A neighbour is in the UK for about 3 months every year, and for the rest of
the time they rent their house. Is there any sensible and legal way for
them to get BB without paying for the whole year? There doesn't seem to be
any way they could transfer the connection to a tenant while they're away,
so that they don't breach ISP terms and don't take responsibility for what
their tenant does with the connection. At the moment they use dialup which
is a pain in the neck as they need to research things.
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Tony wrote:
Get wirless yourself and whilst they're over let them use it
and share the cost? If you trust your neighbour shouldn't be
a problem.

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Tony wrote:

The main problem it would seem is that if using a BT line (which looks to be the
most likely option) , you have to have that line specifically enabled for ADSL
which involves having your line 'patched' physically to a DSLAM in the exchange.

I think the ISP then pays BT a monthly fee (that's part of your subscription) to
use that ADSL connection.

If you no longer need your ADSL, whilst you may not be generating any traffic
that the ISP would need to bill you for, the issue of what happens to the DSLAM
connection is unresolved.

Unless BT gets its monthly payment for keeping that connection active (albeit
unused), it'll want to 'sell it on' to someone else who actually wants to use
it.

There lies your problem.

Graham

xCx wrote:

LMAO !

The chav's answer ! It's a winner.

Graham

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 08:13:49 UTC, "Tony" <news@t-onywoolf.co.uk> wrote:

AAISP allow an existing service to be taken over by another customer for
a small fee. You could do this twice a year.

The fee *is* small - one pound including VAT.
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 08:29:49 UTC, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:

Talking of which (now OT)....

http://www.chavscum.co.uk

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"Tony" <news@t-onywoolf.co.uk> wrote in message
news:11u9i.398$p8.358@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk.. .
ISP with 1 month contract. Only drawback would be a £50 activation fee each
time.

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:47:33 UTC, "steeler" <nospam@nomail.com> wrote:

AAISP will transfer the exusting contract to someone else for a pound.

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In article <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-RdYOOKpncs83@rikki.tavi.co.uk>, rde42
@spamcop.net says...
Unfortunately tenancy laws give the tenant the right to change
providers, regardless of anything in the lease.

"Tony" <news@t-onywoolf.co.uk> wrote in message
news:11u9i.398$p8.358@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk.. .
It will cost slightly more but will do what they want.

"Mugwump" <mugwump@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.20d0f6ddf4fd4d709896af@news.easynews.com. ..
In article <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-RdYOOKpncs83@rikki.tavi.co.uk>, rde42
@spamcop.net says...
Unfortunately tenancy laws give the tenant the right to change
providers, regardless of anything in the lease.

Seems a bit odd - since the tenant would then be leaving the property in a
different condition from the one they found it in. I wonder whether it
really applies to short term tenancies. Could you point us in the direction
of definitive information?

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"xCx" <xcx@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:5cn9aoF321holU1@mid.individual.net...
Against my ISP t & c of course. But apart from that I trust them to be nice
people but unfortunately I don't trust them not to let their PC become
infected as they are not computer savvy. I don't want to be in the
situation of having to oversee their AV firewall and email settings and I
don't think they would like it either. In fact I would share my BB about as
willingly as my toothbrush.

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Tony wrote:
Would you trust them with a Thin Client running *only* a web browser
(and would that be sufficient for their needs)?

Owain

In article <xNC9i.680$p8.468@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, news@t-
onywoolf.co.uk says...
the tenant can not change supplier, then he/she would be free to do so
provided that he informed the Landlord.

However I would think that unless the landlord kept the accounts in his
name then e.g. changing the phone to the tenant would cause an ADSL
cease.

On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:53:22 GMT, in uk.telecom.broadband , Mugwump
<mugwump@gmail.com> wrote:

Where did you get that idea from? As a tenant you can't change
supplier for any of your utilities without the landlord's agreement.
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In article <aide6317t06j99t409hm0a3f344sg9glm2@4ax.com>, markmcintyre@spamcop.net
(Mark McIntyre) wrote:

Utter rubbish.

On what basis are you making this ridiculous claim?


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"Mugwump" <mugwump@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.20d12a9eb34094379896b0@news.easynews.com. ..

I think that is the killer - can't see a way round it.

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"Owain" <owain47125@stirlingcity.coo.uk> wrote in message
news:1181159098.19607.0@demeter.uk.clara.net...
They're just neighbours. I really don't want a solution that involves me in
their IT setup.

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Tony wrote:

If they're just providing an IP connection, you don't need to get involved in
their IT one jot.

What THEY do with their computer won't affect you one tiny little bit.

Don't even begin to think of using an ISP for their email address for example,
just use their outgoing smtp server.

Graham

Mark McIntyre wrote:
Absolute rubbish, and in any case if there as such a provision in the
lease it would almost certainly be held to be unreasonable.

However, the minimum contract periods and changeover times are a
significant problem for many tenants who want broadband but can't get it
for these reasons.

Owain