On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, John Novack wrote: > Paul Belanger wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:59 AM, --[ UxBoD ]--<ux...@splatnix.net> wrote: >> >>> I am pretty sure that BT (British Telecom) do provide a disconnect tone. >>> Hopefully somebody from the UK, Gordon, will be able to confirm this and >>> whether they have experienced this issue ? >>> >> Rather then being 'pretty sure', wouldn't it be better to call your >> telco and ask? >> > IF BT is anything like the US ILEC's, one would do better asking one of > my dogs. There are fewer and fewer folks left around any more that know > much, and certainly none accessible to the average customer for a single > POTS line > > No surprise there is the line loss we are experiencing! > > I assume in the UK he doesn't have the option to port the number to > VOIP? Or perhaps he doesn't want all his eggs in one basket?
Most numbers from most operators in the UK are portable, however it comes with a price - and that's usually cancellation of all services attached to the line - i.e. ADSL.... So actually porting-in a BT line that's your only BT line which carries your ADSL signal is costly as you need to provision a 2nd line (from BT or a BT Wholesale partner), then transfer your ADSL over to it, then port in your number. That's very costly to do and you're not going to get much change out of 200 quid. Gordon -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
