On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:22:06 +0000, Peter smith wrote:
My neice moved into a new build flat, its has a white bt phone line and
BT will charge £122.50 to activate it! which sounds like a lot of money
to me.

All the wiring is done and there is a phone line 3 rooms. Which seem to
be wired up to a grey box on the outside of the property.

There is no dial tone when a phone is plugged in.

Is there anyway I can activate the line or does this require some
special equipment to do ?

Hoping to try and save her some money as its her first home.

Has she considered not having a fixed line and just using her mobile
instead? AFAICS the only drawback would be internet provision if she's
a high-volume downloader, but for just checking email and casual
surfing a 1GB/month add-on should do the job.