140,

Just wow...

There is no standard £140 fee for a migration.
That's for installing a new line or reactivating a dead line with no dial tone.
That's the price that BT charge when no broadband is ordered and no line exists.

A migration costs a fraction of that to the CP and is usually free for a customer.

Here's the OpenReach and BT Wholesale charges for migrations, including all the LLU, MPF, SMPF, SOGEA, etc connotations.

OpenReach's WLR pricing

BT Wholesale WBC Pricing

Even a new line with a managed install doesn't cost £140

If you've been charged that kind of figure for a migration you've been ripped off.

The BT Wholesale cease fee is currently £31.12.

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Edited by professor973 (Thu 22-Jul-21 22:29:47)

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Were you born stupid or did you jave to study?
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5363...

Thanks for the 2007 forum post. Even the OP that you linked is contradicted a few posts later.

I linked you with CURRENT prices.

You're wrong. Very wrong.
I'm done wasting my time

Edited by j0hn83 (Thu 22-Jul-21 22:35:41)