Broadband Transition

[Lucio]

Ok, so it's blatantly obvious I need to ditch ADSL from BT due to their complete lack of corporate ethics. I've considered switching to Sky (yes ok, probably even less ethics!), but I can't get a straight answer about how long I'd be without broadband.

They tell you the switch over takes about 2 hours, fine I can live with that, chances are it'd happen whilst I was at work.

What I don't understand is all this stuff about it taking 10-15 days to get an engineer over to make the change, am I without broadband for that time? If not, am I left to pay for two services during the "changeover" period?

[s_kinton]

Basically, you need to phone BT and get you MAC code. Then phone your new provider, order broadband and supply the MAC code. The new provider then gives you a date the broadband will be connected.

On that day the broadband will swap from one provider to the other, just a simple case of changing the router over. You shouldnt be without broadband for more than a few hours.

I highly recommend O2 broadband.