In article <MPG.20d12a9eb34094379896b0@news.easynews.com>,
mugwump@gmail.com says...
> In article <xNC9i.680$p8.468@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, news@t-
> onywoolf.co.uk says...
> > "Mugwump" <mugwump@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.20d0f6ddf4fd4d709896af@news.easynews.com. ..
> > In article <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-RdYOOKpncs83@rikki.tavi.co.uk>, rde42
> > @spamcop.net says...
> > > On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:47:33 UTC, "steeler" <nospam@nomail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ISP with 1 month contract. Only drawback would be a £50 activation fee
> > > > each
> > > > time.
> > >
> > > AAISP will transfer the exusting contract to someone else for a pound..
> > >
> > >
> > However, what is to stop the tenant changing to a cheaper provider?
> > Unfortunately tenancy laws give the tenant the right to change
> > providers, regardless of anything in the lease.
> >
> > Seems a bit odd - since the tenant would then be leaving the property in a
> > different condition from the one they found it in. I wonder whether it
> > really applies to short term tenancies. Could you point us in the direction
> > of definitive information?
> >
> >
> My mistake. If it is not explicitly stated in the tenancy agreement that
> the tenant can not change supplier, then he/she would be free to do so
> provided that he informed the Landlord.
>
> However I would think that unless the landlord kept the accounts in his
> name then e.g. changing the phone to the tenant would cause an ADSL
> cease.
>
>
I knew it was somewhere.
OFT consider any term limiting the tenant's right to change utility
supplier as unreasonable.

'Guidance on unfair terms in tenancy agreements' Ch 4 refers.