Well, of course we didn't sign up with ntl. We've been around longer than that.

We don't actually have a BT line at all: sockets, but the junction box and wiring to the outside came out when we did the flooring. The line outside diconnected itself years ago and I don't believe one was run across again whe the telegraph pole was replaced, post crash. So BT is going to be immense hassle (and probably expense), probably so much so that it's not worth it.