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Originally Posted by pauldavies83
Probably because as a double/triple-play you have the ability to run up a negative balance with them (on phone calls, pay per view etc). And even if you take BB only, I'd suspect it's a limitation of the billing system used that a check is required (in case you move to double/triple further down the line)
If you went to a pure ISP only such as BE and paid in advance, you wouldn't have this ability and therefore wouldn't need to be credit checked.
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What you say makes perfect sense, there is an element of credit offered other than with broadband.
But If they didn't do some sort of a credit check how on earth would they know it wasn't a kid ordering it?
In fact it could be a completely bogus person intent on committing fraud, literally Joe Bloggs!
Surely there is some legal requirement by ISP's to verify identity? I would like to think so.