IVA which was OK untill I relocated due to work

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Klystron

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Post by Klystron » Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:09 am
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I recently entered into an IVA which was OK untill I relocated due to work and as such required to change my service providers. I called BT who carried out a credit check and basically told me that they cannot provide me with a standard phone line capable of getting Broadband services. All they could offer was a prepaid service and a modem dial up connection. Is this right? are there ways that I can go around this as I do need the high speed internet for work reasons at home. Please advice as I'm pretty distressed.. what next.. Gas/Electric companies too?
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Post by MelanieGiles » Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:36 am
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Hi kahir and welcome to the forum

BT do have a fairly rigid policy when it comes to credit checking - do you have any family members who might be able to help out. Sometimes you can put a rental deposit down by way of security, so that might be worth looking into.

Regards, Melanie Giles, Insolvency Practitioner for over 20 years.

For further details contact me at http://www.melaniegiles.com and view my IVA blog at: http://melaniegiles.blogs.iva.co.uk
Regards, Melanie Giles, Insolvency Practitioner
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Post by Klystron » Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:24 pm
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Hi Melanie, thanks for your response to my query. How do I get about proposing this to BT? I do have a friend sharing the house with me and I might consider asking that he takes the phone line under his name. This is quite a strange policy as I have never defaulted on any of my services payments. My IVA is purely based on some loans I took out during University years and I lost my job well paid job a year ago which presented me with payment difficulties. Will this be the same for gas and electric suppliers? Thanks in advance for your favourable response.
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Hi kahir and welcome to the forum

BT do have a fairly rigid policy when it comes to credit checking - do you have any family members who might be able to help out. Sometimes you can put a rental deposit down by way of security, so that might be worth looking into.

Regards, Melanie Giles, Insolvency Practitioner for over 20 years.

For further details contact me at http://www.melaniegiles.com and view my IVA blog at: http://melaniegiles.blogs.iva.co.uk
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Post by MelanieGiles » Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:02 pm
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You will need to talk directly to the utility companies in this regard.

Regards, Melanie Giles, Insolvency Practitioner for over 20 years.

For further details contact me at http://www.melaniegiles.com and view my IVA blog at: http://melaniegiles.blogs.iva.co.uk
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