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Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
Bruce wrote:
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:45:51 -0000, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:

Have BT actually said they'll definitely make the charge? Quite
often they don't charge at all for activating an existing line


But it is a *new* line! New property, new line.

Why should it be free, or subsidised? That would only mean that
existing BT subscribers would be paying for it.

I'm sorry, but I don't see why I should pay for someone else's new
phone line.


Because it's already there! All the real work's already been done, surely,
or am I missing something?

Si


Yes you are missing something. Work out how much it costs to provide
that cable, and who paid for it. It was explained to me by a BT manager
it can take some years before a line returns a profit.