Cancelling ADSL - A Few Questions.

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Need some advice..

I will be switching my ADSL in a few days, but I won't be migrating to a new provider until November.

I realise that the MAC code expires if I don't migrate within 30 days; but what happens then? Do I just start again with my desired ISP?
 
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If you are cancelling then there is no MAC to consider, you can't do both.

When you find a new provider you just order and pay for a new activation just like the first time you ever got ADSL.
 
As the above poster said, you are not migrating you will be ceasing ADSL on your line, which will lead to you needing to pay an activation charge when you come to join the new ISP in November. (im pretty sure thats how it works, not 100% as i've never cancled before just migrated, Tolien will know for sure)

Is there no way for you to simpy delay canceling so you can migrate, as you have 30 days it gives you a bit of margin for error with the dates. This way you won't get a few days downtime just a few minutes.

I'll assume you want to cancel before you get billed again, but weigh that up with the price of reactivation and the few days you will most likey have to go with no serivce.
 
Basically I WANT to migrate, but I'm worried that I'll run beyond my 30 day limit.

I can leave it longer (before asking for my MAC code) but I run the risk of passing the deadline and being charged another month by my existing provider.
 
after your mac code expires you will just need to call up again for a new one as they are only valid for 30 days at a time.
 
You can't have both - you either cancel and pay an activation fee, or migrate and pay your existing ISP until you actually migrate.
 
Also the MAC only has to be inside the 30 day life at the point when your new ISP places the order with BT and that order could be for a date later in the month so you do have a considerable time frame to get it all arranged.

What you can't avoid doing, as Tolien says, is paying for your old service until it does actually migrate.
 
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