In article <47852586$0$8411$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>,
Nick <nospam@spam.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>Gordon Henderson wrote:
>
>I'm trying out cable which is why I want to port.
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>> If not, and you are running ADSL over your current BT line then this
>> service will cease when you port the number... In theory, you can
>> have a new number provisioned on the line, but it's effectively a new
>> contract, and is prone to having BT pull the plug on the line anyway
>> (as an associate of mine found out this week)
>>[/color]
>
>They said they could give me a new number and it would then be OK to
>port. But if it were a test of who to trust I suspect I would be leaning
>towards your view ;o)[/color]

In this case, BT actually assigned a new number to the line and the
broadband kept on going, and the old number was ported into a VoIP
service and all was fine ... For 2 weeks. Then the ADSL ceased, and it
took them a week to get it live again. (I don't know who the ISP is,
this wasn't one of my clients)

Gordon