harrogate3 laid this down on his screen :[color=blue]
> "Jonathan Pearson" <j.pearson@REMOVEtelco4u.net> wrote in message
> news:5bggscF2sj239U1@mid.individual.net...[color=green]
>> John wrote:[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> I agree with everything that Jim and Eeyore have said. The only thing
>>> that I can add to the pot is that, after 10 years, you will
>>> *definitely* have to pay to have a working line re-instated and it's
>>> currently around the £125 mark.[/color]
>>
>> Is 10 years the cut off? BT told me that ours had been disconnected for
>> around 10 years when we moved in (previous occupants used Cable).
>>
>> Although BT sent an engineer round to reconnect some of the pairs it still
>> cost us nowt!
>>
>> jon
>>
>>
>>[/color]
>
> Ah, you've let it slip. If the previous occupants used cable then you
> too can use cable and with them you <don't> have to have telephone or
> TV. What is more cable is much more reliable IMO than ADSL and is
> generally faster for similar cost.
>
> If they used cable then unless you had it removed the likelihood is
> that the cable will still be presented to your building so there
> should be little or no installation charge.[/color]

.....erm....except you're not replying to the original question
asker....