Tony wrote:

> A neighbour is in the UK for about 3 months every year, and for the rest of
> the time they rent their house. Is there any sensible and legal way for
> them to get BB without paying for the whole year? There doesn't seem to be
> any way they could transfer the connection to a tenant while they're away,
> so that they don't breach ISP terms and don't take responsibility for what
> their tenant does with the connection. At the moment they use dialup which
> is a pain in the neck as they need to research things.

The main problem it would seem is that if using a BT line (which looks to be the
most likely option) , you have to have that line specifically enabled for ADSL
which involves having your line 'patched' physically to a DSLAM in the exchange.

I think the ISP then pays BT a monthly fee (that's part of your subscription) to
use that ADSL connection.

If you no longer need your ADSL, whilst you may not be generating any traffic
that the ISP would need to bill you for, the issue of what happens to the DSLAM
connection is unresolved.

Unless BT gets its monthly payment for keeping that connection active (albeit
unused), it'll want to 'sell it on' to someone else who actually wants to use
it.

There lies your problem.

Graham