adding a BT line to EE broadband account

[mmrawnsley]

My EE broadband account is many years old - long before 2017 - can I change my BT landline to EE or will I have to have a new broadband account - much dearer?

[XRaySpeX]

Is your EE BB Fibre or Standard ADSL?

How much are you paying now for your BT landline & what calling plan does it have?

[mmrawnsley]

Standard ADSL

[XRaySpeX]

You'll have to regrade to new contract with a Call add-on..

[Storm500]

Do you receive 2 bills, telephone from BT and broadband from EE?

If so then you have what’s called a “Shared Metalic Path Facility” (SMPF) which is a legacy system that hasn’t been available for years where the phone and broadband are supplied by 2 different ISPs over the same line.

[mmrawnsley]

Hi - yes I pay 2 bills

[Storm500]

As @XRaySpeX  said you will have to regrade your EE broadband but ensure that they take over your BT phone line so that you can keep your existing phone number or you may loose it.

[XRaySpeX]

How much do you pay BT for you landline? What calling features do you have with it?

@Storm500 : I had SMPF with FTTC BB from EE & landline from BT until 2022 when I switched it to "Fibre W/Out Landline" from EE whilst still retaining another landline with BT.

[mmrawnsley]

I did pay £26.35 but it has shot up to £31.58 -  it is PAYG.  I use my mobile so that is not the reason for the increase.

[XRaySpeX]

A PAYG landline with EE for ADSL is free. In other words the line rental is free & you just pay for calls & texts.

Your price with BT seems high. I pay BT £24.50 pm for line rental + Anytime calls to UK landlines & BT Answer 1571.