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Originally posted by Andre
Why not just port your number over to BT 'Kenny'?
At least you know you can have caller ID from them, and if you are a former customer (which I presume you are) then you will probably be offered free connection to go back. 
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It's been very tempting to do just that I can tell you, though I was never a BT customer at my current or previous address, it's a long time ago now since I was with BT.
On and off I have considered going to BT for the phone and it's only been the cable modem that's stopped me (no TV any more, got Sky thanks to NTL ****ing me off with their TV).
Going for ADSL means loss of certain features and the hassle of getting a BT line tested (and it's a dodgy old overhead street cable), and it used to be that I would have to ditch NTL completely and apply for BT only to find I can't have ADSL so I wasn't going to risk it, but I can apparently just keep the cable modem now. I have many reasons to ditch the cable modem (a very long story I won't go into but to say the least NTL ****ed me off big time), but I have certain reasons to keep the cable modem too (especially now the damn thing is working at long last).
However, I shouldn't need to go to BT to get Caller ID. I've told NTL's "customer care" about this during a bit of a rant about certain hassles a while back but they seemed not to care, even considering they sent leaflets out which gave the impression it was an available service (big bold announcement saying "now available in your area", though there may have been small print but that's not the point, it should have been "maybe available, we haven't a clue" in bold).
