[mythtv-users] Moving house: service options in the UK?

John Pilkington J.Pilk at tesco.net
Sat Jun 16 14:26:15 UTC 2007


Mike Perkins wrote:
> John Pilkington wrote:
>> Thank you all for the input.
>>
>> I expect it will be some weeks before I'm fully installed in the new 
>> house but I shall be better informed about what to expect!   Initially I 
>> shall probably just go for the Virgin phone and internet package and see 
>> how good the freeview reception is.  Most of my recordings now seem to 
>> be Radio3 - I can 'watch' it in the background, while I pretend to do 
>> all the things I ought to be doing and fret about moving on from FC5 
>> without losing my data and settings ;-)
>>
>> John P

> Don't forget to consider the possible phone gotcha. I moved to a house 
> with Virgin nee NTL cable, phone and broadband already installed. 
> Unfortunately, all were dead - the previous occupant had moved out some 
> time beforehand. No BT line. I knew what NTL service centres were like 
> and didn't fancy my mobile's battery surviving the wait till my call got 
> answered (nor the brains on that side of my head).
> 
> Fortunately, there were a couple of weeks left on the rental of the 
> place we moved from...and a working BT phone line still. I took a 
> handsfree phone, a deckchair, a flask of coffee and a thick book back 
> and sat in the empty house.
> 
> I listened to that da**ed hold music on two separate occasions for an 
> hour before giving up. The third go it answered after 45 minutes. Once I 
> got through, gave my postcode and house number, I got phone connected 
> within 24 hours, TV and broadband within a week. It's just that initial 
> bootstrap you need.
> 
> Mike Perkins
> 
Thanks for this warning, too.  But I think the line should still be 
live, and since it takes me 4 hours to get from A to B, on a good day, 
your solution isn't a good option anyway!  Fortunately I should have 
local access through my daughter's phone if I need it.

John P


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