I was quoted £125 when I had perfectly good wiring in my house. In the end I got it for £30 as part of an 18 month contract deal, but the engineer had to do absolutely nothing in my house. They will definitely charge you if your line has no dial tone as that means it has then been physically disconnected at the cabinet.
Might have to get BT line for adsl.........please look in.
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I was quoted £125 when I had perfectly good wiring in my house. In the end I got it for £30 as part of an 18 month contract deal, but the engineer had to do absolutely nothing in my house. They will definitely charge you if your line has no dial tone as that means it has then been physically disconnected at the cabinet.
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All these claims about when BT will charge you for installation aren't correct. I am an Openreach engineer (BT!) and I can honestly say that you will be charged whether you have a socket/wiring in your house or not. Even if your pair (line) is proved all the way back to the MDF at your local exchange you may still have to pay (even when you have a stopped line/soft dial tone on your socket!) There are no hard and fast rules to obtaining a free BT line, it's basically a hit and miss affair! To the OP: the photos you've posted of the BT66 (grey box) on your wall don't look too promising. One of your (I assume) UG feed cables has a lot of exposed sheathing and this may be detrimental to a broadband connection if that cable is crimped into the same circuit, if you get an engineer out then make sure they sort it properly!
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