We're about to move into a second hand house which has a physical phone line, i.e. the previous owners were connected. So I need to re-activate the connection but I don't want to subscribe to Eircom.
Say I wanted to go for a combined broadband/phone package with BT or (don't laugh) Smart, does it make more sense to ask Eircom to connect me up and then switch to my preferred provider, or to get my preferred provider to handle the whole transaction?
I'm thinking here both in terms of time and of cost (i.e. will Eircom drag their heels more when BT are doing the connection than if they are?).
Say I wanted to go for a combined broadband/phone package with BT or (don't laugh) Smart, does it make more sense to ask Eircom to connect me up and then switch to my preferred provider, or to get my preferred provider to handle the whole transaction?
I'm thinking here both in terms of time and of cost (i.e. will Eircom drag their heels more when BT are doing the connection than if they are?).